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Page 6
To gaze upon one noble mountain peak is certainly inspiring , but having felt the thrill awakened by its radiant beauty , we remain unsatisfied till we behold the whole sublime expanse of the great Alpine world .
To gaze upon one noble mountain peak is certainly inspiring , but having felt the thrill awakened by its radiant beauty , we remain unsatisfied till we behold the whole sublime expanse of the great Alpine world .
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... the solemnity of the building , and the condition of the people who lie in it , are apt to fill the mind with a kind of melancholy , or rather thoughtfulness , that is not disagreeable . I yesterday passed a whole afternoon in the 9.
... the solemnity of the building , and the condition of the people who lie in it , are apt to fill the mind with a kind of melancholy , or rather thoughtfulness , that is not disagreeable . I yesterday passed a whole afternoon in the 9.
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I yesterday passed a whole afternoon in the churchyard , the cloisters , and the church , amusing myself with the tombstones and inscriptions that I met with in those several regions of the dead . Most of them recorded nothing else of ...
I yesterday passed a whole afternoon in the churchyard , the cloisters , and the church , amusing myself with the tombstones and inscriptions that I met with in those several regions of the dead . Most of them recorded nothing else of ...
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At the same time that the storm beats on the whole species , we are falling foul upon one another . Half the misery of human life might be extinguished , would men alleviate the general curse they lie under , by mutual offices of ...
At the same time that the storm beats on the whole species , we are falling foul upon one another . Half the misery of human life might be extinguished , would men alleviate the general curse they lie under , by mutual offices of ...
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The islands , ' said he , “ that lie so fresh and green before thee , and with which the whole face of the ocean appears spotted as far as thou canst see , are more in number than the sands on the seashore ; there are myriads of islands ...
The islands , ' said he , “ that lie so fresh and green before thee , and with which the whole face of the ocean appears spotted as far as thou canst see , are more in number than the sands on the seashore ; there are myriads of islands ...
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| Title | The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Greatest Writers Volume 1 of The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, John Lawson Stoddard |
| Author | John Lawson Stoddard |
| Compiled by | John Lawson Stoddard |
| Publisher | G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 7 May 2015 |
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