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... hand . We make the Government feel our importance ; — and will cause them to solicit our acceptance of a stipend , which will almost entirely relieve us from de- pendence upon the voluntary obla- tions of the people . Not until we have ...
... hand . We make the Government feel our importance ; — and will cause them to solicit our acceptance of a stipend , which will almost entirely relieve us from de- pendence upon the voluntary obla- tions of the people . Not until we have ...
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... hand hesitatingly extended towards the door - handle , and the other holding his lamp ; the flame of which , by the way , he fan- cied flickered oddly . " WHO is without there ? " he asked again , for his first question had re- ceived ...
... hand hesitatingly extended towards the door - handle , and the other holding his lamp ; the flame of which , by the way , he fan- cied flickered oddly . " WHO is without there ? " he asked again , for his first question had re- ceived ...
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... hands of cunning jew . eller . He was lost , for a second or two , in speechless ecstasy . " Oh , rare ! oh , exquisite ... hand . As he examined the gems , he discovered one of superior splendour and magnitude ; and whilst his eyes were ...
... hands of cunning jew . eller . He was lost , for a second or two , in speechless ecstasy . " Oh , rare ! oh , exquisite ... hand . As he examined the gems , he discovered one of superior splendour and magnitude ; and whilst his eyes were ...
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... hand , and a small wrist ! " Carl glanced at them complacently . " I wonder , now , whether it were small enough for this bracelet ? -Try it on , man - try it on ! -Your wrist , I think , is but a trifle larger than hers " The last word ...
... hand , and a small wrist ! " Carl glanced at them complacently . " I wonder , now , whether it were small enough for this bracelet ? -Try it on , man - try it on ! -Your wrist , I think , is but a trifle larger than hers " The last word ...
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... hand between her cold fingers , whispering- " Carl , Carl , you must hasten ! Fly ! fly ! You will fall into their hands ! They are yelling for you ! They are as tigers drunk with blood ! " " I care not ! I am innocent ! I have done no ...
... hand between her cold fingers , whispering- " Carl , Carl , you must hasten ! Fly ! fly ! You will fall into their hands ! They are yelling for you ! They are as tigers drunk with blood ! " " I care not ! I am innocent ! I have done no ...
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Page 472 - But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up, 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Page 29 - All sacrifices do but speed forward that great day, when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.
Page 498 - ... we therefore commit his body to the ground ; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ : who shall change our vile body, that it may be like unto his glorious body, according to the mighty working, whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself.
Page 264 - Twas thus, by the cave of the mountain afar, While his harp rung symphonious, a hermit began ; No more with himself or with nature at war, He thought as a sage, though he felt as a man.
Page 282 - Let's forge a goodly anchor ; a Bower, thick and broad : For a heart of oak is hanging on every blow, I bode ; And I see the good ship riding all in a perilous road, The low reef roaring on her lee ; the roll of ocean...
Page 282 - King, and royal craftsmen we ; Strike in, strike in, the sparks begin to dull their rustling red!" Our hammers ring with sharper din, our work will soon be sped ; Our anchor soon must change...
Page 281 - tis at a white heat now: The bellows ceased, the flames decreased though on the forge's brow The little flames still fitfully play through the sable mound, And fitfully you still may see the grim smiths ranking round, All clad in leathern panoply, their broad hands only bare: Some rest upon their sledges here, some work the windlass there.
Page 545 - Slow sinks, more lovely ere his race be run, Along Morea's hills the setting sun: Not, as in northern climes, obscurely bright, But one unclouded blaze of living light! O'er the hush'd deep the yellow beam he throws Gilds the green wave, that trembles as it glows.
Page 261 - Heaven o'er my head seems made of molten brass, The earth of flaming sulphur, yet I am not mad. I am acquainted with sad misery As the tanned galley-slave is with his oar; Necessity makes me suffer constantly, And custom makes it easy.
Page 216 - Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.