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... manner of Sir William bin once already outed by a Supreame power ; I Berkeley's appointment by the Assemby , in 1660 ; doe therefore in the presence of God and you make his reasons for accepting it ; the date of his ap - this safe ...
... manner of Sir William bin once already outed by a Supreame power ; I Berkeley's appointment by the Assemby , in 1660 ; doe therefore in the presence of God and you make his reasons for accepting it ; the date of his ap - this safe ...
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... manner as named or to be named of our Councill there for the aforesaid , may receive allowance or disallowance time being or the greater number of them full of such their election and choice in the roome and power and authoritie upon ...
... manner as named or to be named of our Councill there for the aforesaid , may receive allowance or disallowance time being or the greater number of them full of such their election and choice in the roome and power and authoritie upon ...
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... manner which bears the hue of dissipate the darkness of poverty from the earth : the heart , and covers a multitude ... manners were tranquil , but frank and prepos- sessing ; he was not reserved , for he was above Charles and Amy Lynton ...
... manner which bears the hue of dissipate the darkness of poverty from the earth : the heart , and covers a multitude ... manners were tranquil , but frank and prepos- sessing ; he was not reserved , for he was above Charles and Amy Lynton ...
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... manner the lady beside her was contemplating the unclouded heav- ens , " our idle conversation has made you too sor- rowful . " " No , you are mistaken , " replied the lady , in a low voice , as she returned the kind pressure of the ...
... manner the lady beside her was contemplating the unclouded heav- ens , " our idle conversation has made you too sor- rowful . " " No , you are mistaken , " replied the lady , in a low voice , as she returned the kind pressure of the ...
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... manner ; and if we would not see our rich cities burnt and pilla- ged , our Navy yards destroyed and an enemy's flag floating in all our harbors , we must furnish them with defence adequate to the efforts which will not fail to be made ...
... manner ; and if we would not see our rich cities burnt and pilla- ged , our Navy yards destroyed and an enemy's flag floating in all our harbors , we must furnish them with defence adequate to the efforts which will not fail to be made ...
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Page 187 - This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er, But whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er She shall press, ah, nevermore! Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch...
Page 188 - And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow...
Page 187 - But the Raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird and bust and door; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore, What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore.
Page 187 - But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour. Nothing further then he uttered - not a feather then he fluttered Till I scarcely more than muttered, 'Other friends have flown before On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.
Page 187 - said I, " thing of evil — prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us, by that God we both adore, Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore: 130 Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore! " Quoth the Raven,
Page 187 - Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, "Doubtless," said I, "what it utters is its only stock and store, Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful disaster Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore: Till the dirges of his hope that melancholy burden bore Of 'Never— nevermore.
Page 187 - Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, — "Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou...
Page 460 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you to inherit them for a possession ; they shall be your bondmen for ever : but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Page 448 - All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the united states in congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several states...
Page 186 - Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and. curious volume of forgotten lore — While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " "Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — Only this and nothing more.