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... light , a mystery ! A light , a mystery ! a new found world , Radiant with youth , a fountain of delight ! Come golden planet ' rise up on my height , Rise in the East with cloud banners unfurled , Or in the West - a new , more glorious ...
... light , a mystery ! A light , a mystery ! a new found world , Radiant with youth , a fountain of delight ! Come golden planet ' rise up on my height , Rise in the East with cloud banners unfurled , Or in the West - a new , more glorious ...
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... light wholly con- mere child - like delight : she had capacities . ceals . But the vagueness which has a very that " grasped far more than this . Where " beauty in its doubt " -the silence - the others saw only flowers , -she found ...
... light wholly con- mere child - like delight : she had capacities . ceals . But the vagueness which has a very that " grasped far more than this . Where " beauty in its doubt " -the silence - the others saw only flowers , -she found ...
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... light his future would brighten be- too oppressive to allow her a free breath . Self- fore him while her uplifted finger would track reproach had not dared to whisper any taunts ; it out , as if on a scroll as broad and unblot- there ...
... light his future would brighten be- too oppressive to allow her a free breath . Self- fore him while her uplifted finger would track reproach had not dared to whisper any taunts ; it out , as if on a scroll as broad and unblot- there ...
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... light that smoke will not ascend , and that watse higher under the diminished pres well understand why the sou water is heard farther before n 1st . The mercury 34 , plus the water 34 , plus the air 14 pounds , equal to 21 pounds . 2nd ...
... light that smoke will not ascend , and that watse higher under the diminished pres well understand why the sou water is heard farther before n 1st . The mercury 34 , plus the water 34 , plus the air 14 pounds , equal to 21 pounds . 2nd ...
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... light " he will throw upon it , carefully removes the tares , prunes and trains our minds will be brought into a " perpetual it . Behold ! the acorn becomes a tree ; the summer " of knowledge . small grape an overshadowing vine ; the ...
... light " he will throw upon it , carefully removes the tares , prunes and trains our minds will be brought into a " perpetual it . Behold ! the acorn becomes a tree ; the summer " of knowledge . small grape an overshadowing vine ; the ...
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Page 184 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal Constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 182 - That, after the year 1800 of the Christian era-, there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said States, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted to have been personally guilty.
Page 345 - Yet even these bones," are to me original : I have never seen the notions in any other place ; yet he that reads them here persuades himself that he has always felt them. Had Gray written often thus, it had been vain to blame, and useless to praise him.
Page 356 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 38 - And when it was day, they knew not the land : but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
Page 124 - The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, Went envying her and me Yes! that was the reason (as all men know. In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night. Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
Page 386 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow...
Page 441 - hath * no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it : for the glory of God " doth * lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Page 386 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Page 59 - ... and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility, to allay the perturbations of the mind, and set the affections in right tune...