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... felt its approaches ; night came , but with it brought no change . He was aroused by a noise against the iron door : it was the time when Ugo usually brought fresh provisions . The noise lessened ; at last it totally ceased - with it ...
... felt its approaches ; night came , but with it brought no change . He was aroused by a noise against the iron door : it was the time when Ugo usually brought fresh provisions . The noise lessened ; at last it totally ceased - with it ...
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... the principal street of Passau . He felt very faint with his recent and unusual exertions ; and , over- come by languor , sank on some lofty stone steps , which led to a magnificent mansion , and , resting his 14 ZASTROZZI .
... the principal street of Passau . He felt very faint with his recent and unusual exertions ; and , over- come by languor , sank on some lofty stone steps , which led to a magnificent mansion , and , resting his 14 ZASTROZZI .
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... felt not . The conversation changed , and Matilda assumed her wonted mien . The lateness of the hour at last warned them to separate . The more Verezzi thought upon the evening's occur- rence , the more did a conviction in his mind ...
... felt not . The conversation changed , and Matilda assumed her wonted mien . The lateness of the hour at last warned them to separate . The more Verezzi thought upon the evening's occur- rence , the more did a conviction in his mind ...
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... felt unusual soft- ness take possession of her soul - an indefinable and tumultuous emotion shook her bosom - her whole frame thrilled with rapturous ecstasy , and seizing the hand which lay motionless beside her , she imprinted on it a ...
... felt unusual soft- ness take possession of her soul - an indefinable and tumultuous emotion shook her bosom - her whole frame thrilled with rapturous ecstasy , and seizing the hand which lay motionless beside her , she imprinted on it a ...
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... felt it once , but revenge has now swallowed up every other feeling of my soul- I am alive to nothing but revenge . But even did I desire to persuade you from the purpose on which your heart is fixed , I should not say it was wrong to ...
... felt it once , but revenge has now swallowed up every other feeling of my soul- I am alive to nothing but revenge . But even did I desire to persuade you from the purpose on which your heart is fixed , I should not say it was wrong to ...
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Page 309 - Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken : and then shall appear the Sign of the Son of man in heaven : and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Page 302 - Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD'S side ? let him come unto me.
Page 306 - I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
Page 47 - Art thou afear'd To be the same in thine own act and valour, As thou art in desire ? Would'st thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem; Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would," Like the poor cat i
Page 254 - Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public; to forbid this, is to destroy the freedom of the press: but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequences of his own temerity.
Page 93 - Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty! make thick my blood; Stop up...
Page 427 - It is that powerful attraction towards all that we conceive or, fear, or hope beyond ourselves, when we find within our own thoughts the chasm of an insufficient void, and seek to awaken in all things that are, a community with what we experience within ourselves.
Page 302 - And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho. 13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. " And Moses •was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
Page 425 - And to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required: and to whom they commit much, of him will they ask the more.