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... hope was almost dead within his breast . Again he listened - again the same noise was repeated : it was but a violent thunderstorm which shook the elements above . Convinced of the folly of hope , he addressed a prayer to his Creator ...
... hope was almost dead within his breast . Again he listened - again the same noise was repeated : it was but a violent thunderstorm which shook the elements above . Convinced of the folly of hope , he addressed a prayer to his Creator ...
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... hope of life in Verezzi's bosom . A cold tremor pervaded his limbs -his eyes but faintly presented to his imagination the ruined cavern - he sank , as far as the chains which encircled his waist would permit him , upon the flinty ...
... hope of life in Verezzi's bosom . A cold tremor pervaded his limbs -his eyes but faintly presented to his imagination the ruined cavern - he sank , as far as the chains which encircled his waist would permit him , upon the flinty ...
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... hope , for three days was Matilda's mind in a state of dis- turbance and fluctuation . The evening of the third day , of the day on which Ferdinand was to return , arrived . Matilda's mind , wound up to the extreme of impatience , was ...
... hope , for three days was Matilda's mind in a state of dis- turbance and fluctuation . The evening of the third day , of the day on which Ferdinand was to return , arrived . Matilda's mind , wound up to the extreme of impatience , was ...
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... hope rendered futile ? " ex- claimed the frantic Matilda , as , wound up to the highest pitch of desperation , she attempted to plunge herself into the river . But life fled ; for Matilda , caught by a stranger's arm , was prevented ...
... hope rendered futile ? " ex- claimed the frantic Matilda , as , wound up to the highest pitch of desperation , she attempted to plunge herself into the river . But life fled ; for Matilda , caught by a stranger's arm , was prevented ...
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... hope or despair from the physician . A He , who was a man of sense , declared his opinion , that Verezzi would speedily recover , though he knew not the event which might take place in the crisis of the disorder , which now rapidly ...
... hope or despair from the physician . A He , who was a man of sense , declared his opinion , that Verezzi would speedily recover , though he knew not the event which might take place in the crisis of the disorder , which now rapidly ...
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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.