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... passed his grand climacteric . Maine de Biran was a Frenchman of distinction , born under the old régime , who at the age of twenty was a mem- ber of the body - guard of Louis XVI . , and bearing his part in all the mad gay- eties of ...
... passed his grand climacteric . Maine de Biran was a Frenchman of distinction , born under the old régime , who at the age of twenty was a mem- ber of the body - guard of Louis XVI . , and bearing his part in all the mad gay- eties of ...
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... passed , " as he himself says , half humor- ously , of the first years of his retire- ment , " at one bound from frivolity to philosophy ; " and in the years 1803 , 1805 , and 1807 he competed successfully for prizes offered by the ...
... passed , " as he himself says , half humor- ously , of the first years of his retire- ment , " at one bound from frivolity to philosophy ; " and in the years 1803 , 1805 , and 1807 he competed successfully for prizes offered by the ...
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... passed in roaming about the woods near the hotel . The pretty painted trillium was in blossom , as was also the dark purple species , and the hobble - bush showed its broad white cymes in all directions . Here and there was the modest ...
... passed in roaming about the woods near the hotel . The pretty painted trillium was in blossom , as was also the dark purple species , and the hobble - bush showed its broad white cymes in all directions . Here and there was the modest ...
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... passed Wendell , " Lest I forget it later , will you kindly tell Miss Ann that I will come and see her about Hester to- morrow ; a little early , about twelve o'clock , I may say . And Edward , you - will take care of our friends ...
... passed Wendell , " Lest I forget it later , will you kindly tell Miss Ann that I will come and see her about Hester to- morrow ; a little early , about twelve o'clock , I may say . And Edward , you - will take care of our friends ...
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... passed him as he went out , and Mrs. Westerley heard her say , " I thought , brother , there was a meet- ing at the hospital about something . " " Yes , there is , Ann . But I was de- layed . " " You can't possibly catch the train now ...
... passed him as he went out , and Mrs. Westerley heard her say , " I thought , brother , there was a meet- ing at the hospital about something . " " Yes , there is , Ann . But I was de- layed . " " You can't possibly catch the train now ...
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Page 271 - Be not afeard ; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears, and sometimes voices That, if I then had waked after long sleep, Will make me sleep again : and then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open and show riches Ready to drop upon me, that, when I waked, I cried to dream again.
Page 619 - The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts. A constitution is in fact, and must be, regarded by the judges as a fundamental law. It therefore belongs to them to ascertain its meaning as well as the meaning of any particular act proceeding from the legislative body.
Page 315 - ... as Augustus said of Haterius. His wit was in his own power, would the rule of it had been so too. Many times he fell into those things, could not escape laughter : as when he said in the person of Caesar, one speaking to him,
Page 31 - ... fecisti nos ad te et inquietum est cor nostrum, donee requiescat in te.
Page 267 - tis true, I have gone here and there, And made myself a motley to the view, Gor'd mine own thoughts, sold cheap what is most dear, Made old offences of affections new. Most true it is, that I have look'd on truth Askance and strangely.
Page 315 - Sufflaminandus erat,' as Augustus said of Haterius. His wit was in his own power ; would the rule of it had been so too ! Many times he fell into those things could not escape laughter, as when he said in the person of Caesar, one speaking to him,
Page 264 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any.
Page 325 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely...
Page 268 - As when, upon a tranced summer-night, Those green-robed senators of mighty woods, Tall oaks, branch-charmed by the earnest stars, Dream, and so dream all night without a stir, Save from one gradual solitary gust Which comes upon the silence, and dies off, As if the ebbing air had but one wave...
Page 404 - A bird's nest. Mark it well ! — within, without ; No tool had he that wrought — no knife to cut, No nail to fix — no bodkin to insert — No glue to join ; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finished ! What nice hand. With every implement and means of art, And twenty years...