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... smiling earth , and upon a beautiful world he loved , and whose minion he had been ! Here he was to end his life - a life he had just begun to revel in ! And by what means ? By secret poison ? or by murderous assault ? No - for then it ...
... smiling earth , and upon a beautiful world he loved , and whose minion he had been ! Here he was to end his life - a life he had just begun to revel in ! And by what means ? By secret poison ? or by murderous assault ? No - for then it ...
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... other , and then grasping the bars with both , as loath to quit the smiling paradise outstretched before him ; till ex- hausted , and his hands swollen and benumbed , he dropped helpless down , and lay stunned The Iron Shroud . 17.
... other , and then grasping the bars with both , as loath to quit the smiling paradise outstretched before him ; till ex- hausted , and his hands swollen and benumbed , he dropped helpless down , and lay stunned The Iron Shroud . 17.
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... smile , met me at her unpretending threshold , wearing the expression of Christian resignation and gratitude , for the merciful salvation which had been vouchsafed to her . There was no lisp of complaint , -every word she uttered was ...
... smile , met me at her unpretending threshold , wearing the expression of Christian resignation and gratitude , for the merciful salvation which had been vouchsafed to her . There was no lisp of complaint , -every word she uttered was ...
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... . A dip in Lethe is some- times the best remedy that can be prescribed for the unhealthy pas- sions of mankind . * * * * destruction of rich harvests and smiling fields - the groans The Maiden of the Slitterick : -A Sketch . 47.
... . A dip in Lethe is some- times the best remedy that can be prescribed for the unhealthy pas- sions of mankind . * * * * destruction of rich harvests and smiling fields - the groans The Maiden of the Slitterick : -A Sketch . 47.
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destruction of rich harvests and smiling fields - the groans of the wounded and dying , and the tears of the widow and orphan , entered not even into the back ground of the picture ! But with all his hopes of the fu- ture - all his ...
destruction of rich harvests and smiling fields - the groans of the wounded and dying , and the tears of the widow and orphan , entered not even into the back ground of the picture ! But with all his hopes of the fu- ture - all his ...
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Page 299 - A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay...
Page 82 - Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air; and even the fish of the sea are taken away.
Page 141 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
Page 141 - Who knows whether the best of men be known, or whether there be not more remarkable persons forgot, than any that stand remembered in the known account of time...
Page 281 - Yielding to immoral pleasure corrupts the mind, living to animal and trifling ones debases it: both in their degree disqualify it for its genuine good, and consign it over to wretchedness. Whoever would be really happy must make the diligent and regular exercise of his superior powers his chief attention, adoring the perfections of his Maker, expressing good-will to his fellow-creatures, cultivating inward rectitude.
Page 304 - They too are among the unhappy. They feel personal pain and domestic sorrow. In these they have no privilege, but are subject to pay their full contingent to the contributions levied on mortality. They want this sovereign balm under their gnawing cares and anxieties, which being less conversant about the limited wants of animal life, range without limit, and are diversified by infinite combinations in the wild and unbounded regions of imagination. Some charitable dole is wanting...
Page 504 - Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the downy cloud, Love gives it energy, love gave it birth ; Where on thy dewy wing, Where art thou journeying? Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth. O'er fell and fountain sheen. O'er moor and mountain green, O'er the red streamer that heralds...
Page 277 - Not a single red tile, no flaming gentleman's house, or garden walls break in upon the repose of this little unsuspected paradise, but all is peace, rusticity, and happy poverty in its neatest, most becoming attire.
Page 514 - ... that I scarce see what passes under my nose, and hear nothing that is said about me. To follow poetry as one ought, one must forget father and mother, and cleave to it alone.
Page 459 - Up ! up to yon cliff! like a king to his throne ! O'er the black silent forest piled lofty and lone — A throne which the eagle is glad to resign Unto footsteps so fleet and so fearless as thine. There the bright heather springs up in love of thy breast, Lo...