The American Common-place Book of Prose: A Collection of Eloquent and Interesting Extracts from the Writings of American AuthorsCarter and Hendee, 1831 - 468 pages |
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... soul . He had lost his most amiable , most genuine friend , and his unostenta- tious grief was eager for privacy and shade . Sincere sor- row rarely suffers its tears to be seen . It was natural for Isaac to select a season to weep in ...
... soul . He had lost his most amiable , most genuine friend , and his unostenta- tious grief was eager for privacy and shade . Sincere sor- row rarely suffers its tears to be seen . It was natural for Isaac to select a season to weep in ...
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... soul , in tones of agonized sensibility , that cannot but give a sym- pathetic impulse to those who hear . The desolate misan- thropy of his mind rises , and throws its dark shade over his poetry , like one of his own ruined castles ...
... soul , in tones of agonized sensibility , that cannot but give a sym- pathetic impulse to those who hear . The desolate misan- thropy of his mind rises , and throws its dark shade over his poetry , like one of his own ruined castles ...
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... to come by sea . I was cover- ed with dirt ; my pockets were filled with shirts and stock- ings ; I was unacquainted with a single soul in the place , and knew not where to seek a lodging . Fatigued COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF PROSE . 23.
... to come by sea . I was cover- ed with dirt ; my pockets were filled with shirts and stock- ings ; I was unacquainted with a single soul in the place , and knew not where to seek a lodging . Fatigued COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF PROSE . 23.
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... soul . To know that our hour for toil is come , and that we are weak . and unprepared ; to feel that depression or lassitude is weighing us down , when we must feign lightness and mirth ; or to mock our secret griefs with show of others ...
... soul . To know that our hour for toil is come , and that we are weak . and unprepared ; to feel that depression or lassitude is weighing us down , when we must feign lightness and mirth ; or to mock our secret griefs with show of others ...
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... soul with the powers of speech , may be played upon without study or practice ; he comes to it a mere uninstructed tyro , and thinks to manage all its stops , and command the whole compass of its varied and com prehensive power ! He ...
... soul with the powers of speech , may be played upon without study or practice ; he comes to it a mere uninstructed tyro , and thinks to manage all its stops , and command the whole compass of its varied and com prehensive power ! He ...
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