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... close of Campbell's metrical tale of fair Wyoming , on Susquehanna's side , " prone to the dust , afflicted Waldegrave hid his face on earth , him watched , in gloomy ruth , his woodland guide ; but words had none to soothe the grief ...
... close of Campbell's metrical tale of fair Wyoming , on Susquehanna's side , " prone to the dust , afflicted Waldegrave hid his face on earth , him watched , in gloomy ruth , his woodland guide ; but words had none to soothe the grief ...
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... close and intense meditation we render them present and intimate to us , we realise the true secret for poisoning all our pleasures , and rendering us perpetually miserable . He grieves more than need be , who begins to grieve before he ...
... close and intense meditation we render them present and intimate to us , we realise the true secret for poisoning all our pleasures , and rendering us perpetually miserable . He grieves more than need be , who begins to grieve before he ...
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... close above my head . " William Godwin makes his savage Tyrell amenable to well warbled melody . Readers of Scott will remember how a frenzied Highlander is soothed into self restraint by the minstrelsy of Annot Lyle . Goethe makes the ...
... close above my head . " William Godwin makes his savage Tyrell amenable to well warbled melody . Readers of Scott will remember how a frenzied Highlander is soothed into self restraint by the minstrelsy of Annot Lyle . Goethe makes the ...
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... close of the fourteenth century ) , that poor crazed monarch styles them his " loved and dear co - mates . " And what could be juster ? Michelet asks . " A hapless actor himself , a poor player in the grand historic mystery , he went to ...
... close of the fourteenth century ) , that poor crazed monarch styles them his " loved and dear co - mates . " And what could be juster ? Michelet asks . " A hapless actor himself , a poor player in the grand historic mystery , he went to ...
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... close my eyes in security , content to take leave of the sun , and sleep unto the resurrection . " George Herbert says , that- " When boys go first to bed , They step into their voluntary graves ; Sleep binds them fast ; only their ...
... close my eyes in security , content to take leave of the sun , and sleep unto the resurrection . " George Herbert says , that- " When boys go first to bed , They step into their voluntary graves ; Sleep binds them fast ; only their ...
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Page 191 - By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Page 9 - In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it, and approve it with a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?
Page 11 - Grey. But then I sigh, and with a piece of Scripture, Tell them — that God bids us do good for evil ; And thus I clothe my naked villany With old odd ends, stolen forth of holy writ ; And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.
Page 257 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Page 350 - For nought so vile that on the earth doth live, But to the earth some special good doth give...
Page 332 - Nebuchadnezzar : and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds
Page 381 - What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded ; 8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
Page 159 - Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. " Sweet rose, whose hue angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die.
Page 381 - I was all ear, !(« And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death.
Page 226 - Cover your heads, and mock not flesh and blood With solemn reverence : throw away respect, Tradition, form, and ceremonious duty, For you have but mistook me all this while: I live with bread like you, feel want, Taste grief, need friends: subjected thus, How can you say to me I am a king?