Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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Page xvi
... sleep . - Effects of opium and East Indian hemp on the brain . - Effects of imaginative fear . - Facial expression . - A literally broken heart . - Alleged instances of sensation and intelligence after be- heading . Strange and ...
... sleep . - Effects of opium and East Indian hemp on the brain . - Effects of imaginative fear . - Facial expression . - A literally broken heart . - Alleged instances of sensation and intelligence after be- heading . Strange and ...
Page xviii
... sleep . To a writer of tedious epitaphs . - Fool and poet . - Dum vivimus . - To Molly Aston . - To our bed . - Ignorance and arrogance.— late repentance . - Pale and red . - Melting snowflakes . - To Milton.- Butler's monument ...
... sleep . To a writer of tedious epitaphs . - Fool and poet . - Dum vivimus . - To Molly Aston . - To our bed . - Ignorance and arrogance.— late repentance . - Pale and red . - Melting snowflakes . - To Milton.- Butler's monument ...
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... sleep . There he met the meek , the gentle Eve : she tended her sheep , she ever neglected self : she never heeded pelf , yet she heeded the shepherds even less . Nevertheless , her cheek reddened when she met Stephen ; yet decent ...
... sleep . There he met the meek , the gentle Eve : she tended her sheep , she ever neglected self : she never heeded pelf , yet she heeded the shepherds even less . Nevertheless , her cheek reddened when she met Stephen ; yet decent ...
Page 48
... sleep , to antic plays And toys , until the first stage end ; 12 waning moons , twice 5 times told , we give To unrecovered loss : we rather breathe than live . WE SPEND A ten years ' breath Before we apprehend What ' tis to live in ...
... sleep , to antic plays And toys , until the first stage end ; 12 waning moons , twice 5 times told , we give To unrecovered loss : we rather breathe than live . WE SPEND A ten years ' breath Before we apprehend What ' tis to live in ...
Page 95
... sleep behold a sinner weep . my God ! my faults , though great een thy mercy - seat rown , since we are taught , Thou , Lord ! remember est th ne , If thou beest sought I co me not , Lord , wit h any o ther merit Than wh at I by my S a ...
... sleep behold a sinner weep . my God ! my faults , though great een thy mercy - seat rown , since we are taught , Thou , Lord ! remember est th ne , If thou beest sought I co me not , Lord , wit h any o ther merit Than wh at I by my S a ...
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