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... speak of the acted drama , ) can kind . raise those strong emotions , which are elicited by this mirror of nature , ' faithfully depicting the human passions their gradual de- velopment , and their direful effects , when suffered to ...
... speak of the acted drama , ) can kind . raise those strong emotions , which are elicited by this mirror of nature , ' faithfully depicting the human passions their gradual de- velopment , and their direful effects , when suffered to ...
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... speak - The young Greek Boy . 111 . He gazed upon his home- ' I go ! ' he cried ; Then wildly looked he forth Upon the heaving tide . That gallant ship soon bore Him from his native shore- The young Greek Boy . IV . And now in ...
... speak - The young Greek Boy . 111 . He gazed upon his home- ' I go ! ' he cried ; Then wildly looked he forth Upon the heaving tide . That gallant ship soon bore Him from his native shore- The young Greek Boy . IV . And now in ...
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... speak of thy teeth , thy complexion , thy dimpled hands , thy tiny feet , but those who read , or hear , would not ... speaking delight , while in this position , he rests a moment ere he plunges into the midst of his sporting younger ...
... speak of thy teeth , thy complexion , thy dimpled hands , thy tiny feet , but those who read , or hear , would not ... speaking delight , while in this position , he rests a moment ere he plunges into the midst of his sporting younger ...
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... speak it with reverence , ) I shall enjoy while I have the sense of enjoyment . This I cannot run through with , ' or dissipate . It is as boundless as the regions of space . I know not whence it cometh , nor whither it goeth ...
... speak it with reverence , ) I shall enjoy while I have the sense of enjoyment . This I cannot run through with , ' or dissipate . It is as boundless as the regions of space . I know not whence it cometh , nor whither it goeth ...
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... speaking . If it shall happen , that six or eight hours of labor in the day shall be sufficient to meet all the physical wants of society - if there shall then be three or four hours of leisure for the whole body of the people — is it ...
... speaking . If it shall happen , that six or eight hours of labor in the day shall be sufficient to meet all the physical wants of society - if there shall then be three or four hours of leisure for the whole body of the people — is it ...
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Page 53 - But the guests are all mute as their pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here. Shall we build to affection and love ? Ah, no ! they have withered and died, Or fled with the spirit above ; Friends, brothers, and sisters are laid side by side, Yet none have saluted, and none have replied.
Page 337 - For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of Him who hath subjected the same in hope ; Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Page 518 - For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of the birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in the land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away...
Page 407 - Then, with gun in hand, and pack on my back, in which were my papers and provisions, I set out with Mr. Gist, fitted in the same manner, on Wednesday the 26th.
Page 284 - A stranger yet to pain ! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Page 373 - Brother, our seats were once large and yours were small. You have now become a great people, and we have scarcely a place left to spread our blankets.
Page 519 - Two sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone, One hurried gash with a hasty knife, And then the deed was done: There was nothing lying at my foot But lifeless flesh and bone!
Page 79 - All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: the grass withereth, the flower fadethr because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it : surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Page 127 - Twas pale and dusky night, with many shadows Fantastically cast. Here six or seven Colossal statues, and all kings, stood round me In a half-circle. Each one in his hand A sceptre bore, and on his head a star ; And in the tower no other light was there But from these stars, all seemed to come from them. " These are the planets," said that low old man, " They govern worldly fates, and for that cause Are imaged here as kings.
Page 95 - And let those that play your clowns speak no more than is set down for them; for there be of them thatU will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity.