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... Hand , if you were to ask him to con- duct either the whole or a part of the service ? " " Waal , ye see , marm , " urged the widower , " the cops was partikelar sot on hevin ' you , and as long as I prom- ised her afore she drawed her ...
... Hand , if you were to ask him to con- duct either the whole or a part of the service ? " " Waal , ye see , marm , " urged the widower , " the cops was partikelar sot on hevin ' you , and as long as I prom- ised her afore she drawed her ...
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... hand , he somewhat exaggerated its character . Her object was simply to retain her growing ascendency : within the limits where her peculiar faculties had been exercised she was nearly perfect ; but she was indifferent to tracing the ...
... hand , he somewhat exaggerated its character . Her object was simply to retain her growing ascendency : within the limits where her peculiar faculties had been exercised she was nearly perfect ; but she was indifferent to tracing the ...
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... hand , what is necessary should be beautiful , if possi- ble . " " A loaf of bread , for instance , " sug- gested Elwood . They all laughed at this illustration , and the conversation took a lighter turn . By this time they had entered ...
... hand , what is necessary should be beautiful , if possi- ble . " " A loaf of bread , for instance , " sug- gested Elwood . They all laughed at this illustration , and the conversation took a lighter turn . By this time they had entered ...
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... hand , engaged with an individual of not very prepossessing appearance . He remarked to the latter , almost in a whisper ( though the words reached Jo- seph's ears ) , " You understand , the collector can't be seen every day ; it takes ...
... hand , engaged with an individual of not very prepossessing appearance . He remarked to the latter , almost in a whisper ( though the words reached Jo- seph's ears ) , " You understand , the collector can't be seen every day ; it takes ...
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... hand is a prisoner whose lib- erty or whose life is at stake , whose physical frame is exhausted by impris- onment , and whose nervous system is unstrung by long morbid introspection ; a solitary man , friendless , generally un ...
... hand is a prisoner whose lib- erty or whose life is at stake , whose physical frame is exhausted by impris- onment , and whose nervous system is unstrung by long morbid introspection ; a solitary man , friendless , generally un ...
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Page 261 - Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare; Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss Though winning near the goal— yet, do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!
Page 115 - THE blessed damozel leaned out From the gold bar of Heaven ; Her eyes were deeper than the depth Of waters stilled at even ; She had three lilies in her hand, And the stars in her hair were seven.
Page 229 - Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho...
Page 568 - Horatio ; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy ; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times ; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is ! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft.
Page 137 - Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair; Listen for dear honour's sake, Goddess of the silver lake, Listen and save! Listen, and appear to us, In name of great Oceanus, By the earth-shaking Neptune's mace, And Tethys...
Page 544 - Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
Page 561 - Doubt thou the stars are fire ; Doubt that the sun doth move ; Doubt truth to be a liar ; But never doubt I love.
Page 562 - Come, come, and sit you down ; you shall not budge ; You go not till I set you up a glass Where you may see the inmost part of you.
Page 560 - If it assume my noble father's person, I'll speak to it, though hell itself should gape, And bid me hold my peace.
Page 115 - will seek the groves Where the Lady Mary is, With her five handmaidens, whose names Are five sweet symphonies, Cecily, Gertrude, Magdalen, Margaret and Rosalys.