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... sort of pedestal of care and tender- ness , at least for a time . She resumes something of the sacredness and dignity of the maiden . Coleridge ranks as the purest of human emotions that of a husband towards a wife who has a baby at her ...
... sort of pedestal of care and tender- ness , at least for a time . She resumes something of the sacredness and dignity of the maiden . Coleridge ranks as the purest of human emotions that of a husband towards a wife who has a baby at her ...
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... sort or another so early that even the proud parent seems at times to consider her offspring rather preco- cious . Now the species which are found to be thus able at birth to look out for themselves to a greater or less extent are ...
... sort or another so early that even the proud parent seems at times to consider her offspring rather preco- cious . Now the species which are found to be thus able at birth to look out for themselves to a greater or less extent are ...
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... in your case ; still , the future is a sort of dissolving view , and my suggestion is that of the merest prudence . I have no doubt that double - the amount say one fifth of your stock would 52 [ July , Foseph and his Friend .
... in your case ; still , the future is a sort of dissolving view , and my suggestion is that of the merest prudence . I have no doubt that double - the amount say one fifth of your stock would 52 [ July , Foseph and his Friend .
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... sort of religious chant in a high - pitched voice , which the others joined in a sort of continuous accompa- niment of four or five words , ending with a cry mournful enough to have been the expression of great pain . I have forgotten ...
... sort of religious chant in a high - pitched voice , which the others joined in a sort of continuous accompa- niment of four or five words , ending with a cry mournful enough to have been the expression of great pain . I have forgotten ...
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... sort of feverish persistence , intermingled with a doleful wailing of psalm - tunes of the most lugubrious description . These fits of industry on Sam's part were an affliction to us boys , especially when they happened to come on Sat ...
... sort of feverish persistence , intermingled with a doleful wailing of psalm - tunes of the most lugubrious description . These fits of industry on Sam's part were an affliction to us boys , especially when they happened to come on Sat ...
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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.