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... length rose up and walked forth with trembling steps , amazed at the space he traversed . The stairs of the prison , the halls , the courts seemed to him vast , immense , and almost with- out bounds . 7. He stopped from time to time ...
... length rose up and walked forth with trembling steps , amazed at the space he traversed . The stairs of the prison , the halls , the courts seemed to him vast , immense , and almost with- out bounds . 7. He stopped from time to time ...
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... length accident brought to his way an ancient domestic , now a superannuated porter , who , confined to his lodge for fifteen years , had barely sufficient strength to open the gate . Even he did not know the master he had served ; but ...
... length accident brought to his way an ancient domestic , now a superannuated porter , who , confined to his lodge for fifteen years , had barely sufficient strength to open the gate . Even he did not know the master he had served ; but ...
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... length , in a fit of rage and disappointment , and under the supposition that the one he retained on his head was not worth taking away , pulled it off , and throwing it upon the ground exclaimed , " Here you little thieving rogues , if ...
... length , in a fit of rage and disappointment , and under the supposition that the one he retained on his head was not worth taking away , pulled it off , and throwing it upon the ground exclaimed , " Here you little thieving rogues , if ...
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... length famine did more for Edward than arms . After the citizens had devoured the lean carcasses of their starved cattle , and domestic animals , they fed on boiled leather and vermin . In this extremity they boldly resolv- ed to attack ...
... length famine did more for Edward than arms . After the citizens had devoured the lean carcasses of their starved cattle , and domestic animals , they fed on boiled leather and vermin . In this extremity they boldly resolv- ed to attack ...
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... length St. Pierre resumed , It had been base in me , my fellow - citizens to propose any suffering to others , which I should have been unwilling to undergo in my own person ; but I held it ungenerous to deprive any man of the honour ...
... length St. Pierre resumed , It had been base in me , my fellow - citizens to propose any suffering to others , which I should have been unwilling to undergo in my own person ; but I held it ungenerous to deprive any man of the honour ...
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Page 17 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 36 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 198 - For I can raise no money by vile means : By Heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection : I did send To you for gold to pay my legions, Which you denied me : was that done like Cassius...
Page 196 - Julius bleed for justice' sake ? What villain touched his body, that did stab, And not for justice ? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world, But for supporting robbers, shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large...
Page 209 - O, now you weep, and I perceive you feel The dint of pity; these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what! weep you when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd as you see, with traitors.
Page 208 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 209 - I am no orator, as Brutus is; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend; and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him: For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood...
Page 208 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle : I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on ; Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent, That day he overcame the Nervii. Look ! in this place, ran Cassius...
Page 207 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil, that men do, lives after them ; The good is oft interred with their bones ; So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus Hath told you, Caesar was ambitious: If it were so, it was a grievous fault ; And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it, Here, under leave of Brutus, and the rest, (For Brutus is an honourable man ; So are they all, all honourable men ;) Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral.
Page 208 - But yesterday, the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world : now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.