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Page 32
... believe , little consolatory to him , or us , the living ones , who saw the better part of our provisions carried away before our faces by harpies ; and ourselves reduced ( with the Trojan in the hall of Dido ) 66 To feed our mind with ...
... believe , little consolatory to him , or us , the living ones , who saw the better part of our provisions carried away before our faces by harpies ; and ourselves reduced ( with the Trojan in the hall of Dido ) 66 To feed our mind with ...
Page 34
... believe would not be lost upon his auditory . — I had left school then , but I well remem- ber He was a tall , shambling youth , with a cast in his eye , not at all calculated to conciliate hostile pre- judices . I have since seen him ...
... believe would not be lost upon his auditory . — I had left school then , but I well remem- ber He was a tall , shambling youth , with a cast in his eye , not at all calculated to conciliate hostile pre- judices . I have since seen him ...
Page 71
... believe , beyond all preceding ages , since Jubal stumbled upon the gamut , ) to remain , as it were , singly unimpressible to the magic influences of an art , which is said to have such an especial stroke at soothing , elevating , and ...
... believe , beyond all preceding ages , since Jubal stumbled upon the gamut , ) to remain , as it were , singly unimpressible to the magic influences of an art , which is said to have such an especial stroke at soothing , elevating , and ...
Page 87
... believe , that , while all the world were gasping in apprehension about me , I alone should stand unterrified , from sheer incuriosity and want of observation . Of history and chronology I possess some vague points , such as one cannot ...
... believe , that , while all the world were gasping in apprehension about me , I alone should stand unterrified , from sheer incuriosity and want of observation . Of history and chronology I possess some vague points , such as one cannot ...
Page 99
... believe the story of two persons meet- ing ( who never saw one another before in their lives ) and instantly fight- ing . We by proof find there should be ' Twixt man and man such an antipathy , That though he can show no just reason ...
... believe the story of two persons meet- ing ( who never saw one another before in their lives ) and instantly fight- ing . We by proof find there should be ' Twixt man and man such an antipathy , That though he can show no just reason ...
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