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... asking . Be no longer the bond - slaves of ignorance , and vice , her cruel sister . Wealth more than enough has been poured into my lap by the bounty of heaven and earth , and as much of it as may be needed for your redemption shall be ...
... asking . Be no longer the bond - slaves of ignorance , and vice , her cruel sister . Wealth more than enough has been poured into my lap by the bounty of heaven and earth , and as much of it as may be needed for your redemption shall be ...
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... asked to lead out old Mrs. Peony . My fancy slips in between you and Aurelia ; sit you never so closely together . It not only hears what she says , but it perceives what she thinks and feels . It lies like a bee in her flowery thoughts ...
... asked to lead out old Mrs. Peony . My fancy slips in between you and Aurelia ; sit you never so closely together . It not only hears what she says , but it perceives what she thinks and feels . It lies like a bee in her flowery thoughts ...
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... and surmised more than was appa- rent to the rest . " Who lives at Cornhill ? " she asked one day of his sisters . " The Pecks - Major Peck and his fa mily , " Hetty said ; " Madame Mère is 46 [ July Miss Peck's Friend .
... and surmised more than was appa- rent to the rest . " Who lives at Cornhill ? " she asked one day of his sisters . " The Pecks - Major Peck and his fa mily , " Hetty said ; " Madame Mère is 46 [ July Miss Peck's Friend .
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... asked Twit " If , ” — with one of his oily laughs- " If he'd ever heard before of a Moor named William ! " But now all eyes were attracted to the lists by the usual blast of trumpets , and the heralds crying " Laissez - aller ; " there ...
... asked Twit " If , ” — with one of his oily laughs- " If he'd ever heard before of a Moor named William ! " But now all eyes were attracted to the lists by the usual blast of trumpets , and the heralds crying " Laissez - aller ; " there ...
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... asked her to dance , " quoth the Major rubbing his palms briskly . " Me and my friend here wouldn't have been cut out in that style in our day . Deuce take it ! I'll be bound , sir , you might recall your ex- periences with much profit ...
... asked her to dance , " quoth the Major rubbing his palms briskly . " Me and my friend here wouldn't have been cut out in that style in our day . Deuce take it ! I'll be bound , sir , you might recall your ex- periences with much profit ...
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Page 389 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels trumpet-tongued against The deep damnation of his taking-off; And pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubim horsed Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind.
Page 392 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Page 391 - Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world : now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on.
Page 389 - He's here in double trust; First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself.
Page 534 - Then hate me when thou wilt; if ever, now; Now, while the world is bent my deeds to cross, Join with the spite of fortune...
Page 250 - The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute.
Page 96 - That rises upward always higher, And onward drags a laboring breast, And topples round the dreary west, A looming bastion fringed with fire.
Page 73 - And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
Page 547 - ... went further and was rather noisy. At such times, too, his face flamed with augmented blazonry, as if cannel coal had been heaped on anthracite. He made an unpleasant racket with his chair; spilled his sandbox; in mending his pens, impatiently split them all to pieces and threw them on the floor in a sudden passion; stood up and leaned over his table, boxing his papers about in a most indecorous manner, very sad to behold in an elderly man like him.
Page 433 - Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? Shall the companions make a banquet of him? Shall they part him among the merchants? Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? Or his head with fish spears?