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only the wedding guests , but the new made bride« Tvamie ! " exclaimed Franklin
in surprise . groom himself , as well as your humble servant , A thrust with his
uplifted weapon was the reply , I might have been seen cantering rapidly across ...
only the wedding guests , but the new made bride« Tvamie ! " exclaimed Franklin
in surprise . groom himself , as well as your humble servant , A thrust with his
uplifted weapon was the reply , I might have been seen cantering rapidly across ...
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... Rosa Bonheur ; nor Mr . behalf of T . T . by printing the discussion Thackeray of
Mrs . Gaskell ; nor Mr . M ' Culloch of Harriet Martineau verbatim . ] we BEEF AND
BUCOLICS . Gentle Reader , have you seen the Smithfield propensities of the ...
... Rosa Bonheur ; nor Mr . behalf of T . T . by printing the discussion Thackeray of
Mrs . Gaskell ; nor Mr . M ' Culloch of Harriet Martineau verbatim . ] we BEEF AND
BUCOLICS . Gentle Reader , have you seen the Smithfield propensities of the ...
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Equally ex . chemist - so far , at least , as preparing and applying traordinary
instances were to be seen amongst the the inorganic materials by which Nature
herself cattle and swine . elaborates in the soil those forms of beauty and The
ages ...
Equally ex . chemist - so far , at least , as preparing and applying traordinary
instances were to be seen amongst the the inorganic materials by which Nature
herself cattle and swine . elaborates in the soil those forms of beauty and The
ages ...
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They were for the most part men who during the dreary night through the
wilderness of had seen better days , as could easily be gleaned from houses —
and take their places as near the fire as their conversation - and , making
allowance for ...
They were for the most part men who during the dreary night through the
wilderness of had seen better days , as could easily be gleaned from houses —
and take their places as near the fire as their conversation - and , making
allowance for ...
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I have seen the Upper Bobemians at age , in its present development ; and that
Popery home ; and I feel a strong interest in them . I is an extremely wicked
institution . The only dis - have seen stricter honour brought into play among
senter ...
I have seen the Upper Bobemians at age , in its present development ; and that
Popery home ; and I feel a strong interest in them . I is an extremely wicked
institution . The only dis - have seen stricter honour brought into play among
senter ...
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Page 99 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee ; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest, I will lodge ; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God ; where thou diest I will die, and there will I be buried ; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 141 - s thousands o' my mind. [The first recruiting sergeant on record I conceive to have been that individual who is mentioned in the Book of Job as going to and fro in the earth , and walking up and down in it.
Page 335 - Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns.
Page 17 - WHEN the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight; Ere the evening lamps...
Page 99 - And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.
Page 459 - Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along a railroad at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to stray upon the line and get in the way of the engine ; would not that, think you, be a very awkward circumstance ? "
Page 273 - But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; Oh, God!
Page 207 - The Karens are a meek, peaceful race, simple and credulous, with many of the softer virtues, and few flagrant vices. Though greatly addicted to drunkenness, extremely filthy and indolent in their habits, their morals, in other respects, are superior to many more civilized races.
Page 427 - I was in education, and made up my mind that he should not labour under the same defect, but that I would put him to a good school, and give him a liberal training. I was, however, a poor man; and how do you think I managed ? I betook myself to mending my neighbours...
Page 20 - It is the same ! — for, be it joy or sorrow, The path of its departure still is free ; Man's yesterday may ne'er be like his morrow ; Nought may endure but Mutability.