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... flowers . The walls of this hall were of pure white marble , and pil- lars of the same material of the elegant Co- rinthian order of architecture , supported the room above , which was the winter sitting- room . The pavement was ...
... flowers . The walls of this hall were of pure white marble , and pil- lars of the same material of the elegant Co- rinthian order of architecture , supported the room above , which was the winter sitting- room . The pavement was ...
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... the touch spread chilness through my frame to my heart . I gathered the best flowers of the garden , and such as had been her favorites , and strewed them upon the bier ; placing upon her breast one of those locks of my hair THE STOIC . 15.
... the touch spread chilness through my frame to my heart . I gathered the best flowers of the garden , and such as had been her favorites , and strewed them upon the bier ; placing upon her breast one of those locks of my hair THE STOIC . 15.
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... flowers , were encreased with the utmost care ; the pomegranate which had been the pride of her parterre , was multi ... flower was allowed to sully the whiteness of its sheet of blossoms . And this 26 THE STOIC .
... flowers , were encreased with the utmost care ; the pomegranate which had been the pride of her parterre , was multi ... flower was allowed to sully the whiteness of its sheet of blossoms . And this 26 THE STOIC .
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... flowers , yours is rough , hard , and to me , far from en- ticing . " And I could never reason him out of his pleasures , nor could I entirely persuade my- self that he was wrong . There was some- thing in my nature which warred against ...
... flowers , yours is rough , hard , and to me , far from en- ticing . " And I could never reason him out of his pleasures , nor could I entirely persuade my- self that he was wrong . There was some- thing in my nature which warred against ...
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... flowers in the garden from which I had gathered them . And I pictured to myself a happiness awaiting me , something like that of my boyhood . In the evening the bride was conducted home in a chariot by torch - light , and attend- ed by ...
... flowers in the garden from which I had gathered them . And I pictured to myself a happiness awaiting me , something like that of my boyhood . In the evening the bride was conducted home in a chariot by torch - light , and attend- ed by ...
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Agathonica agitated agony Alcmenes anxiously arms Athens await beautiful belief beloved bless bliss body bosom calm Ceres cheek child Christian consolation conversation CORNHILL countenance Creator dear mother death DEDICATE MY LITTLE delighted doubt earth earthly EDWARD JAMES SMITH Eleusis Elysian Fields endeavoured Epicureans EURYSTHENES THE ATHENIAN eyes faith father fear feelings felt female flowers friends garden Gods grave grief hand happiness heart Heaven Hermione Hermoine History of Greece increased infant intellect JANE KINDERLEY STANFORD Jupiter knew live looked luxury Maximinian MEMOIRS OF EURYSTHENES ment mercy mind mione mourned murmur myrtle nature never OLD BAILEY opinions pain parent passions perfect piness pleasure pomegranate Portico pride PRINTED BY STEWART pugilism Quadratus rejoiced religion renounce seemed shew smile soul spirits STOIC Stoic philosophy suffer sweet taught tears tenderness thee thing thought tion truth ture watched weep wept wish worship youth Zeno Zoë
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Page 88 - Christ and his kingdom, its nature, origin, and time of appearance, and explained that it was neither of the world nor earthly, but heavenly and angelic, and it would be at the end of the world, when he would come in glory to judge the living and the dead and to reward every man according to his deeds.
Page 74 - ... than any of them has power to act upon me against my will by mere physical impulsion; and through my intelligence I am the only one who can examine all the rest. What being here below, except man, can observe others, measure, calculate, forecast their motions, their effects, and unite, so to speak, the feeling of a common existence with that of his individual existence ? What is there so absurd in the thought that all things are made for me, when I alone can relate all things to myself ? It is...
Page 69 - WAS in a state of uncertainty and doubt; a state which cannot last long; it is unquiet and painful. Although many and great misfortunes have fallen upon me, my life has never been so constantly disagreeable to me as in this time of trouble and anxiety ; when wandering from doubt to doubt, I gained little from my long and frequent meditations than uncertainty as to the cause of my existence. To doubt of things which it is important for us to know, is too violent a state for the human mind, it will...
Page 23 - My father, ever anxious to improve my understanding, was unwilling that I should enter into these ceremonies, as some of my fellow-countrymen did, thoughtlessly, and without being acquainted with their true meaning. He, therefore, for some time, made it the subject of our private conversations, explaining to me every particular relating to them. He told me that the lesser mysteries were designed by the ancient theologists, the founders of them, to signify occultly the condition of the impure soul...
Page 98 - ... inhabitants of the realms above. What pleasure of life is unmixed with sorrow ? What glory upon earth is of long continuance ? All are more fleeting than a shadow, all are more deceitful than a dream ! In one moment death endeth all. I thought of the shortness of life;—all human things are vain, which cannot survive the grave: Will riches survive ? or will glory attend beyond the tomb ? Where are the affections of the world? Where the vain dream of temporary delights ? All, all passeth away...
Page 98 - ... first grave dug in the little spot of ground which we had marked out for the burial place of the persecuted, and she was followed to that grave by the sighs and tears of those among whom she had been as an angel sent for awhile to suffering mortals, to shew to them the inhabitants of the realms above.
Page 23 - The lesser mysteries," he writes, " were designed by the ancient theologists, their founders, to signify occultly the condition of the impure soul invested with a terrene body, and merged in a material nature : or, in other words, to signify that such a soul in the present life might be said to die, as far as it is possible for soul to die ; and that on...
Page 88 - ... the dead, and to give to every one according to his works. That according to the principles of Christianity, all mankind, without any distinction of high or low, rich or poor, are equally candidates for a happy immortality. A slight colour tinged her cheek as she spoke, and often the fervour of her piety made her manner not merely earnest, but energetic; but when she had finished, her head again sunk upon her bosom, and she appeared meekly and patiently to await her sentence.
Page 71 - ... and sentient? I must judge of it by analogy, I must compare it with something, and nothing so readily presented itself as fit for my purpose as myself; and this comparison induced me to think that this world is not a great animal which moves of itself, for I could not discover that it has any thing of the union, organization, or feeling, common to the parts of an animated body.