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... promised by the lips of Him who pronounced the curse - if indeed a life of honest labour be a curse , and not rather man's greatest blessing . The author has sedulously endeavoured to avoid writing a single line which can minister to ...
... promised by the lips of Him who pronounced the curse - if indeed a life of honest labour be a curse , and not rather man's greatest blessing . The author has sedulously endeavoured to avoid writing a single line which can minister to ...
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... promised to call and see about him to - day . I shall go as soon as I come back from the pier . " " But did you not ascertain who he was , or what brought him there on such a night , and at such an hour ? How old is he ? " " About five ...
... promised to call and see about him to - day . I shall go as soon as I come back from the pier . " " But did you not ascertain who he was , or what brought him there on such a night , and at such an hour ? How old is he ? " " About five ...
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... promised at last to let him stay a day or two , and I said I would call and see you about him . " . Mr. Blunt was a benevolent , pious , and withal a wealthy man ; but the very fact of his being known as such , led to his being called ...
... promised at last to let him stay a day or two , and I said I would call and see you about him . " . Mr. Blunt was a benevolent , pious , and withal a wealthy man ; but the very fact of his being known as such , led to his being called ...
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... were confident that he could find some one to care for him , better than he has hitherto been cared for . However , we will say no more about it to - night . Mr. Blunt has promised to get his wife to send 30 THE WATCHMAN .
... were confident that he could find some one to care for him , better than he has hitherto been cared for . However , we will say no more about it to - night . Mr. Blunt has promised to get his wife to send 30 THE WATCHMAN .
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James A. Maitland. Mr. Blunt has promised to get his wife to send him some clothing to - morrow , and he did request me to accept a five- dollar bill , to defray any expenses we might have incurred in his behalf . So you see , Mary ...
James A. Maitland. Mr. Blunt has promised to get his wife to send him some clothing to - morrow , and he did request me to accept a five- dollar bill , to defray any expenses we might have incurred in his behalf . So you see , Mary ...
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Page 9 - Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a" that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A Man's a Man for a
Page 154 - Vice is a monster of such frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; But seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 98 - Like a bird that seeketh its mother's nest; And a mother she was, and is, to me; For I was born on the open sea! The waves were white, and red the morn...
Page 138 - But happy they, the happiest of their kind, Whom gentler stars unite, and in one fate Their hearts, their fortunes, and their beings blend. 'Tis not the coarser tie of human laws, Unnatural oft, and foreign to the mind, That binds their peace ; but harmony itself, Attuning all their passions into love . Where friendship...
Page 68 - A LIFE on the ocean wave, A home on the rolling deep, Where the scattered waters rave, And the winds their revels keep!
Page 76 - Let others fear, to me more dear Than all the pride of May : The tempest's howl, it soothes my soul, My griefs it seems to join ; The leafless trees my fancy please, Their fate resembles mine ! Thou Power Supreme whose mighty scheme These woes of mine fulfil, Here, firm I rest ; they must be best.
Page 174 - Which has so many rare and curious pieces Of mathematical motion , to stand still. Virtue is ever sowing of her seeds : In the trenches for the soldier; in the wakeful study For the scholar; in the furrows of the sea For men of our profession : of all which...
Page 250 - I'll mourn A faithless woman's broken vow. DESPONDENCY. OPPRESS'D with grief, oppress'd with care, A burden more than I can bear, I sit me down and sigh : O life ! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I...
Page 98 - Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave — Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawned around her, like a hell, And down she sucked with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die.