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... heard from himself , and he con- cluded the recital very gravely , by saying , And then , Madam , when I had carried the experiment thus far , I discontinued it , and recovered the use my arm . ' of The following are more amusing ...
... heard from himself , and he con- cluded the recital very gravely , by saying , And then , Madam , when I had carried the experiment thus far , I discontinued it , and recovered the use my arm . ' of The following are more amusing ...
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... heard given , a short time since , in a country town , to a little pert girl , who for the sake of calling out the oddity of an eccentric man , took pains to make him hear her , while he was employed amongst bot- tles in a wine - vault ...
... heard given , a short time since , in a country town , to a little pert girl , who for the sake of calling out the oddity of an eccentric man , took pains to make him hear her , while he was employed amongst bot- tles in a wine - vault ...
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... heard of the feuds subsisting between that nobleman and himself , had in the sportiveness of boyhood thus insulted him . The mind of the Prior was rather disposed to generosity than otherwise , but he could not very readily forgive this ...
... heard of the feuds subsisting between that nobleman and himself , had in the sportiveness of boyhood thus insulted him . The mind of the Prior was rather disposed to generosity than otherwise , but he could not very readily forgive this ...
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... heard . I was never tired of examining these fruits and vegetables . I have taken casts and drawings of all I could procure of the former during my residence : they are very numerous and extraor- dinary . --- " How few persons in Europe ...
... heard . I was never tired of examining these fruits and vegetables . I have taken casts and drawings of all I could procure of the former during my residence : they are very numerous and extraor- dinary . --- " How few persons in Europe ...
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... heard at the lower part of a ship when sailing with a gen- tle breeze , indicated but a thin partition between the subterraneous cabinet and the river . " Here , then , " said Don Julian , offering a chair to the Dean , and drawing ...
... heard at the lower part of a ship when sailing with a gen- tle breeze , indicated but a thin partition between the subterraneous cabinet and the river . " Here , then , " said Don Julian , offering a chair to the Dean , and drawing ...
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Page 379 - O that I had wings like a dove : for then would I flee away, and be at rest.
Page 258 - Live not the stars and mountains ? Are the waves Without a spirit ? Are the dropping caves Without a feeling in their silent tears ? No, no ; they woo and clasp us to their spheres, Dissolve this clog and clod of clay before Its hour, and merge our soul in the great shore.
Page 479 - Was on the streams of Guadalquiver, To gold converting, one by one, The ripples of the mighty river, Beside me on the bank was seated A Seville girl, with auburn hair, And eyes that might the world have cheated, — A wild, bright, wicked, diamond pair ! She stooped, and wrote upon the sand, Just as the loving sun was going, With such a soft, small, shining hand, I could have sworn 't was silver flowing. Her words were three, and not one more, What could Diana's motto be ? The siren wrote upon the...
Page 479 - When words come down like dews unsought With gleams of deep enthusiast thought, And fancy in her heaven flies free — They come, my love, they come from thee.
Page 112 - PITY the sorrows of a poor old man, Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your door, Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span ; Oh, give relief, and heaven will bless your store.
Page 263 - O'er beauty's fall ; Her praise resounds no more, when mantled in her pall. The most beloved on earth Not long survives to-day ; So music past is obsolete, And yet 'twas sweet, 'twas passing sweet, But now 'tis gone away...
Page 340 - is there not a window in your house on purpose for you to look through?" " For all that," resumed the pendulum, "it is very dark here: and although there is a window, I dare not stop, even for an instant, to look out.
Page 340 - may I be allowed to inquire, if that exertion was at all fatiguing or disagreeable to you ?" " Not in the least," replied the pendulum; " it is not of six strokes that I complain, nor of sixty, but of millions.
Page 112 - Heaven has brought me to the state you see ; And your condition may be soon like mine, The child of sorrow and of misery.
Page 50 - ... repressed with a smile the hopes of his friends, and told them he had lived long enough. As his life drew near a close, the eager yet decorous solicitude of his fellow townsmen increased.