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... beams on the seraph counte- nance of our little Imogen ; and I almost expect to hear her cherub mouth pro- nounce the name of mother . Oh , what a joy were that to the mother's doating heart ! She almost springs from her nurse's arms to ...
... beams on the seraph counte- nance of our little Imogen ; and I almost expect to hear her cherub mouth pro- nounce the name of mother . Oh , what a joy were that to the mother's doating heart ! She almost springs from her nurse's arms to ...
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... beam of hope to illumine his dark fate . The retribution of heaven has fallen heavy on his heart ; and till the last sad remnant of life he will con- tinue to expiate that one act of filial dis- obedience from whence all his after ...
... beam of hope to illumine his dark fate . The retribution of heaven has fallen heavy on his heart ; and till the last sad remnant of life he will con- tinue to expiate that one act of filial dis- obedience from whence all his after ...
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... : countenance , exclaimed ; " Child of my ག heart's fondest care ! lovely beam whom " the pitying mercy of heaven has sent : " to illume the gloom of my fading life ! ST . DOMINICK . 81 "But for a short time I hope, dearest ...
... : countenance , exclaimed ; " Child of my ག heart's fondest care ! lovely beam whom " the pitying mercy of heaven has sent : " to illume the gloom of my fading life ! ST . DOMINICK . 81 "But for a short time I hope, dearest ...
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... beams : the * Nothing could be more splendid than the camp of the Leaguers ; the luxury and ease in which the duke de Mayenne revelled in the midst of his army , did not escape the sportive raillery of the witty king . unfurled banners ...
... beams : the * Nothing could be more splendid than the camp of the Leaguers ; the luxury and ease in which the duke de Mayenne revelled in the midst of his army , did not escape the sportive raillery of the witty king . unfurled banners ...
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... beam to the horizon , and the shadows of night floated in grey va pours on the plain , involving every object in its undistinguishing hue : already the watch - fires glimmered with dusky flame through the curling mists ; and through the ...
... beam to the horizon , and the shadows of night floated in grey va pours on the plain , involving every object in its undistinguishing hue : already the watch - fires glimmered with dusky flame through the curling mists ; and through the ...
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Page 1 - One part, one little part, we dimly scan Through the dark medium of life's feverish dream ; Yet dare arraign the whole stupendous plan, If but that little part incongruous seem. Nor is that part perhaps what mortals deem ; Oft from apparent ill our blessings rise. O then renounce that impious self-esteem, That aims to trace the secrets of the skies ; For thou art but of dust ; be humble, and be 'wise.
Page 316 - But that sweet fit that doth true beauty love, And chuseth virtue for its dearest dame, Whence springs all noble deeds and never.dying fame : Well did antiquity a god thee doom.
Page 193 - ... in her father. Afterwards mounting his horse, he said, he was going " towards the enemy, and that the fair one should soon hear what he had " performed through his passion for her.
Page 229 - I was too weak to allow them to extract " the ball, without endangering my life, '* which lay almost within a hair's breadth