Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volume 1 |
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Page 16
... beneath : Nought we know dies . Shall that alone which knows , Be as a sword consumed before the sheath By sightless lightning ? " If Pythagoras had limited his system of transmi- gration to the body instead of the soul , he would not ...
... beneath : Nought we know dies . Shall that alone which knows , Be as a sword consumed before the sheath By sightless lightning ? " If Pythagoras had limited his system of transmi- gration to the body instead of the soul , he would not ...
Page 17
... beneath the trees- " Here let me , careless and unthoughtful lying , Hear the soft winds above me flying , With all the wanton boughs dispute , And the more tuneful birds to both replying ; Nor be myself , too , mute . " It is exactly ...
... beneath the trees- " Here let me , careless and unthoughtful lying , Hear the soft winds above me flying , With all the wanton boughs dispute , And the more tuneful birds to both replying ; Nor be myself , too , mute . " It is exactly ...
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... beneath the torrid zone : this forms at least one ground of gratitude . Who can place limits to the gratifications which may be administered to us through the senses alone , inferior as they are to those of the mind ? Nature has been ...
... beneath the torrid zone : this forms at least one ground of gratitude . Who can place limits to the gratifications which may be administered to us through the senses alone , inferior as they are to those of the mind ? Nature has been ...
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... beneath the benches . I could not put them into a go - cart , and begin all my steps again : I could not make a toil of a pleasure , rehearse beforehand , and study my task by card and compass , merely to make an exhibition of myself at ...
... beneath the benches . I could not put them into a go - cart , and begin all my steps again : I could not make a toil of a pleasure , rehearse beforehand , and study my task by card and compass , merely to make an exhibition of myself at ...
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... beneath , he will mark the gigantic heroes of the north ; the war- riors of Ossian will stalk gloomily before him ; he will roam through the five hundred and forty halls of Thor's palace , till he find him seated on his throne with his ...
... beneath , he will mark the gigantic heroes of the north ; the war- riors of Ossian will stalk gloomily before him ; he will roam through the five hundred and forty halls of Thor's palace , till he find him seated on his throne with his ...
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