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... death denounced , whatever thing death be , Deterred not from achieving what might lead To happier life . ” — B . IX . 692–697 . Paradise Lost . I ventured to reply that his Lord- ship's sentiments were not unlike those expressed in the ...
... death denounced , whatever thing death be , Deterred not from achieving what might lead To happier life . ” — B . IX . 692–697 . Paradise Lost . I ventured to reply that his Lord- ship's sentiments were not unlike those expressed in the ...
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... death , That he might only breathe the air Made sweet and sacred by her breath . She reached the grove of cypresses , - Another step is by her side : Another moment , and the bark Bears the fair Moor across the tide ! ' Twas beautiful ...
... death , That he might only breathe the air Made sweet and sacred by her breath . She reached the grove of cypresses , - Another step is by her side : Another moment , and the bark Bears the fair Moor across the tide ! ' Twas beautiful ...
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... death - pang to assuage- No child by her neglected tomb to pray ! She asked - and like a hope from Heaven it came ! -- To hear them answer with a stranger's name . She reached her mother's cottage ; by that gate She thought how her once ...
... death - pang to assuage- No child by her neglected tomb to pray ! She asked - and like a hope from Heaven it came ! -- To hear them answer with a stranger's name . She reached her mother's cottage ; by that gate She thought how her once ...
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... death if an attempt be made to inhale it . It is found in vats where any liquors are fermenting , and is the cause why many people have been killed , while this process has been taking place in confined situations . That its specific ...
... death if an attempt be made to inhale it . It is found in vats where any liquors are fermenting , and is the cause why many people have been killed , while this process has been taking place in confined situations . That its specific ...
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... death . If a quantity be rub- bed upon the bare arm it is said to produce death . It volatizes só rapidly as to freeze itself . This acid is used in medicine . It was called prussic * A new method of making the locks of guns has been ...
... death . If a quantity be rub- bed upon the bare arm it is said to produce death . It volatizes só rapidly as to freeze itself . This acid is used in medicine . It was called prussic * A new method of making the locks of guns has been ...
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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.