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46. oldal
night , and even sooner , the dwelling has been gutted by thieves , or the
passengers near the spot have been forced to stand and deliver . Some persons
even go so far as to assert that his appearance portends work for the hangman .
night , and even sooner , the dwelling has been gutted by thieves , or the
passengers near the spot have been forced to stand and deliver . Some persons
even go so far as to assert that his appearance portends work for the hangman .
59. oldal
Night ' s silent gloom was closing in , And cheerless was the scene , Ab ! little
thought Maria then How fate would intervene ! When lo ! the hand of heaven
came , And summon ' d her away , The pains of death unnerved her frame , And
nature ...
Night ' s silent gloom was closing in , And cheerless was the scene , Ab ! little
thought Maria then How fate would intervene ! When lo ! the hand of heaven
came , And summon ' d her away , The pains of death unnerved her frame , And
nature ...
70. oldal
These preparations cost them eighteen months work , night and day , and they
now waited for a dark stormy night to favour their escape . At length , after a great
number of difficulties , and many narrow escapes from being detected by the ...
These preparations cost them eighteen months work , night and day , and they
now waited for a dark stormy night to favour their escape . At length , after a great
number of difficulties , and many narrow escapes from being detected by the ...
120. oldal
One meal a day - - - true , Guttle ' s right , But that ' meal lasts from morn till night .
* JERRY MANSEL SIMILE . THE lovely tints that dye the west , When the bright
sun retires to rest , But for a moment charm the sight , Then vanish in the shades
...
One meal a day - - - true , Guttle ' s right , But that ' meal lasts from morn till night .
* JERRY MANSEL SIMILE . THE lovely tints that dye the west , When the bright
sun retires to rest , But for a moment charm the sight , Then vanish in the shades
...
280. oldal
A VISION ON A BIRTH - NIGHT . " Dull sleep instructs , nor sport vậin dreams in
vain . ” YOUNG . IT is usual , I know not for what reason , to celebrate the return of
the day which gave us birth , with mirth and festivity , with rejoicing and ...
A VISION ON A BIRTH - NIGHT . " Dull sleep instructs , nor sport vậin dreams in
vain . ” YOUNG . IT is usual , I know not for what reason , to celebrate the return of
the day which gave us birth , with mirth and festivity , with rejoicing and ...
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appear arms Asgard attention beautiful became become better body brought called cause close common considered continued death earth effect eyes father fear feel feet fortune four gave give half hand happy head heard heart heaven held honour hope hour human hundred idea Italy king lady language late leave length less light live look manner means mind month morning mountain nature never night object observed Odin offered officers once passed persons possessed present reached reason received remained rendered respect rest rose scarcely scene seemed seen short side soon soul sweet tears thee thing thou thought tion took turned whole wish young youth
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231. oldal - But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride : And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow and the rust on his mail; And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown.
345. oldal - Was as a mockery of the tomb, Whose tints as gently sunk away As a departing rainbow's ray — An eye of most transparent light, That almost made the dungeon bright, And not a word of murmur — nut A groan o'er his untimely lot...
231. oldal - THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.
231. oldal - Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown.
231. oldal - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord!
199. oldal - Parallels of this sort rather furnish similitudes to illustrate or to adorn, than supply analogies from whence to reason. The objects which are attempted to be forced into an analogy are not found in the same classes of existence. Individuals are physical beings, subject to laws universal and invariable. The immediate cause acting in these laws may be obscure : the general results are subjects of certain calculation. But cemmonwealths are not physical but moral essences.
96. oldal - Cataracts of declamation thunder here ; There forests of no meaning spread the page, In which all comprehension wanders lost ; While fields of pleasantry amuse us there With merry descants on a nation's woes. The rest appears a wilderness of strange But gay confusion ; roses for the cheeks, And lilies for the brows of faded age, Teeth for the toothless, ringlets for the bald...
100. oldal - Franklin, as president of the "Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery," etc., issued the following letter: — "AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC. " From the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of Free Negroes unla-wfully held in Bondage.
322. oldal - His face was broad and fat, his mouth wide, and without any other expression than that of imbecility. His eyes, vacant and spiritless; and the corpulence of his whole person was far better fitted to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating alderman, than of a refined philosopher.
207. oldal - ... new acquirements would enable me to see the ladies with tolerable intrepidity ; but, alas ! how vain are all the hopes of theory...