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... seen him less than others of the family , yet he has impressed me with the conviction that he is thoroughly good , true , and noble - hearted . Every one respects him ; he thinks for himself and dares express his opinion ; his faults ...
... seen him less than others of the family , yet he has impressed me with the conviction that he is thoroughly good , true , and noble - hearted . Every one respects him ; he thinks for himself and dares express his opinion ; his faults ...
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... seen these sketches elsewhere , the artist was seeking to fix some face lost in life , or dreamed it possible to find embodied in the flesh some stray child of Paradise . " You did not see the tears gathering which I forced back ; you ...
... seen these sketches elsewhere , the artist was seeking to fix some face lost in life , or dreamed it possible to find embodied in the flesh some stray child of Paradise . " You did not see the tears gathering which I forced back ; you ...
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... I reached out my hands to place them in yours , opened to greet me , when lo ! between us hung a crystal screen ; I could look through it ; I had not seen it in my path for its very transparency ; it moved not to my touch ; QUEST . 27.
... I reached out my hands to place them in yours , opened to greet me , when lo ! between us hung a crystal screen ; I could look through it ; I had not seen it in my path for its very transparency ; it moved not to my touch ; QUEST . 27.
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... seen gathering shells in the sand - the only face I had wished to take away as a remembrance . I was leaving my room for breakfast , when a cas- ket was brought to me . There was no name to tell the giver . Opening it , I found a ...
... seen gathering shells in the sand - the only face I had wished to take away as a remembrance . I was leaving my room for breakfast , when a cas- ket was brought to me . There was no name to tell the giver . Opening it , I found a ...
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... seen your soul in the clear depths of your eyes ; I know its purity and worth . I ask you to be mine at once and for ever ; and if you love me , Adelaide - forgive the doubt you cannot give me up . " " Listen , " I implored ; " I have ...
... seen your soul in the clear depths of your eyes ; I know its purity and worth . I ask you to be mine at once and for ever ; and if you love me , Adelaide - forgive the doubt you cannot give me up . " " Listen , " I implored ; " I have ...
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Page 40 - And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, . And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor: And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted — nevermore...
Page 40 - This is the state of man : in prosperous fortune A shadow, passing light, throws to the ground Joy's baseless fabric : in adversity Comes malice with a sponge moistened in gall, And wipes each beauteous character away : More than the first this melts my soul to pity.
Page 176 - Künstler — denn der Weltmensch schaut nur oberflächlich oder selbstsüchtig, und der Verliebte verfälscht, nur zu sehr am irdischen Geschöpfe hangend ; aber der reine , einfältige Meister , in seiner Werkstätte tagelang denselben zwei Augen gegenüber, die er bildet und rundet — der sieht den Finger Gottes aus den todten Farben wachsen, und was er doch selber gemacht hat, scheint ihm nun nicht...
Page 294 - Before leaving, he stated his intention of travelling far and wide for the space of three years, at the expiration of which time he said he should surely return to visit his child.
Page 308 - I hope you will do me the honor to make my house your home during your stay. — Our frontiers are still infested by parties of Indians from whom I was so unfortunate as to receive two wounds on the 24th. Ult°. — My left arm is very much shattered and a slight wound in the right. — We suppose they were Creeks. — A report has circulated here that your Government...
Page 270 - European population constantly pouring upon yon, — there is no question in my mind that the government of the United States will be entirely in the hands of the mob in a few years