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... less loved , my mother . That gentle placid melancholy , which , under her circumstances , so naturally characterized her , offended and disgusted him . Once , I believe , in a flt of ungovernable rage , he taunted her with killing her ...
... less loved , my mother . That gentle placid melancholy , which , under her circumstances , so naturally characterized her , offended and disgusted him . Once , I believe , in a flt of ungovernable rage , he taunted her with killing her ...
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... less and less like a little rogue . Uncle Charlie began to think that she was pretty , and as he scanned her appearance he noticed that her garments , though scanty , were the well - saved witnesses of better days . She turned down a ...
... less and less like a little rogue . Uncle Charlie began to think that she was pretty , and as he scanned her appearance he noticed that her garments , though scanty , were the well - saved witnesses of better days . She turned down a ...
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... less than girls . And so men than women , I think . But then I am a woman . All Uncle Charlie called this little boy his mother's " sunshine . " And so he was . children , in some degree , deserve the name , but it was little George's ...
... less than girls . And so men than women , I think . But then I am a woman . All Uncle Charlie called this little boy his mother's " sunshine . " And so he was . children , in some degree , deserve the name , but it was little George's ...
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... less restraint . It is often wondered that a man , knowing the terrible consequences of evil , should still persist in it . But for the time being it does not seem evil . Under excitement of passion we do things which are no more a ...
... less restraint . It is often wondered that a man , knowing the terrible consequences of evil , should still persist in it . But for the time being it does not seem evil . Under excitement of passion we do things which are no more a ...
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... less account than the lowest menial who ministered to his wants and pleasures . As I laid my hand on the handle of the library - door , my forebodings again arose as to what could possibly form the present grounds for reproach . Was it ...
... less account than the lowest menial who ministered to his wants and pleasures . As I laid my hand on the handle of the library - door , my forebodings again arose as to what could possibly form the present grounds for reproach . Was it ...
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Page 13 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms, — the day Battle's magnificently stern array...
Page 193 - ... and on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy. And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath, blood and fire and vapour of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come.
Page 13 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Page 22 - Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name: that strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
Page 20 - I must have wanton poets, pleasant wits, Musicians, that with touching of a string May draw the pliant king which way I please. Music and poetry is his delight; Therefore I'll have Italian masks by night, Sweet speeches, comedies, and pleasing shows...
Page 307 - They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Page 13 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet.— But hark!
Page 264 - Twas better for her that we should part — Better the soberest, prosiest life Than a blasted home and a broken heart. I have seen her? Once: I was weak and spent On the dusty road, a carriage stopped; But little she dreamed, as on she went, Who kissed the coin that her fingers dropped!
Page 13 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness ; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 190 - St Agnes' Eve — Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold ; The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold...