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... rolling of his ship . By a position too narrow , firmness becomes stiffness and primness , as in the mechanical and rigid attitude of the soldier on drill . A con- venient natural measure for the distance of the feet , as required by ...
... rolling of his ship . By a position too narrow , firmness becomes stiffness and primness , as in the mechanical and rigid attitude of the soldier on drill . A con- venient natural measure for the distance of the feet , as required by ...
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... roll Cimmerian darkness on the parting soul ! " The pointing finger is used , in any line , for emphatic dis- tinction and close discrimination . Example .- " Yon trembling coward , who forsook his master . " The shut hand , ( clinched ...
... roll Cimmerian darkness on the parting soul ! " The pointing finger is used , in any line , for emphatic dis- tinction and close discrimination . Example .- " Yon trembling coward , who forsook his master . " The shut hand , ( clinched ...
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... roll , To think how that heart In cold ashes shall be , While the voice of Eternity Rises from thee ! Yes ! where are the cities . Of Thebes and of Tyre ? · Swept from the nations Like sparks from the fire ; The glory of Athens , The ...
... roll , To think how that heart In cold ashes shall be , While the voice of Eternity Rises from thee ! Yes ! where are the cities . Of Thebes and of Tyre ? · Swept from the nations Like sparks from the fire ; The glory of Athens , The ...
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... roll , and the sun vivifies and paints ; the laws which preside over the subtle combina- tions of chemistry , and the amazing velocities of electricity ; the laws of germination and production in the vegetable and animal worlds ; -all ...
... roll , and the sun vivifies and paints ; the laws which preside over the subtle combina- tions of chemistry , and the amazing velocities of electricity ; the laws of germination and production in the vegetable and animal worlds ; -all ...
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... roll down . The crackling , sweating pines ; And streams of smoke , like water - spouts , Burst through the rumbling mines ; I asked the firemen why they made Such noise about the town ; They answered not , -but all the while The brakes ...
... roll down . The crackling , sweating pines ; And streams of smoke , like water - spouts , Burst through the rumbling mines ; I asked the firemen why they made Such noise about the town ; They answered not , -but all the while The brakes ...
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