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... waves of the hand . Example . - Malvolio , ( in " Twelfth Night , " elated with the idea that his noble mistress has fallen in love with him , ) speak- ing to Sir Toby , Fabian , and Maria , " Go , hang yourselves , all ! You are idle ...
... waves of the hand . Example . - Malvolio , ( in " Twelfth Night , " elated with the idea that his noble mistress has fallen in love with him , ) speak- ing to Sir Toby , Fabian , and Maria , " Go , hang yourselves , all ! You are idle ...
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... wave and the gale Are around and above , if thy footing should fail , If thine eye should grow dim , and thy caution depart , " Look aloft ! " and be firm , and be fearless of heart . If the friend who embraced in prosperity's glow ...
... wave and the gale Are around and above , if thy footing should fail , If thine eye should grow dim , and thy caution depart , " Look aloft ! " and be firm , and be fearless of heart . If the friend who embraced in prosperity's glow ...
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... wave , Fast by their native shore ! Eight hundred of the brave , Whose courage well was tried , Had made the vessel heel , And laid her on her side . A land breeze shook the shrouds , And she was overset ; - Down went the Royal George ...
... wave , Fast by their native shore ! Eight hundred of the brave , Whose courage well was tried , Had made the vessel heel , And laid her on her side . A land breeze shook the shrouds , And she was overset ; - Down went the Royal George ...
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... wave , is still ; The harp of Judah peals no more On Zion's awful hill . And Memnon's lyre hath lost the chord That breathed the mystic tone ; MRS . HEMANS And the songs at Rome's high triumphs poured , Are with her eagles flown . And ...
... wave , is still ; The harp of Judah peals no more On Zion's awful hill . And Memnon's lyre hath lost the chord That breathed the mystic tone ; MRS . HEMANS And the songs at Rome's high triumphs poured , Are with her eagles flown . And ...
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... Wave o'er her forehead , and the scarlet tinge Of her embroidered mantle , flecked with gold , Dazzles amid the flood . Scarce heaves her breast , As though the spirit of that dread abyss , In terrible sublimity , had quelled All ...
... Wave o'er her forehead , and the scarlet tinge Of her embroidered mantle , flecked with gold , Dazzles amid the flood . Scarce heaves her breast , As though the spirit of that dread abyss , In terrible sublimity , had quelled All ...
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