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... possessed in peace their local and respective influence . Nor could the Roman , who deprecated the wrath of the Tiber , deride the Egyptian , who presented his offering to the beneficent genius of the Nile . ' We are indeed filled with ...
... possessed in peace their local and respective influence . Nor could the Roman , who deprecated the wrath of the Tiber , deride the Egyptian , who presented his offering to the beneficent genius of the Nile . ' We are indeed filled with ...
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... possession of so many sources of consolation , we might be disposed to view Captain Atchison and Lieutenant Dawson as objects of our envy and admiration , rather than of our pity . But still , there is a duty which their fellow ...
... possession of so many sources of consolation , we might be disposed to view Captain Atchison and Lieutenant Dawson as objects of our envy and admiration , rather than of our pity . But still , there is a duty which their fellow ...
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... possession when he should find himself at liberty and in the open air . With this intention , it may be readily imagined how much his consternation was increased on finding himself unable to stir either hand or foot . His head even ...
... possession when he should find himself at liberty and in the open air . With this intention , it may be readily imagined how much his consternation was increased on finding himself unable to stir either hand or foot . His head even ...
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... possession of the cask with Bertram . " Have you forgotten , then , that poor wretch in the tumult of the waves , to whom , when he was in his agony , thou , Bertram , didst resign thy own security - and didst descend into the perilous ...
... possession of the cask with Bertram . " Have you forgotten , then , that poor wretch in the tumult of the waves , to whom , when he was in his agony , thou , Bertram , didst resign thy own security - and didst descend into the perilous ...
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... possessed of almost every thing his habits qualify him to enjoy , or to which his ambition prompts him to attain . The poor have little less ; the rich scarcely covet more . ' Commercial capital could scarcely be said to exist in this ...
... possessed of almost every thing his habits qualify him to enjoy , or to which his ambition prompts him to attain . The poor have little less ; the rich scarcely covet more . ' Commercial capital could scarcely be said to exist in this ...
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Page 174 - I forty stripes save one, thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfuluess, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness ; besides...
Page 553 - For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Page 346 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 116 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, "With his martial cloak around him.
Page 116 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast...
Page 311 - And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise : and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses : and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.
Page 118 - twill smile again ; And still the thought I will not brook That I must look in vain ! But when I speak — thou dost not say What thou ne'er left'st unsaid ; ' And now I feel, as well I may, Sweet Mary ! thou art dead ! If thou wouldst stay e'en as thou art, All cold and all serene- I still might press thy silent heart, And where thy smiles have been...
Page 117 - And still upon that face I look, And think 'twill smile again ; And still the thought I will not brook, That I must look in vain ! But when I speak— thou dost not say, What thou ne'er left'st unsaid ; And now I feel, as well I may, Sweet Mary ! thou art dead ! III.
Page 161 - For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work : I will triumph in the works of thy hands. 5 O LORD, how great are thy works ! and thy thoughts are very deep.
Page 8 - The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful.