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... FEAR , when it extends no further than apprehension , timidity , or cowardice , inclines to narrow , confined , and cowering pos- tures , and trembling motion ; but , when it amounts to alarm and terror , it causes shrinking and ...
... FEAR , when it extends no further than apprehension , timidity , or cowardice , inclines to narrow , confined , and cowering pos- tures , and trembling motion ; but , when it amounts to alarm and terror , it causes shrinking and ...
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... Fear and Alarm .- " Ah ! what is that sound that now lar- ums his ear ? " Dread . " Step softly , that the blind mole may not hear a footfall ! " Terror . " The foe ! they come , they come ! " COURAGE braces the whole body in every limb ...
... Fear and Alarm .- " Ah ! what is that sound that now lar- ums his ear ? " Dread . " Step softly , that the blind mole may not hear a footfall ! " Terror . " The foe ! they come , they come ! " COURAGE braces the whole body in every limb ...
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... fear . " Avaunt ! and quit my sight ! Let the earth hide thee ! Thy bones are marrowless , thy blood is cold ; - Unreal mockery , hence ! " Hence ! horrible shadow , An upward sweep of gesture sometimes takes place in aston- ishment ...
... fear . " Avaunt ! and quit my sight ! Let the earth hide thee ! Thy bones are marrowless , thy blood is cold ; - Unreal mockery , hence ! " Hence ! horrible shadow , An upward sweep of gesture sometimes takes place in aston- ishment ...
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... fears on the future , his pall on the past , In that moment of darkness , with hope in thy heart , And a smile in thine eye , " look aloft " and depart . Ex . V. - THE LOVE OF HOME . DANIEL 58 NEW YORK SPEAKER . J Lawrence, jr , The ...
... fears on the future , his pall on the past , In that moment of darkness , with hope in thy heart , And a smile in thine eye , " look aloft " and depart . Ex . V. - THE LOVE OF HOME . DANIEL 58 NEW YORK SPEAKER . J Lawrence, jr , The ...
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... fear , A tale to rend a mortal heart , which mothers might not hear : The tears were standing in his eyes , his voice was tremulous , But wiping all those tears away , he told his story thus : " It is among those barren cliffs the ...
... fear , A tale to rend a mortal heart , which mothers might not hear : The tears were standing in his eyes , his voice was tremulous , But wiping all those tears away , he told his story thus : " It is among those barren cliffs the ...
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