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... PRIDE erects the whole frame , and throws the head upward and backward , moves with a wide and firm step , folds the arms , or places one akimbo , waves away , superciliously , the person who excites it , turns the eye upward , expands ...
... PRIDE erects the whole frame , and throws the head upward and backward , moves with a wide and firm step , folds the arms , or places one akimbo , waves away , superciliously , the person who excites it , turns the eye upward , expands ...
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... Pride , but much more strongly marked . In the expression of these emotions , the attitude is yet more erect , the whole bearing more lofty and disdainful ; the back turned towards the opposite party . Haughtiness prefers the gestures ...
... Pride , but much more strongly marked . In the expression of these emotions , the attitude is yet more erect , the whole bearing more lofty and disdainful ; the back turned towards the opposite party . Haughtiness prefers the gestures ...
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... ! we would not wrong the truth That fills thy noble eye : That broad , pale forehead's lift of pride Should take no shameful dye . We would not that a bribe should be Clasped in 82 NEW YORK SPEAKER . 38 The Madman, Miller,
... ! we would not wrong the truth That fills thy noble eye : That broad , pale forehead's lift of pride Should take no shameful dye . We would not that a bribe should be Clasped in 82 NEW YORK SPEAKER . 38 The Madman, Miller,
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... pride , That told me she soon was to be a bride : - Yet then , ' when expecting her happiest day , In the same sweet voice I heard her say , " Passing away ! passing away ! " While I gazed at that fair one's cheek , a shade Of thought ...
... pride , That told me she soon was to be a bride : - Yet then , ' when expecting her happiest day , In the same sweet voice I heard her say , " Passing away ! passing away ! " While I gazed at that fair one's cheek , a shade Of thought ...
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... watch by the deep , To stay its waves of pride . But the snow - white sail , that he gave to the gale , When the heavens looked dark , is gone ; - As an angel's wing , through an opening cloud , 110 NEW YORK SPEAKER . J Pierpont, Hope,
... watch by the deep , To stay its waves of pride . But the snow - white sail , that he gave to the gale , When the heavens looked dark , is gone ; - As an angel's wing , through an opening cloud , 110 NEW YORK SPEAKER . J Pierpont, Hope,
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Annabel Lee attitude and action beauty bell Belshazzar beneath blood body bold bosom brave breast breath bright brow cheek child cloud cried Dacotahs dark dead death deep dream earth eloquence Erin go bragh expression falchion father fear feeling feet fire gesture glory grave hath head hear heard heart heaven Hiawatha hill hour Katydid king land Laughing Water light lips living Lochinvar look Lord mighty Mondamin moon morning mountain N. P. Willis nature ne'er never night noble Number o'er pale passed pride proud R. H. Barham Rhine rock rose round Samian wine shore sigh smile song soul speak speaker spirit stars stood style sweet sword tears tell tempest thee thine thou art thought throne thunder Toll verger voice vulgar boy waves weep wigwam wild wind wings word Yankee girls young