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... give up these old - world practices , and cease to be so stagnant and dreamy . " 66 Stagnant and dreamy ! " cried Me- vrouw , amazed at her niece's flippancy . " Let me tell you , Lisette , that we are the busiest nation in Europe ; we ...
... give up these old - world practices , and cease to be so stagnant and dreamy . " 66 Stagnant and dreamy ! " cried Me- vrouw , amazed at her niece's flippancy . " Let me tell you , Lisette , that we are the busiest nation in Europe ; we ...
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... give up her independence , but there was safety in it . First , because no one belonging to her would believe that she would give it up , and look for her in domestic service . Secondly , because it would mark and make wider the ...
... give up her independence , but there was safety in it . First , because no one belonging to her would believe that she would give it up , and look for her in domestic service . Secondly , because it would mark and make wider the ...
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... give him a nag . Amias remembered the promise , and how he had felt that the beast had received this somewhat disparaging name that no very high expectations might be formed as to his merits . " I shall give you the money instead ...
... give him a nag . Amias remembered the promise , and how he had felt that the beast had received this somewhat disparaging name that no very high expectations might be formed as to his merits . " I shall give you the money instead ...
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... give to this church and monument is there of interest upper church the same careful attention in this place , but we have outstayed our as to the lower , for it seemed to us that it space and , we fear , our readers ' patience ; was the ...
... give to this church and monument is there of interest upper church the same careful attention in this place , but we have outstayed our as to the lower , for it seemed to us that it space and , we fear , our readers ' patience ; was the ...
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... give him another chance . " You see , " said Amias , as if excusing himself , " I have no right to cry out against - against anything , and then show myself ready to accept a benefit from it . It seems almost as mean as taking a bribe ...
... give him another chance . " You see , " said Amias , as if excusing himself , " I have no right to cry out against - against anything , and then show myself ready to accept a benefit from it . It seems almost as mean as taking a bribe ...
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Page 300 - I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils ; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay ; Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
Page 302 - Leave to the nightingale her shady wood ; A privacy of glorious light is thine; Whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony, with instinct more divine; Type of the wise who soar, but never roam; True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home...
Page 170 - Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer ; and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Page 209 - tis heard no more — Oh ! lyre divine, what daring spirit Wakes thee now? Though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with supreme dominion Through the azure deep of air...
Page 302 - ETHEREAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ? Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground? Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still...
Page 171 - And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.
Page 150 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand; This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: For I should have denied the God that is above.
Page 302 - Leave to the Nightingale her shady wood; A privacy of glorious light is thine ; Whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony, with rapture more divine ; Type of the wise who soar, but never roam ; True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home ! WORDSWORTH.
Page 11 - Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Page 265 - Europe as being, for intellectual and spiritual purposes, one great confederation, bound to a joint action and working to a common result; and whose members have, for their proper outfit, a knowledge of Greek, Roman, and Eastern antiquity, and of one another.