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Page 29
Oh , beautiful Madge , in your bridal white , For you the revel has just begun ; But for her who sleeps in your arms to - night The revel of Life is done ! But robed and crowned with your saintly bliss , Queen of heaven and bride of the ...
Oh , beautiful Madge , in your bridal white , For you the revel has just begun ; But for her who sleeps in your arms to - night The revel of Life is done ! But robed and crowned with your saintly bliss , Queen of heaven and bride of the ...
Page 97
... Impatient of his fit , breaks like a fire Out of his keeper's arms . " And yet we must not rely too much even upon evidence so strong and so cu- mulative as this . For it would seem as if Shakespeare must have been a publish- er ...
... Impatient of his fit , breaks like a fire Out of his keeper's arms . " And yet we must not rely too much even upon evidence so strong and so cu- mulative as this . For it would seem as if Shakespeare must have been a publish- er ...
Page 107
And sometimes , as she sat in dreamy reverie , resting her small , round arms on the window - sill , she fancied that the little feathered watcher gave her familiar nods and winks of a confidential nature , -cocking the small head first ...
And sometimes , as she sat in dreamy reverie , resting her small , round arms on the window - sill , she fancied that the little feathered watcher gave her familiar nods and winks of a confidential nature , -cocking the small head first ...
Page 124
We know , that , among suicides , women and men past a certain age al- most never use fire - arms . A woman who has made up her mind to die is still afraid of a pistol or a gun . Or is it that the explosion would derange her costume ?
We know , that , among suicides , women and men past a certain age al- most never use fire - arms . A woman who has made up her mind to die is still afraid of a pistol or a gun . Or is it that the explosion would derange her costume ?
Page 153
The volcano , raging , aching , threw itself in silence in- to the arms of one who could soothe and allay it . The thunder is noisy and harm- less . The lightning is silent , —and the lightning splits , kills , consumes .
The volcano , raging , aching , threw itself in silence in- to the arms of one who could soothe and allay it . The thunder is noisy and harm- less . The lightning is silent , —and the lightning splits , kills , consumes .
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