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... morning a fine purse of money from his Majesty , one pretty gift in Keith's experience ; much the topic in Berlin while a certain solemn English Gentle- man happened to be passing that way ( whom we mean to detain a little by - and - by ) ...
... morning a fine purse of money from his Majesty , one pretty gift in Keith's experience ; much the topic in Berlin while a certain solemn English Gentle- man happened to be passing that way ( whom we mean to detain a little by - and - by ) ...
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... morning . Time does its work , and in such a whirl of oc- cupations sooner than elsewhere ; and the loved Dead lie silent in their mausoleum in our hearts - serenely sad as Eternity , not in loud sorrow as of Time . Friedrich was pious ...
... morning . Time does its work , and in such a whirl of oc- cupations sooner than elsewhere ; and the loved Dead lie silent in their mausoleum in our hearts - serenely sad as Eternity , not in loud sorrow as of Time . Friedrich was pious ...
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... morning in summer , five in winter ; " did daily the day's work , and kept their mouths well shut . A very notable Trio of men , serving his Majesty and the Prussian Nation as Principal Secretaries of State on those cheap terms - nay ...
... morning in summer , five in winter ; " did daily the day's work , and kept their mouths well shut . A very notable Trio of men , serving his Majesty and the Prussian Nation as Principal Secretaries of State on those cheap terms - nay ...
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... morning - on Sunday if necessary . " On Sunday there did a kind of memorability occur : The Huldigungs - Predigt ( Homage Sermon ) by a reverend Herr Quandt , chief Preacher there , which would not be worth mentioning ex- cept for this ...
... morning - on Sunday if necessary . " On Sunday there did a kind of memorability occur : The Huldigungs - Predigt ( Homage Sermon ) by a reverend Herr Quandt , chief Preacher there , which would not be worth mentioning ex- cept for this ...
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... morning ( 21st July ) , homeward by the short- est route ; and , in three days more , by Frankfurt on the Oder ( where a glimpse of General Schwerin , a favorite General , was to be had ) , were safe in Berlin ; received with ...
... morning ( 21st July ) , homeward by the short- est route ; and , in three days more , by Frankfurt on the Oder ( where a glimpse of General Schwerin , a favorite General , was to be had ) , were safe in Berlin ; received with ...
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Page 119 - ... it is cursorily, and in the business way only ; and there is not here or elsewhere the least pleading — a man, you would say, considerably indifferent to our belief on that head : his eye set on the practical merely. "Just Rights? What are rights, never so just, which you cannot make valid ! The world is full of such. If you have rights and can assert them into facts, do it ; that is worth doing...
Page 34 - Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee.
Page 303 - This picture can not fail to be shocking to the humane reader, especially when he is informed that, while those miserable objects cried in vain for assistance, and actually perished for want of proper attendance, every ship of war in the fleet could have spared a couple of surgeons for their relief, and many young gentlemen of that profession solicited their captains in vain for leave to go and administer help to the sick and wounded.
Page 110 - Opportunity in this manner, and obeyed the new omen. To seize such an opportunity, and perilously mount upon it, was the part of a young magnanimous King, less sensible to the perils, and more to the other considerations, than one older would have been.