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... Died 1838. ] LET the young go out , in these hours , under the descending sun of the year , into the fields of nature . Their hearts are now ardent with hope , with the hopes of fame , of honour , or of happiness ; and , in the long ...
... Died 1838. ] LET the young go out , in these hours , under the descending sun of the year , into the fields of nature . Their hearts are now ardent with hope , with the hopes of fame , of honour , or of happiness ; and , in the long ...
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... died away , and a gloom went creeping up the wall , he watched it deepen , deepen , deepen into night . Then he thought how the long streets were dotted with lamps , and how the peaceful stars were shining over- head . His fancy had a ...
... died away , and a gloom went creeping up the wall , he watched it deepen , deepen , deepen into night . Then he thought how the long streets were dotted with lamps , and how the peaceful stars were shining over- head . His fancy had a ...
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... died . And he could not forget it now . He liked him for it . He was not afraid . The people round him changed as ... dying ; for 44 Miscellaneous Readings in Prose .
... died . And he could not forget it now . He liked him for it . He was not afraid . The people round him changed as ... dying ; for 44 Miscellaneous Readings in Prose .
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... died in lodgings in London , 1768 , a hired nurse being his only attendant . ] AND as for the Bastille , the terror is in the word . Make the most of it you can , said I to myself , the Bastille is but another word for a tower , and a ...
... died in lodgings in London , 1768 , a hired nurse being his only attendant . ] AND as for the Bastille , the terror is in the word . Make the most of it you can , said I to myself , the Bastille is but another word for a tower , and a ...
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... died he was in the habit of " taking the air " daily in the soft weather of the Mediter- ranean spring time - chatting , thinking , eating and drinking , as if death had forgotten him . On Thursday , May 7th , 1868 , he dined as usual ...
... died he was in the habit of " taking the air " daily in the soft weather of the Mediter- ranean spring time - chatting , thinking , eating and drinking , as if death had forgotten him . On Thursday , May 7th , 1868 , he dined as usual ...
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