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Daniel Clarke Eddy. Paul could boast that he was a citizen of that once favored , but now fallen city . The reader will perceive that a considerable portion of this work was written before the late important changes in Europe , and the ...
Daniel Clarke Eddy. Paul could boast that he was a citizen of that once favored , but now fallen city . The reader will perceive that a considerable portion of this work was written before the late important changes in Europe , and the ...
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... once more around the old hearth - stone . He was a fine specimen of an old - fashioned Calvinist , to whose ears there was nothing sweet in the tones of the church organ , nothing true in a written sermon , and whose eyes could see ...
... once more around the old hearth - stone . He was a fine specimen of an old - fashioned Calvinist , to whose ears there was nothing sweet in the tones of the church organ , nothing true in a written sermon , and whose eyes could see ...
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... once conjec- tured to contain an account of some shipwreck . Our interest was increased by the apparent zeal of the offi- cers , who lowered the boat , and brought on board the bottle . All gathered around to see it broken , 5 THE ...
... once conjec- tured to contain an account of some shipwreck . Our interest was increased by the apparent zeal of the offi- cers , who lowered the boat , and brought on board the bottle . All gathered around to see it broken , 5 THE ...
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... once recognized as strangers , and several pew doors were immediately thrown open to us an in- stance of genuine politeness seldom shown so promptly , and with such apparent cheerfulness , in England or America . Dr. M'Neile is ...
... once recognized as strangers , and several pew doors were immediately thrown open to us an in- stance of genuine politeness seldom shown so promptly , and with such apparent cheerfulness , in England or America . Dr. M'Neile is ...
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... once living , moving men . This burial - place is one of much rural beauty , and , from its picturesque situation in what was once a stone quarry , in the sides of which are several sculptured galleries of catacombs , draws the ...
... once living , moving men . This burial - place is one of much rural beauty , and , from its picturesque situation in what was once a stone quarry , in the sides of which are several sculptured galleries of catacombs , draws the ...
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Page 358 - Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees which grew along the broken arches Waved dark in the blue midnight, and the stars Shone through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watchdog bay'd beyond the Tiber ; and More near from out the Caesars...
Page 38 - But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Page 474 - Jura, whose capt heights appear Precipitously steep ; and drawing near, There breathes a living fragrance from the shore, Of flowers yet fresh with childhood ; on the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended oar, Or chirps the grasshopper one good-night carol more...
Page 474 - Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake," With the wild world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters for a purer spring. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a Sister's voice reproved, That I with stern delights should e'er have been so moved.
Page 452 - The waveless plain of Lombardy, Bounded by the vaporous air, Islanded by cities fair; Underneath Day's azure eyes Ocean's nursling, Venice, lies, A peopled labyrinth of walls, Amphitrite's destined halls, Which her hoary sire now paves With his blue and beaming waves.
Page 327 - ... dispersed the rest of the company, and obliged him to rise. He raised himself up, with the assistance of two of his servants, and instantly fell down dead — suffocated, as I conjecture, by some gross and noxious vapor, having always had weak lungs, and being frequently subject to a difficulty of breathing.
Page 358 - twere anew, the gaps of centuries; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old! — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.
Page 358 - Gladiator's bloody Circus stands, A noble wreck in ruinous perfection ! While Caesar's chambers, and the Augustan halls, Grovel on earth in indistinct decay.
Page 76 - All you that in the condemned hold do lie, Prepare you, for to-morrow you shall die ; Watch all, and pray, the hour is drawing near That you before the Almighty must appear ; Examine well yourselves, in time repent, That you may not to eternal flames be sent. And when St. Sepulchre's bell to-morrow tolls, The Lord above have mercy on your souls. Past twelve o'clock...
Page 326 - But my uncle, in order to soothe the apprehensions of his friend, assured him it was only the burning of the villages which the country people had abandoned to the flames. After this, he retired to rest ; and it is most certain he was so little discomposed as to fall into a deep sleep ; for, being pretty fat, and breathing hard, those who attended without actually heard him snore.