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... some nice points , and conform to the practice and opinion of those about me , I might stand as fair a chance as others for dignities and preferment . " And why can you not ? What hinders you from difcarding this troublesome ...
... some nice points , and conform to the practice and opinion of those about me , I might stand as fair a chance as others for dignities and preferment . " And why can you not ? What hinders you from difcarding this troublesome ...
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... Some parts of it are easier , fome more dif ficult of accefs : We muft proceed at once by fap and battery ; and when the breach is practicable , you have nothing to do , but to prefs boldly on , and enter : It is troublesome and deep ...
... Some parts of it are easier , fome more dif ficult of accefs : We muft proceed at once by fap and battery ; and when the breach is practicable , you have nothing to do , but to prefs boldly on , and enter : It is troublesome and deep ...
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... Some- times fhame and indignation had nearly overcome my fear , and I have prepared to rush down the fteep , un- armed as I was , and to die at once by the fwords of my enemies ; but the instinctive love of life prevailed , and starting ...
... Some- times fhame and indignation had nearly overcome my fear , and I have prepared to rush down the fteep , un- armed as I was , and to die at once by the fwords of my enemies ; but the instinctive love of life prevailed , and starting ...
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... some little fortune , and was the father of an only daughter , for whom nature had done much , and to whose native endowments it was the chief study and delight of her parents to add every thing that art could ' could beftow . The ...
... some little fortune , and was the father of an only daughter , for whom nature had done much , and to whose native endowments it was the chief study and delight of her parents to add every thing that art could ' could beftow . The ...
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... some " victuals in the house of a woman here in town , to whom I told my story , and who feemed to pity me . " I had then a little bundle of things , which I had " been allowed to take with me after my mother's " death ; but , the night ...
... some " victuals in the house of a woman here in town , to whom I told my story , and who feemed to pity me . " I had then a little bundle of things , which I had " been allowed to take with me after my mother's " death ; but , the night ...
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Page 281 - Aonian maids, Delight no more — O Thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire! Rapt into future times the bard begun: A Virgin shall conceive — a Virgin bear a Son ! From Jesse's root behold a Branch arise Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies: Th' Ethereal Spirit o'er its leaves shall move, And on its top descends the mystic Dove.
Page 177 - And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Page 177 - Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.
Page 300 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 267 - I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth.
Page 306 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Page 264 - ... sense of their fidelity and attachment, and would carry the remembrance of it along with him to the place of his retreat, as his...
Page 282 - Saviour comes! by ancient bards foretold: Hear him, ye deaf! and all ye blind, behold! He from thick films shall purge the visual ray, And on the sightless eyeball pour the day: 'Tis he th' obstructed paths of sound shall clear And bid new music charm th' unfolding ear: The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting like the bounding roe.
Page 179 - And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen ; and ye shall haste, and bring down my father hither.
Page 305 - twas a famous victory. 'My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by; They burnt his dwelling to the ground, And he was forced to fly: So with his wife and child he fled Nor had he where to rest his head.