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There was no breath of wind , and the sun shone through a faint haze , which seemed only to add to the heat . Concha lowered the window and thrust forward his long , inquiring nose . " What is it ? " asked the general .
There was no breath of wind , and the sun shone through a faint haze , which seemed only to add to the heat . Concha lowered the window and thrust forward his long , inquiring nose . " What is it ? " asked the general .
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It seemed to Estella that life was all journeys , and that she had been on the road for years . The swing of the carriage , the little varieties of the road but served to add to her somnolence . She only half woke up when , about ten ...
It seemed to Estella that life was all journeys , and that she had been on the road for years . The swing of the carriage , the little varieties of the road but served to add to her somnolence . She only half woke up when , about ten ...
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But Conyngham seemed to have got the hold he desired , for his assailant came suddenly swinging over the horse's neck , and one of his flying heels crashed through the window by Concha's head , making that ecclesiastic swear like any ...
But Conyngham seemed to have got the hold he desired , for his assailant came suddenly swinging over the horse's neck , and one of his flying heels crashed through the window by Concha's head , making that ecclesiastic swear like any ...
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But in other respects his independence of mind broke down , and he was content to go on mumbling the hallowed formulæ . He seemed to find a peculiar charm - and many others have done the same - in ...
But in other respects his independence of mind broke down , and he was content to go on mumbling the hallowed formulæ . He seemed to find a peculiar charm - and many others have done the same - in ...
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Yet , in the exceptional case , his method broke down ; and we can recall more than one instance of some rare character , too finely tempered for the rough work of the world , which the master seemed persistently to misunderstand and ...
Yet , in the exceptional case , his method broke down ; and we can recall more than one instance of some rare character , too finely tempered for the rough work of the world , which the master seemed persistently to misunderstand and ...
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Página 185 - And bore him to a chapel nigh the field, A broken chancel with a broken cross, That stood on a dark strait of barren land. On one side lay the Ocean, and on one Lay a great water, and the moon was full.
Página 372 - Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints...
Página 346 - The tumult and the shouting dies — The captains and the kings depart; Still stands Thine ancient Sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us vet, Lest we forget — lest we forget!
Página 370 - ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC ONCE did she hold the gorgeous east in fee ; And was the safeguard of the west : the worth Of Venice did not fall below her birth, Venice, the eldest child of liberty. She was a maiden city, bright and free ; No guile seduced, no force could violate ; And, when she took unto herself a mate, She must espouse the everlasting sea. And what if she had seen those glories fade, Those titles vanish, and that strength decay ; Yet shall some tribute of regret be...
Página 550 - ... wanton, smile upon my knee ; When thou art old there's grief enough for thee.
Página 47 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Página 165 - And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
Página 549 - Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content ; The quiet mind is richer than a crown ; Sweet are the nights in careless slumber spent ; The poor estate scorns fortune's angry frown : Such sweet content, such minds, such sleep, such bliss, Beggars enjoy, when princes oft do miss.
Página 558 - I sat and spun within the doore, My thread brake off, I raised myne eyes The level sun, like ruddy ore, Lay sinking in the barren skies ; And dark against day's golden death She moved where Lindis wandereth, My sonne's faire wife, Elizabeth. "Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!" calling, Ere the early dews were falling, Farre away I heard her song.
Página 353 - They say, miracles are past ; and we have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar things supernatural and causeless. Hence it is, that we make trifles of terrors ; ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge, when •we should submit ourselves to an unknown fear.