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... known all about it , found as their verdict that Foodles had committed the rash act in aberration of mind , occasioned by miasmatic vapours acting upon an excitable temperament , ” and would have separated , quite happy at having thus ...
... known all about it , found as their verdict that Foodles had committed the rash act in aberration of mind , occasioned by miasmatic vapours acting upon an excitable temperament , ” and would have separated , quite happy at having thus ...
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... known from childhood , and which had been removed from her old home in the North - that home which was hers no longer - that home which had been rudely broken up by death , and which was now the property of a stranger . The girl , for ...
... known from childhood , and which had been removed from her old home in the North - that home which was hers no longer - that home which had been rudely broken up by death , and which was now the property of a stranger . The girl , for ...
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... known to remove a snail from a garden walk , lest it should get trodden under foot . He had made it the great object of his life to discover and perfect the most deadly of missiles for the destruc- tion of his fellow - creatures , and ...
... known to remove a snail from a garden walk , lest it should get trodden under foot . He had made it the great object of his life to discover and perfect the most deadly of missiles for the destruc- tion of his fellow - creatures , and ...
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... known to military science . And this shot had the additional and paramount advantage over all others , that when it had got to the extreme end of its beneficent course , and had remained quiescent for five minutes , it would explode ...
... known to military science . And this shot had the additional and paramount advantage over all others , that when it had got to the extreme end of its beneficent course , and had remained quiescent for five minutes , it would explode ...
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... known as " Sister Sarah , " and whether it was a decayed lady of rank in the palace , or a private soldier in the adjoining barracks , who was sick and suffering , she was always ready to act as a kind and efficient nurse . CHAPTER III ...
... known as " Sister Sarah , " and whether it was a decayed lady of rank in the palace , or a private soldier in the adjoining barracks , who was sick and suffering , she was always ready to act as a kind and efficient nurse . CHAPTER III ...
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Page 203 - Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever ; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long : And so make life, death, and that vast for-ever One grand, sweet song.
Page 62 - Oh, the wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock up to rock, The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, the cool silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living water, the hunt of the bear, And the sultriness showing the lion is couched in his lair. And the meal, the rich dates yellowed over with gold dust divine, And the...
Page 182 - Even so the tongue is a little member and boasteth great things. Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity; so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Page 21 - There's statues gracing This noble place in — All heathen gods And nymphs so fair ; Bold Neptune, Plutarch, And Nicodemus, All standing naked In the open air ! So now to finish This brave narration.
Page 48 - I'll give you the soundest thrashing you ever had in your life.
Page 25 - ... just as if there were no such things in the world as daughters to be provided for; and he was perfectly content that it should be so.
Page 160 - This poem accompanied an address of congratulation to Her Majesty on the occasion of the...
Page 135 - Question — divide, bah ! bah ! the house divided. 192] [193 college of Physicians, and doomed ' him to two years' additional study, if he intended to try his fortune at the bar — and all this merely because he was not a member of the church of England, although his acquirements might be such as would reflect honour on any University in which he might graduate? With respect to the...