Spare HoursTicknor and Fields, 1862 - 458 pages |
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... asked than answered . more - This Preface was written , and I had a proof ready for his pencil , when I was summoned to the death of him to whom I owe my life . He had been dying for months , but he and I hoped to have got and to have ...
... asked than answered . more - This Preface was written , and I had a proof ready for his pencil , when I was summoned to the death of him to whom I owe my life . He had been dying for months , but he and I hoped to have got and to have ...
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... asking us all round , " Did you ever see the like of this ? " He looked a statue of anger and astonishment , done in Aberdeen granite . 66 We soon had a crowd : the Chicken held on . " A knife ! " cried Bob ; and a cobbler gave him his ...
... asking us all round , " Did you ever see the like of this ? " He looked a statue of anger and astonishment , done in Aberdeen granite . 66 We soon had a crowd : the Chicken held on . " A knife ! " cried Bob ; and a cobbler gave him his ...
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... asked why a certain terrier , of singular pluck , was so much more solemn than the other dogs , said , " Oh , Sir , life's full o ' sairiousness to him he just never can get enuff o ' fechtin ' . " - a 2 Fuller was , in early life ...
... asked why a certain terrier , of singular pluck , was so much more solemn than the other dogs , said , " Oh , Sir , life's full o ' sairiousness to him he just never can get enuff o ' fechtin ' . " - a 2 Fuller was , in early life ...
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... asking our pardon- the dear , gentle old woman : then delirium set in strong , without pause . Her brain gave way , and then came that terrible spectacle , -- - " The intellectual power , through words and things , Went sounding on its ...
... asking our pardon- the dear , gentle old woman : then delirium set in strong , without pause . Her brain gave way , and then came that terrible spectacle , -- - " The intellectual power , through words and things , Went sounding on its ...
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... asked for him next week at the new carrier who got the goodwill of James's business , and was now master of Jess and her cart . " How's Rab ? " He put me off , and said rather rudely , " What's your business wi ' the dowg ? " I was not ...
... asked for him next week at the new carrier who got the goodwill of James's business , and was now master of Jess and her cart . " How's Rab ? " He put me off , and said rather rudely , " What's your business wi ' the dowg ? " I was not ...
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Page 439 - The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul...
Page 210 - God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked ; that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it ; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
Page 325 - But ah ! my soul with too much stay Is drunk, and staggers in the way ! Some...
Page 411 - And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
Page 195 - They are all gone into the world of light! And I alone sit lingering here ; Their very memory is fair and bright, And my sad thoughts doth clear...
Page 203 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter.
Page 210 - If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
Page 283 - Behold, I stand at the door, and knock : if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and sup with him, and he with me.
Page 203 - And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
Page 175 - Ah me! for aught that ever I could read. Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth: But, either it was different in blood; Her.