Spare HoursTicknor and Fields, 1862 - 458 pages |
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... eyes is not new ; it will be found in " Hannah More's Life , " and in " Conybeare and Howson ; " but his argument ... eye – his ne quid nimis his sympathy - himself . Let me be thankful that it was given to me assidere valetudini ...
... eyes is not new ; it will be found in " Hannah More's Life , " and in " Conybeare and Howson ; " but his argument ... eye – his ne quid nimis his sympathy - himself . Let me be thankful that it was given to me assidere valetudini ...
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... eyes and its heads all bent downwards and inwards , to one common focus . 99 Well , Bob and I are up , and find it is not over : a small thoroughbred , white bull - terrier , is busy throttling a large shepherd's dog , unaccustomed to ...
... eyes and its heads all bent downwards and inwards , to one common focus . 99 Well , Bob and I are up , and find it is not over : a small thoroughbred , white bull - terrier , is busy throttling a large shepherd's dog , unaccustomed to ...
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... eye - glass in his eye . Snuff , in- deed ! " growled the angry crowd , affronted and glaring . " Snuff ! a pinch of snuff ! " again observes the buck , but with more urgency ; whereon were produced several open boxes , and from a mull ...
... eye - glass in his eye . Snuff , in- deed ! " growled the angry crowd , affronted and glaring . " Snuff ! a pinch of snuff ! " again observes the buck , but with more urgency ; whereon were produced several open boxes , and from a mull ...
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... eye , slunk dismayed under the cart , his ears down , and as much as he had of tail down too . - What a man this ... eyes filled , and were comforted ; the two friends were reconciled . Hupp ! " and a stroke of the whip were given to ...
... eye , slunk dismayed under the cart , his ears down , and as much as he had of tail down too . - What a man this ... eyes filled , and were comforted ; the two friends were reconciled . Hupp ! " and a stroke of the whip were given to ...
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... eyes- eyes such as one sees only twice or thrice in a lifetime , full of suffering , - 1 It is not easy giving this look by one word ; it was expressive of her being so much of her life alone . full also of the overcoming of it : her ...
... eyes- eyes such as one sees only twice or thrice in a lifetime , full of suffering , - 1 It is not easy giving this look by one word ; it was expressive of her being so much of her life alone . full also of the overcoming of it : her ...
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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.