The New England Magazine, Volume 4New England Magazine Company, 1891 |
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... heart of civilization the horrors of a cruel bondage- the hard task , the bloody lash , chains , the perpetuity of toil and burden , the pitiless torture of flesh and spirit . The mind recoils from the contemplation of such pictures ...
... heart of civilization the horrors of a cruel bondage- the hard task , the bloody lash , chains , the perpetuity of toil and burden , the pitiless torture of flesh and spirit . The mind recoils from the contemplation of such pictures ...
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... heart , with a soul fainting under the gnawing agony imposed upon it . The man was in a terrible state of torture betwixt anxiety and dread . He had had a taste of a vision of the impending fate . The ghoulish speculators had all the ...
... heart , with a soul fainting under the gnawing agony imposed upon it . The man was in a terrible state of torture betwixt anxiety and dread . He had had a taste of a vision of the impending fate . The ghoulish speculators had all the ...
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... heart , Like our dear English speech , that she Has lost in her captivity ? " Day after day , she would unbind , About her neck , her hair , Steal out alone , and in the fields Go wandering here and there , With shawl thrown round her ...
... heart , Like our dear English speech , that she Has lost in her captivity ? " Day after day , she would unbind , About her neck , her hair , Steal out alone , and in the fields Go wandering here and there , With shawl thrown round her ...
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... heart with hopes of a brighter future . It was not much , it was true ; but it was something . He had put in his application , not with much hope of its being accepted , for Blake was not ignorant of the ill favor in which he was held ...
... heart with hopes of a brighter future . It was not much , it was true ; but it was something . He had put in his application , not with much hope of its being accepted , for Blake was not ignorant of the ill favor in which he was held ...
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... heart for coming all this way to tell me this ; but I am going home by the usual way . ” She did not reply ; she stood looking at him in a dazed , stunned way . Having buttoned his coat up to the chin , he came to where she was , and ...
... heart for coming all this way to tell me this ; but I am going home by the usual way . ” She did not reply ; she stood looking at him in a dazed , stunned way . Having buttoned his coat up to the chin , he came to where she was , and ...
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Page 203 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thine enemy ; but I say unto you, love your enemies ; bless them that curse you ; do good to them that hate you ; and pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you...
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Page 97 - Vacant their places were, or filled already by strangers. Suddenly, as if arrested by fear or a feeling of wonder, Still she stood, with her colorless lips apart, while a shudder Ran through her frame, and, forgotten, the flowerets dropped from her fingers, And from her eyes and cheeks the light and bloom of the morning.
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Page 32 - To determine the question whether the clouds that contain lightning are electrified or not, I would propose an experiment to be tried where it may be done conveniently.
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Page 580 - This was the fatal period of that virtuous fabric, wherein yet nothing did perish but wood and straw, and a few forsaken cloaks ; only one man had his breeches set on fire, that would perhaps have broiled him, if he had not by the benefit of a provident wit put it out with bottle ale.
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