Rural Repository, Volumes 10-11W. B. Stoddard, 1834 |
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... leave for a brief with a clanging noise over the pavements . absence . Several of the Government vessels , Cursed , cursed irresolution , ' he murmured , were quartered off the village of - where De why could I not summon courage to ...
... leave for a brief with a clanging noise over the pavements . absence . Several of the Government vessels , Cursed , cursed irresolution , ' he murmured , were quartered off the village of - where De why could I not summon courage to ...
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... leaving one who loved and injured , and innocent child ! ' cherished thee , and believed thee innocent ' Oh ! ' said ... leave her to go with me a very few days ago , Madelon . ' ' Yes , darling ; but then thou wast friendless and ...
... leaving one who loved and injured , and innocent child ! ' cherished thee , and believed thee innocent ' Oh ! ' said ... leave her to go with me a very few days ago , Madelon . ' ' Yes , darling ; but then thou wast friendless and ...
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... leave a desert in its room . which sues for assistance . What cities , as great as this , have once tri- umphed in existence , had their victories as Cause and Effect . great , joy as just and unbounded , and , with In the complicated ...
... leave a desert in its room . which sues for assistance . What cities , as great as this , have once tri- umphed in existence , had their victories as Cause and Effect . great , joy as just and unbounded , and , with In the complicated ...
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... leave the house , and telling burst upon him at once and overwhelm him manner , said imploringly- him how to evade the sentinel , where to leave with sorrow . He choked , he sobbed , he the key , and giving him such other informa- hung ...
... leave the house , and telling burst upon him at once and overwhelm him manner , said imploringly- him how to evade the sentinel , where to leave with sorrow . He choked , he sobbed , he the key , and giving him such other informa- hung ...
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... leave the house immediately . I have no need of ladies of your pretensions . ' Oh do not drive me from you madam , ' said Lucy , still weeping bitterly , I have no home , no friends ; I will be every thing you wish . ' ' You are very ...
... leave the house immediately . I have no need of ladies of your pretensions . ' Oh do not drive me from you madam , ' said Lucy , still weeping bitterly , I have no home , no friends ; I will be every thing you wish . ' ' You are very ...
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Page 47 - What man dare, I dare: Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger; Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves Shall never tremble...
Page 158 - Each soldier's eye shall brightly turn To where thy sky-born glories burn, And, as his springing steps advance, Catch war and vengeance from the glance.
Page 3 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 3 - It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation ; neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there, neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces ; and her time is near to come ; and her days shall...
Page 14 - But who are those who make the streets their couch, and find a short repose from wretchedness at the doors of the opulent ? These are strangers, wanderers, and orphans, whose circumstances are too humble to expect redress, and whose distresses are too great even for pity.
Page 31 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Page 14 - What a gloom hangs all around ! the dying lamp feebly emits a yellow gleam ; no sound is heard but of the chiming clock, or the distant watch-dog. All the bustle of human • pride is forgotten, an hour like this may well display the emptiness of human vanity.
Page 31 - I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side...
Page 158 - And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the sea...
Page 158 - Flag of the seas ! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave ; When death, careering on the gale, Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And...