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... Anthusa , there would be no true men in the world were all the women like you . If your dear mother had but had as little spirit of adventure as you , or as much love for a quiet life , I should have died long ago of an apoplexy ...
... Anthusa , there would be no true men in the world were all the women like you . If your dear mother had but had as little spirit of adventure as you , or as much love for a quiet life , I should have died long ago of an apoplexy ...
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... Anthusa . " Dear father , will you not join us ; you have not seen our Nonna for seven years . " The old man roused himself from his reverie , as a youth about twenty years of age , with his sister , closely veiled , followed by their ...
... Anthusa . " Dear father , will you not join us ; you have not seen our Nonna for seven years . " The old man roused himself from his reverie , as a youth about twenty years of age , with his sister , closely veiled , followed by their ...
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... Anthusa , " that you may help us all to bind our Nonna to the land . She is always longing to fly away with the sea birds , and is far wilder in her flights than Diogenes . " Gallus turned now from Nonna to her brother , and was again ...
... Anthusa , " that you may help us all to bind our Nonna to the land . She is always longing to fly away with the sea birds , and is far wilder in her flights than Diogenes . " Gallus turned now from Nonna to her brother , and was again ...
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... Anthusa , Paula flew through the house , arous- ing every inmate . Then wrapping Lydia and her young brother in the covering from their beds , she bore them , while but half awakened , in her arms out into the lurid darkness and away to ...
... Anthusa , Paula flew through the house , arous- ing every inmate . Then wrapping Lydia and her young brother in the covering from their beds , she bore them , while but half awakened , in her arms out into the lurid darkness and away to ...
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... Anthusa towards the huts of refuge . The goal was scarcely gained , when the hurricane descended , and they found ... Anthusa , and said that he must return . Nonna and Gallus had most probably turned towards home as soon as the dark ...
... Anthusa towards the huts of refuge . The goal was scarcely gained , when the hurricane descended , and they found ... Anthusa , and said that he must return . Nonna and Gallus had most probably turned towards home as soon as the dark ...
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Page 169 - Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. 2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? 3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
Page 96 - I view, * * And days are dark, and friends are few, On Him I lean, who, not in vain, Experienced every human pain : He sees my wants, allays my fears, And counts and treasures up my tears.
Page 215 - Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill: But their strong nerves at last must yield; They tame but one another still: Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds; Upon Death's purple altar now See, where the victor-victim bleeds: Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom...
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Page 122 - Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
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Page 163 - ... oh, when stoops on Judah's path In shade and storm the frequent night, Be THOU, long-suffering, slow to wrath, A burning and a shining light ! Our harps we left by Babel's streams, The tyrant's jest, the Gentile's scorn ; No censer round our altar beams, And mute are timbrel, trump, and horn. But THOU hast said, The blood of goat, The flesh of rams, I will not prize ; A contrite heart, a humble thought, Are mine accepted sacrifice.
Page 62 - There is yet another, in which these Horadan maxims are still more pointedly enforced, and from this we shall select a few stanzas : — Be merry, man, and tnk not sair in mind The wavering of this wretched world of sorrow ; To God be humble, to thy friend be kind, And with thy neighbours gladly lend and borrow ; His chance to-night, it may be thine to-morrow...