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... strange , peaceful quiet . Is it my own heart which sheds its happiness upon all around it ? Is it because I rejoice so much in the return of my father and mother , and in again seeing my noble grandfather , and also in dear Adrian's ...
... strange , peaceful quiet . Is it my own heart which sheds its happiness upon all around it ? Is it because I rejoice so much in the return of my father and mother , and in again seeing my noble grandfather , and also in dear Adrian's ...
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... strange unnatural stupor , Nonna was almost paralysed with terror ? With the first blast of the tempest , which in some degree cleared the air , she advanced towards a small emi- nence on the other side of the road , raising her voice ...
... strange unnatural stupor , Nonna was almost paralysed with terror ? With the first blast of the tempest , which in some degree cleared the air , she advanced towards a small emi- nence on the other side of the road , raising her voice ...
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... strange thrill of terror filled Nonna's heart when she saw it . She approached the spot more nearly ; a figure lay beneath the tree . The robe , with its purple fringe , had been torn by the descending branches ; but the tunic beneath ...
... strange thrill of terror filled Nonna's heart when she saw it . She approached the spot more nearly ; a figure lay beneath the tree . The robe , with its purple fringe , had been torn by the descending branches ; but the tunic beneath ...
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... strange dark- ness in the air . She raised her eyes hastily , and saw the overhanging cloud descending upon the devoted city below . Now Paula was a native of one of those islands in the Grecian Archipelago , which had for ages suffered ...
... strange dark- ness in the air . She raised her eyes hastily , and saw the overhanging cloud descending upon the devoted city below . Now Paula was a native of one of those islands in the Grecian Archipelago , which had for ages suffered ...
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... strange earnestness , that they must not both leave his mother . Five minutes after Caius Lannus Varro left those huts of refuge , he was flung backwards by the great shock of the earthquake , and a huge walnut tree , already tottering ...
... strange earnestness , that they must not both leave his mother . Five minutes after Caius Lannus Varro left those huts of refuge , he was flung backwards by the great shock of the earthquake , and a huge walnut tree , already tottering ...
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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...