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... tell you , man , that I was born by this Gulf , that I rowed a boat of my own upon it day and night , when I was sixteen years of age ; and do you suppose that such a creature as that could have existed in these seas without my ...
... tell you , man , that I was born by this Gulf , that I rowed a boat of my own upon it day and night , when I was sixteen years of age ; and do you suppose that such a creature as that could have existed in these seas without my ...
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... tell me whether you ever saw any creature of this genus in these seas before ? I tell you , lad ( the lad was at least fifty years of age ) , it is new , new . Those blessed old augurs would predict all sorts of good or ill fortune from ...
... tell me whether you ever saw any creature of this genus in these seas before ? I tell you , lad ( the lad was at least fifty years of age ) , it is new , new . Those blessed old augurs would predict all sorts of good or ill fortune from ...
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... tell me how your mother came to think of this plan . ” " Theodore , our good presbyter , often spoke , both in church and out of it , of the sufferings of those slaves , who had been exposed to die when their masters believed them to be ...
... tell me how your mother came to think of this plan . ” " Theodore , our good presbyter , often spoke , both in church and out of it , of the sufferings of those slaves , who had been exposed to die when their masters believed them to be ...
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... tell the truth , Nonna would have been strangely perplexed if asked what cause had produced this out- burst . All the past was so misty in her brain , she had not dared even to think of that terrible scene from which she had fled . If ...
... tell the truth , Nonna would have been strangely perplexed if asked what cause had produced this out- burst . All the past was so misty in her brain , she had not dared even to think of that terrible scene from which she had fled . If ...
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... tell us whether we can find any one of those who , if they are alive , must be looking out for you with sore , sorrowful hearts . There , child , I will call you Nonna , if you really long to hear the sound ; but now you must not talk ...
... tell us whether we can find any one of those who , if they are alive , must be looking out for you with sore , sorrowful hearts . There , child , I will call you Nonna , if you really long to hear the sound ; but now you must not talk ...
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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...