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Pagina 13
... person came again to bring him food , which he supposed he would do in the same way as before . The mere thought of being approached by a living creature , and the oppor- tunity it might present of learning the doom prepared , or ...
... person came again to bring him food , which he supposed he would do in the same way as before . The mere thought of being approached by a living creature , and the oppor- tunity it might present of learning the doom prepared , or ...
Pagina 16
... person must be near him , and within reach of his voice , at the instant when his food was supplied ; some one , per- Or if haps , susceptible of pity . not , to be told even that his appre- hensions were just , and that his fate was to ...
... person must be near him , and within reach of his voice , at the instant when his food was supplied ; some one , per- Or if haps , susceptible of pity . not , to be told even that his appre- hensions were just , and that his fate was to ...
Pagina 22
... persons could not be- lieve , looking at the floods , that they could have been produced by mere- ly twenty - four ... person , he writes about them very much from his own observation , aided by the ample oral and written information ...
... persons could not be- lieve , looking at the floods , that they could have been produced by mere- ly twenty - four ... person , he writes about them very much from his own observation , aided by the ample oral and written information ...
Pagina 30
... person . What follows is worth reading , — and William Shakspeare's fiction never surpassed Isabella Morrison's truth : — " One of the walls of this house was gone , and the roof was only kept up by resting on a wooden boarded bed ...
... person . What follows is worth reading , — and William Shakspeare's fiction never surpassed Isabella Morrison's truth : — " One of the walls of this house was gone , and the roof was only kept up by resting on a wooden boarded bed ...
Pagina 39
... person into her house was certain to be followed by some fear- ful calamity . At last she consented to admit it , on condition of its being carried three times round her dwell- ing . But the charm was but half effectual ; for during the ...
... person into her house was certain to be followed by some fear- ful calamity . At last she consented to admit it , on condition of its being carried three times round her dwell- ing . But the charm was but half effectual ; for during the ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 299 - A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay...
Pagina 82 - Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air; and even the fish of the sea are taken away.
Pagina 141 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
Pagina 141 - Who knows whether the best of men be known, or whether there be not more remarkable persons forgot, than any that stand remembered in the known account of time...
Pagina 281 - Yielding to immoral pleasure corrupts the mind, living to animal and trifling ones debases it: both in their degree disqualify it for its genuine good, and consign it over to wretchedness. Whoever would be really happy must make the diligent and regular exercise of his superior powers his chief attention, adoring the perfections of his Maker, expressing good-will to his fellow-creatures, cultivating inward rectitude.
Pagina 304 - They too are among the unhappy. They feel personal pain and domestic sorrow. In these they have no privilege, but are subject to pay their full contingent to the contributions levied on mortality. They want this sovereign balm under their gnawing cares and anxieties, which being less conversant about the limited wants of animal life, range without limit, and are diversified by infinite combinations in the wild and unbounded regions of imagination. Some charitable dole is wanting...
Pagina 504 - Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the downy cloud, Love gives it energy, love gave it birth ; Where on thy dewy wing, Where art thou journeying? Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth. O'er fell and fountain sheen. O'er moor and mountain green, O'er the red streamer that heralds...
Pagina 277 - Not a single red tile, no flaming gentleman's house, or garden walls break in upon the repose of this little unsuspected paradise, but all is peace, rusticity, and happy poverty in its neatest, most becoming attire.
Pagina 514 - ... that I scarce see what passes under my nose, and hear nothing that is said about me. To follow poetry as one ought, one must forget father and mother, and cleave to it alone.
Pagina 459 - Up ! up to yon cliff! like a king to his throne ! O'er the black silent forest piled lofty and lone — A throne which the eagle is glad to resign Unto footsteps so fleet and so fearless as thine. There the bright heather springs up in love of thy breast, Lo...