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... LILIAS . BY LAURENCE NEVILLE . EXPLANATORY . RESULT OF THE EXPEDITION . Torrey , upon springing into the room , had been immediately grappled with by several persons , who almost instantly wrapped about his head what seemed to be a ...
... LILIAS . BY LAURENCE NEVILLE . EXPLANATORY . RESULT OF THE EXPEDITION . Torrey , upon springing into the room , had been immediately grappled with by several persons , who almost instantly wrapped about his head what seemed to be a ...
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... Lilias ? " he asked in a whisper . " Where is she , Mr. Burnot ? I must see her myself . " " Impossible . " " But I must , sir . " " Impossible , I tell you , she is not here . " " What ! " " She has gone . ” " Gone ! Lilias gone ! Gone ...
... Lilias ? " he asked in a whisper . " Where is she , Mr. Burnot ? I must see her myself . " " Impossible . " " But I must , sir . " " Impossible , I tell you , she is not here . " " What ! " " She has gone . ” " Gone ! Lilias gone ! Gone ...
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... Lilias was not here . Nor need we dwell upon the feelings with which he passed with them through the different parts of the house . It was empty , save that a few bits of broken furniture were lying here and there . " And what are we to ...
... Lilias was not here . Nor need we dwell upon the feelings with which he passed with them through the different parts of the house . It was empty , save that a few bits of broken furniture were lying here and there . " And what are we to ...
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... ! And has he made no arrange- ment to take the note up ? " It has not been presented to him . I supposed of course that you would will- ingly pay thirty five hundred dollars to save your son 38 [ JANUARY 888 Lilias .
... ! And has he made no arrange- ment to take the note up ? " It has not been presented to him . I supposed of course that you would will- ingly pay thirty five hundred dollars to save your son 38 [ JANUARY 888 Lilias .
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... such liabilities binding . Mr. Dalzell's last deed was to write to Hawk , acknowledging that the note to Burser for twenty five hundred dollars , of which he had spoken to him at Belton's was his 1857. ] 39 Lilias . 39.
... such liabilities binding . Mr. Dalzell's last deed was to write to Hawk , acknowledging that the note to Burser for twenty five hundred dollars , of which he had spoken to him at Belton's was his 1857. ] 39 Lilias . 39.
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Page 88 - Those who quit their proper character, to assume what does not belong to them, are, for the greater part, ignorant both of the character they leave, and of the character they assume.
Page 213 - WE knew it would rain, for all the morn. A spirit on slender ropes of mist Was lowering its golden buckets down Into the vapory amethyst Of marshes and swamps and dismal fens — Scooping the dew that lay in the flowers, Dipping the jewels out of the sea, To sprinkle them over the land in showers.
Page 475 - I deemed that if they were put under a sort of cover I might gain my end ; and happening to have a mask in the house, I told them all to stand and speak boldly from under cover of the mask. " I began with the youngest (Anne, afterwards Acton Bell), and asked what a child like her most wanted ; she answered, 'Age and experience.
Page 91 - But the power of Congress over the person or property of a citizen can never be a mere discretionary power under our Constitution and form of Government. The powers of the Government and the rights and privileges of the citizen are regulated and plainly defined by the Constitution itself.
Page 343 - The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years : yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.
Page 90 - And if the Constitution recognizes the right of property of the master in a slave, and makes no distinction between that description of property and other property owned by a citizen, no tribunal, acting under the authority of the United States, whether it be legislative, executive, or judicial, has a right to draw such a distinction, or deny to it the benefit of the provisions and guarantees which have been provided for the protection of private property against the encroachments of the government.
Page 479 - HELEN, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The weary, way-worn wanderer bore To his own native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, , Thy Naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome.
Page 475 - A circumstance now occurs to my mind which I may as well mention. When my children were very young, when, as far as I can remember, the oldest was about ten years of age, and the youngest about four, thinking that they knew more than I had yet discovered, in order to make them speak with less timidity, I deemed that if they were put...
Page 420 - The light clear element which the isle wears Is heavy with the scent of lemon-flowers, Which floats like mist laden with unseen showers. And falls upon the eyelids like faint sleep ; And from the moss violets and jonquils peep, And dart their arrowy odour through the brain, Till you might faint with that delicious pain.
Page 174 - On thy fair bosom, silver lake, The wild swan spreads his snowy sail, And round his breast the ripples break, As down he bears before the gale.