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... keep watch over the sleepers - strictly en- joining him , however , to do them no injury . Again having recourse to the centre - bit , for Winifred's door was locked , -Jack had nearly cut out a panel , when a sudden outcry was raised ...
... keep watch over the sleepers - strictly en- joining him , however , to do them no injury . Again having recourse to the centre - bit , for Winifred's door was locked , -Jack had nearly cut out a panel , when a sudden outcry was raised ...
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... keep out of the way till it's blown over . I can accommodate you below . " " I don't require it , " returned Sheppard . leading . I shall quit it and go abroad . " " I'll go with you , " said Blueskin . " 6 I'm tired of the life I'm ...
... keep out of the way till it's blown over . I can accommodate you below . " " I don't require it , " returned Sheppard . leading . I shall quit it and go abroad . " " I'll go with you , " said Blueskin . " 6 I'm tired of the life I'm ...
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... keep an eye over these debatable lands : one of these bor- der holds was the Roost , being accessible from New Amsterdam by water , and easily kept supplied . The Yankees , however , had too great a hankering after this delectable ...
... keep an eye over these debatable lands : one of these bor- der holds was the Roost , being accessible from New Amsterdam by water , and easily kept supplied . The Yankees , however , had too great a hankering after this delectable ...
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... keep a watch out for the stones and rubbish which the rope might dis- lodge . We told him all this , sir ; and bade him not be frightened at the birds , as they would not harm him ; -the sun had set , sir ; and they always make a horrid ...
... keep a watch out for the stones and rubbish which the rope might dis- lodge . We told him all this , sir ; and bade him not be frightened at the birds , as they would not harm him ; -the sun had set , sir ; and they always make a horrid ...
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... keep their spirits up , while he well knew that in the darkness the chances were that the boat would never find the cave . " Two hours , sir , -two long hours passed on in this way , and Mr. Clements had given up all hope . The water ...
... keep their spirits up , while he well knew that in the darkness the chances were that the boat would never find the cave . " Two hours , sir , -two long hours passed on in this way , and Mr. Clements had given up all hope . The water ...
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Page 476 - He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. "My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled; "Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. "They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear.
Page 77 - To have thy asking, yet wait many years; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares; To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs; To fawn, to crouch, to wait, to ride, to run, To spend, to give, to want, to be undone.
Page 145 - Thames' translucent wave Shines a broad mirror through the shadowy cave ; Where lingering drops from mineral roofs distil, And pointed crystals break the sparkling rill ; Unpolish'd gems no ray on pride bestow, And latent metals innocently glow ; Approach. Great nature studiously behold ! And eye the mine without a wish for gold. Approach ; but awful ! lo ! the ^Egerian grot, Where, nobly pensive, St.
Page 266 - Knowledge before — a discovery that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in our philosophy.
Page 512 - It would be no crime in me to divert the Nile or Danube from its course, were I able to effect such purposes. Where then is the crime of turning a few ounces of blood from their natural channel?
Page 476 - Have nought but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again.' He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves.
Page 77 - Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide: To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Page 71 - Remembrance oft shall haunt the shore When Thames in summer wreaths is drest, And oft suspend the dashing oar To bid his gentle spirit rest...
Page 356 - The particular talents by which these misanthropes are distinguished from one another, consist in the various kinds of barbarities which they execute upon their prisoners. Some are celebrated for a happy dexterity in tipping the lion upon them ; which is performed by squeezing the nose flat to the face, and boring out the eyes with their fingers.
Page 123 - Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death : but he shall be surely put to death.