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... rest till he brought the villains to justice . " could . " I hope such a thing never will happen again , my dear , " observed Wood , mildly ; " but , when it does , it will be time to consider what course we ought to pursue . " " Let ...
... rest till he brought the villains to justice . " could . " I hope such a thing never will happen again , my dear , " observed Wood , mildly ; " but , when it does , it will be time to consider what course we ought to pursue . " " Let ...
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... rest his foot , he contrived to ascend them ; and when at the top , having fastened a portion of his dress to the spikes , he managed , not without considerable risk , to draw up his female companion . Once over the iron spikes , Bess ...
... rest his foot , he contrived to ascend them ; and when at the top , having fastened a portion of his dress to the spikes , he managed , not without considerable risk , to draw up his female companion . Once over the iron spikes , Bess ...
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... Rest ; but in process of time , the name was vitiated into Wolfert's Roost - probably from its quaint cock - loft look , or from its having a weather - cock perched on every gable . This name it con . tinued to bear long after the ...
... Rest ; but in process of time , the name was vitiated into Wolfert's Roost - probably from its quaint cock - loft look , or from its having a weather - cock perched on every gable . This name it con . tinued to bear long after the ...
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... rest , surrounded by the recollec . tions of early days , and the mementos of the historian of the Man- hattoes , with that glorious river before me , which flows with such ma- jesty through his works , and which has ever been to me a ...
... rest , surrounded by the recollec . tions of early days , and the mementos of the historian of the Man- hattoes , with that glorious river before me , which flows with such ma- jesty through his works , and which has ever been to me a ...
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... Rest assured , that , though retired from the world , I am not disgusted with it ; and that if , in my communings with it , I do not prove very wise , I trust I shall at least prove very good - natured . WOLFERT'S ROOST . About five ...
... Rest assured , that , though retired from the world , I am not disgusted with it ; and that if , in my communings with it , I do not prove very wise , I trust I shall at least prove very good - natured . WOLFERT'S ROOST . About five ...
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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.