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... honoured side and listen to your blessed instructions . " " Well , Judith , I will now ask you to open your mind to me , and tell me why you have appeared so sad of late . You do not JUDITH SUSPECTED OF LOVING A CHRISTIAN . 15 partake ...
... honoured side and listen to your blessed instructions . " " Well , Judith , I will now ask you to open your mind to me , and tell me why you have appeared so sad of late . You do not JUDITH SUSPECTED OF LOVING A CHRISTIAN . 15 partake ...
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... honour , ' was his reply . Three francs ! ' exclaimed the Emperor . Does that support you and your family ? Tell me how you manage to do so . ' NAPOLEON AND THE WOODMAN . 37 With pleasure , your 36 TALES OF A JEWESS .
... honour , ' was his reply . Three francs ! ' exclaimed the Emperor . Does that support you and your family ? Tell me how you manage to do so . ' NAPOLEON AND THE WOODMAN . 37 With pleasure , your 36 TALES OF A JEWESS .
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... honour . I keep my wife and children ; I place money out at interest , by educating the latter at school ; and I pay off my old debts , by maintaining my aged father and mother . So you see , your honour , I may well be happy ...
... honour . I keep my wife and children ; I place money out at interest , by educating the latter at school ; and I pay off my old debts , by maintaining my aged father and mother . So you see , your honour , I may well be happy ...
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... honour of talking with the Emperor . ' What did you say to him ? ' - Excuse me , gentlemen ; that I must not tell you . One of the party said , ' I will give you fifty Napoleons to tell me . ' The man said , ' No , I dare not . You ...
... honour of talking with the Emperor . ' What did you say to him ? ' - Excuse me , gentlemen ; that I must not tell you . One of the party said , ' I will give you fifty Napoleons to tell me . ' The man said , ' No , I dare not . You ...
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... a formal manner , asking , " What is your pleasure here ? I merely called to see the ladies , ' said I. Mr. S. replied , ' I doubt the honour of your intentions towards my daughter . I have been 4 informed that you are a Jew ; and that by.
... a formal manner , asking , " What is your pleasure here ? I merely called to see the ladies , ' said I. Mr. S. replied , ' I doubt the honour of your intentions towards my daughter . I have been 4 informed that you are a Jew ; and that by.
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Page 105 - Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, • But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die...
Page 232 - Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance. In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
Page 231 - And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
Page 46 - That landscape ; and of pure, now purer air Meets his approach, and to the heart inspires Vernal delight and joy, able to drive All sadness but despair : now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils.
Page 67 - And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep...
Page 227 - Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
Page 149 - 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 in their dust.
Page 139 - twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She...
Page 23 - To me brings nothing that should make me bless it, Or think it better than the day before, Or any other in the course of time, That duly took its turn, and was forgotten. Alt.
Page 34 - And that it happened, they are all agreed. Not to detain you from a thing so strange, A gentleman, that lives not far from 'Change, This week, in short, as all the alley knows, Taking a puke, has thrown up three black crows." "Impossible!" "Nay, but it's really true; I have it from good hands, and so may you.