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... look rather than savour had tempted me , dropped from my hand never to be tasted . " All the commentators in the world could not persuade Elia , from that time forth , but that the Hebrew word translated " apple " ( as he by mistake ...
... look rather than savour had tempted me , dropped from my hand never to be tasted . " All the commentators in the world could not persuade Elia , from that time forth , but that the Hebrew word translated " apple " ( as he by mistake ...
Page 19
... look'd around , and no employment but in seeking found . " He loved not labour , though he could not rest , " Nor firmly fix the vacillating mind , that , ever working , could no centre find . " For such as him was meant the moral ...
... look'd around , and no employment but in seeking found . " He loved not labour , though he could not rest , " Nor firmly fix the vacillating mind , that , ever working , could no centre find . " For such as him was meant the moral ...
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... look over the bulwarks , at some white sail far away , or some cloud - bank rising from the horizon ; mayhap they linger to watch the rolling porpoises as they pass , or the swift nautilus , as he glides along ; yet never a sound or a ...
... look over the bulwarks , at some white sail far away , or some cloud - bank rising from the horizon ; mayhap they linger to watch the rolling porpoises as they pass , or the swift nautilus , as he glides along ; yet never a sound or a ...
Page 39
... look at each other every now and then is said to have been as if there were a perpetual interchange of ideas going on - no man among them considering himself or his neighbour by any means silent ; and each of them nodding occasionally ...
... look at each other every now and then is said to have been as if there were a perpetual interchange of ideas going on - no man among them considering himself or his neighbour by any means silent ; and each of them nodding occasionally ...
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... look upon the face of a beloved being , or upon a noble and wise man , as upon an aimless hour - long appearance , apparition , phantasm ; as a thin shadow that melts into light and leaves no trace ; can he bear the thought of it ? " No ...
... look upon the face of a beloved being , or upon a noble and wise man , as upon an aimless hour - long appearance , apparition , phantasm ; as a thin shadow that melts into light and leaves no trace ; can he bear the thought of it ? " No ...
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admiration anger animals asked Babel become breath called carbonic acid Charles Kingsley Coleridge dead death decay describes divine doth dust earth envy eternal Eutychus evil exclaims eyes fancy feel flattery Francis Jeffrey friends Gallio genius give grave hand happy Hartley Coleridge hath hear heart heaven honour human ignorance Julius Hare King knowledge La Bruyère labour leaves less listen live look Lord Lord Lytton Madame Madame de Staël Martha matter mind misery moral Naboth nature never night observes once pain pass philosopher pity poet praise Rehoboam remarks rest says seems Sennacherib sense Shinar silence Sir Walter Scott sleep sorrow sort soul speak speech spirit strong success suffering talk tells temptation thee things thou thought thousand told tongue tree truth utter Victor Hugo virtue voice Warren Hastings weak wise words writes young Zimri
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Page 195 - Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: not so thou; Unchangeable save to thy wild waves
Page 212 - Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state : From brutes what men, from men what spirits know : • Or who could suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
Page 142 - And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword : and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
Page 128 - And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel ; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, and said to his servant : " Go up now, look toward the sea.
Page 267 - So here hath been dawning Another blue Day: Think wilt thou let it Slip useless away. Out of Eternity This new Day is born ; Into Eternity, At night, will return. Behold it aforetime No eye ever did : So soon it forever From all eyes is hid. Here hath been dawninoAnother blue Day: ' : Think wilt thou let it Slip useless away.
Page 147 - With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May; And how his audit stands who knows save heaven?
Page 291 - Tho' they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving Why they do it ; And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it ; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Page 319 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself or sends his servants to them.
Page 275 - And whether we shall meet again I know not. Therefore our everlasting farewell take : For ever, and for ever, farewell, Cassius ! If we do meet again, why, we shall smile ; If not, why then, this parting was well made.
Page 274 - And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more.