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... matter ; she knew he was in grievous distress , so she sent me to him . Ah me ! his was no solitary case ! I had not the exact address , and I had relied upon learning it at some shop or other in the neighbourhood ; but there seemed to ...
... matter ; she knew he was in grievous distress , so she sent me to him . Ah me ! his was no solitary case ! I had not the exact address , and I had relied upon learning it at some shop or other in the neighbourhood ; but there seemed to ...
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... matter of bread , but of fire , which in this weather is almost more need- ful than bread . Say , where is the nearest place one can get wood and coal ? " " There is a coal - seller in the court at the back of the house , " said ...
... matter of bread , but of fire , which in this weather is almost more need- ful than bread . Say , where is the nearest place one can get wood and coal ? " " There is a coal - seller in the court at the back of the house , " said ...
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... matter upon which I pique myself this buying meat and such things , " he said , as the door closed after us , and wrapping ourselves in our cloaks , we breasted a cutting wind , which drove sleet and snow into our faces . " What a night ...
... matter upon which I pique myself this buying meat and such things , " he said , as the door closed after us , and wrapping ourselves in our cloaks , we breasted a cutting wind , which drove sleet and snow into our faces . " What a night ...
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... matter ? Galley slaves were at no time esteemed the best of company ; and since the days when Don Quixote paid so dear for his sympathy with Gines de Passamontes it has been agreed upon all hands to distrust and avoid them . Perhaps ...
... matter ? Galley slaves were at no time esteemed the best of company ; and since the days when Don Quixote paid so dear for his sympathy with Gines de Passamontes it has been agreed upon all hands to distrust and avoid them . Perhaps ...
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... matter over with me . " I have not been very long in England , " he went on , " and feel myself , in great measure , a stranger here . I have few personal acquaintance ; for , during several years , I was as a sort of outlaw from my ...
... matter over with me . " I have not been very long in England , " he went on , " and feel myself , in great measure , a stranger here . I have few personal acquaintance ; for , during several years , I was as a sort of outlaw from my ...
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Page 299 - Women received their dead raised to life again; and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection.
Page 299 - Samuel, and of the prophets : who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Page 19 - Thou art, of what sort the eternal life of the saints was to be, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Page 217 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Page 209 - I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where ox-lips and the nodding violet grows ; Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine...
Page 233 - The broken sheds look'd sad and strange: Unlifted was the clinking latch; Weeded and worn the ancient thatch Upon the lonely moated grange. She only said, ' My life is dreary, He cometh not...
Page 266 - From each she nicely culls with curious toil And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box; The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transformed to combs, the speckled, and the white.
Page 187 - So let the change which comes be free To ingroove itself with that which flies, And work, a joint of state, that plies Its office, moved with sympathy.
Page 68 - He cast a look of despair around him. " When I reflect that if it had but been last year that consent was given, and that now I should have been there, and should already have satiated myself with Italy — that I should have been safely landed there, and it would have been useless to recall me — that I should there have learned that which, if not learned, what is art ? That I should have become what I feel I might, and now never can become ; for time, inexorable time, the golden years of my youth,...
Page 232 - But you will be wearied with this sad and monotonous subject. I thought to have followed in detail, the long struggles of this arduous existence, and the gradual advance of Evelyn in that path of the just, which shineth more and more unto the perfect day.