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... carriage of her body ; her gait was as upright as her intentions . To make a long voyage endurable , some men- tal stores are requisite . It is to the passengers like a hard winter to a hive of bees . They are denied any mental aliment ...
... carriage of her body ; her gait was as upright as her intentions . To make a long voyage endurable , some men- tal stores are requisite . It is to the passengers like a hard winter to a hive of bees . They are denied any mental aliment ...
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... carriage . As soon as dinner was over , and the ladies could leave the table , the Miss Percys and Miss Hume prepared to enjoy a quiet stroll along the shore . Miss Owen and her sister , finding that they were too early to expect the ...
... carriage . As soon as dinner was over , and the ladies could leave the table , the Miss Percys and Miss Hume prepared to enjoy a quiet stroll along the shore . Miss Owen and her sister , finding that they were too early to expect the ...
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... carriage , to give by their pre- sence at least the comfort which society could inspire ; the noise of the elements effectually pre- vented the interchange of words . It was with great pleasure that they gained the pass of Mu- senburgh ...
... carriage , to give by their pre- sence at least the comfort which society could inspire ; the noise of the elements effectually pre- vented the interchange of words . It was with great pleasure that they gained the pass of Mu- senburgh ...
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... carriage was in waiting to convey her and her sister to their friends , who were anxiously expecting their ar- rival . Similar attentions had been paid to the other ladies , and they all got into the boat to- gether , and were quickly ...
... carriage was in waiting to convey her and her sister to their friends , who were anxiously expecting their ar- rival . Similar attentions had been paid to the other ladies , and they all got into the boat to- gether , and were quickly ...
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... carriage drove rapidly along , was inclined in a different form to parody the exclamation , and say , " What a charming place this must be to live in ! how spacious ! how imposing ! " They stopped at a handsome mansion in Chouringhee ...
... carriage drove rapidly along , was inclined in a different form to parody the exclamation , and say , " What a charming place this must be to live in ! how spacious ! how imposing ! " They stopped at a handsome mansion in Chouringhee ...
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Seite 24 - All sadness but despair : now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils. As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past...
Seite 61 - Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime : As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. 'Hearts of oak!
Seite 131 - First, Moloch, horrid King, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears; Though, for the noise of drums and timbrels loud, Their children's cries unheard that passed through fire To his grim idol.
Seite 56 - ... vows seem sweet in every whisper'd word; and gentle winds and waters near make music to the lonely ear. Each flower the dews have lightly wet, and in the sky the stars are met, and on the wave is deeper blue, and on the leaf a browner hue, and in the heaven that clear obscure, so softly dark and darkly pure, which follows the decline of day, as twilight melts beneath the moon away.
Seite 56 - It is the hour when lovers' vows Seem sweet in every whisper'd word ; And gentle winds, and waters near, Make music to the lonely ear. Each flower the dews have lightly wet, And in the sky the stars are met, And on the wave is deeper blue, And on the leaf a browner hue, And in the heaven that clear obscure, So softly dark, and darkly pure, Which follows the decline of day, As twilight melts beneath the moon away.
Seite 154 - God will keep a temptation out of their way, or not suffer them to be tempted above what they are able to bear...
Seite 149 - La politesse est l'expression ou l'imitation des vertus sociales ; c'en est l'expression, si elle est vraie, et l'imitation, si elle est fausse ; et les vertus sociales sont celles qui nous rendent utiles et agréables à ceux avec qui nous avons à vivre.