“Miserrimus.” On a Gravestone in Worcester Cathedral is this emphatic inscription, “Miserrimus”; with neither name nor date, comment nor text. [By F. M. Reynolds.]J. & J. Harper, 1833 - 204 páginas |
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... utter in- sensibility . When I recovered my senses , the darkness of night was around : I gazed on the sky , but neither moon nor stars were there ; all was wrapped in a pitchy darkness . The heavy dews which had fallen on me , and the ...
... utter in- sensibility . When I recovered my senses , the darkness of night was around : I gazed on the sky , but neither moon nor stars were there ; all was wrapped in a pitchy darkness . The heavy dews which had fallen on me , and the ...
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... utterly incapacitated , I strug- gled to rise , and partially succeeded , but im- mediately fell again . A second time I made a still more violent effort , and contrived , with the assistance of the pistol , to raise myself on one knee ...
... utterly incapacitated , I strug- gled to rise , and partially succeeded , but im- mediately fell again . A second time I made a still more violent effort , and contrived , with the assistance of the pistol , to raise myself on one knee ...
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... utter ebriety ; then with one final , I may almost say , superhuman exertion of my re- maining strength , I stood ... uttered a faint cry of exultation , and sank into the arms of my second . But another spectacle was yet reserved for me ...
... utter ebriety ; then with one final , I may almost say , superhuman exertion of my re- maining strength , I stood ... uttered a faint cry of exultation , and sank into the arms of my second . But another spectacle was yet reserved for me ...
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... utterly enervated by de- spondency , that more than once I seriously recalled to my recollection the superstition of my school - days , when I believed that the recital of Christ's prayer , backwards , was a spell that would summon the ...
... utterly enervated by de- spondency , that more than once I seriously recalled to my recollection the superstition of my school - days , when I believed that the recital of Christ's prayer , backwards , was a spell that would summon the ...
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... utterly ruined . His estate , his last remaining property , was an- nounced for public sale ; and in the course of two short weeks , he , and his daughter , would be driven from it , friendless , houseless men- dicants , to live , or ...
... utterly ruined . His estate , his last remaining property , was an- nounced for public sale ; and in the course of two short weeks , he , and his daughter , would be driven from it , friendless , houseless men- dicants , to live , or ...
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