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For this reason they were extremely grateful to such persons as preserved those
trees with which their being subsisted . A certain youth , being about to fell an oak
, having , at the entreaty of the Hamadryad who inhabited it , preserved it in this ...
For this reason they were extremely grateful to such persons as preserved those
trees with which their being subsisted . A certain youth , being about to fell an oak
, having , at the entreaty of the Hamadryad who inhabited it , preserved it in this ...
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... s other reasons for being very uncomfortable , was added that desolate and
awkward sensation of being remarkably silent , and visibly left out , when all the
world is talking and laughing , admiring one another , and enjoying themselves .
... s other reasons for being very uncomfortable , was added that desolate and
awkward sensation of being remarkably silent , and visibly left out , when all the
world is talking and laughing , admiring one another , and enjoying themselves .
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... conviction that she was abandoned and forgotten took possession of her mind ,
did she endeavour to banish the seducing image ever present to her fancy . In
vain she summoned every principle of duty and reason to her aid , " En pensant ...
... conviction that she was abandoned and forgotten took possession of her mind ,
did she endeavour to banish the seducing image ever present to her fancy . In
vain she summoned every principle of duty and reason to her aid , " En pensant ...
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It is astonishing how early the reason and sensibility of a child , the object of
much and well - directed attention , will be developed . In this instance the
advance was proportionate to the peculiar care and fondness which had been
bestowed .
It is astonishing how early the reason and sensibility of a child , the object of
much and well - directed attention , will be developed . In this instance the
advance was proportionate to the peculiar care and fondness which had been
bestowed .
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We must all bear our own burdens ; mine are heavy enough ; I never engaged to
load myself with those of other people . Reason and good sense ought to govern
a connection such as ours . I would fain look for the dignity and composure of a ...
We must all bear our own burdens ; mine are heavy enough ; I never engaged to
load myself with those of other people . Reason and good sense ought to govern
a connection such as ours . I would fain look for the dignity and composure of a ...
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Tales of the Woods and Fields: A Second Series of "The Two Old Men ..., Volume 1 Anne Marsh-Caldwell Visualização integral - 1836 |
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Página 179 - ... in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And behold, there came a voice unto him, and said. What doest thou here, Elijah?
Página 14 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
Página 14 - These simple blessings of the lowly train; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art Spontaneous joys, where nature has its play. The soul adopts, and owns their first-born sway; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvied, unmolested, unconfined.
Página 158 - Everything that he proposed commencing was to be completed for his boy ; everything that he erected was to last for several generations. In this sense, his apprenticeship was ended : with the feeling of a father, he had acquired all the virtues of a citizen. He felt this, and nothing could exceed his joy. " O needless strictness of morality...
Página 14 - Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore...
Página 5 - I know, The sum of all that makes a just man happy Consists in the well choosing of his wife : And there, well to discharge it, does require Equality of years, of birth, of fortune ; For beauty being poor, and not cried up By birth or wealth, can truly mix with ueithcr. And wealth, where there's such difference in years, And fair descent, must make the yoke uneasy : — But I come nearer.