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... morning . The night passed off qui- etly - indeed it was the first for a long time that we could say we had slept a whole night without molesta- tion , Probably our eternal persecu- tors , the brigands of the mountains , had no notion ...
... morning . The night passed off qui- etly - indeed it was the first for a long time that we could say we had slept a whole night without molesta- tion , Probably our eternal persecu- tors , the brigands of the mountains , had no notion ...
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... morning favoured our march , and singing military songs , we gradu- ally quitted the hills , and reached the plain . On either side we had noble woods of olive - trees , the shade of which tempered the intense heat . Not a human being ...
... morning favoured our march , and singing military songs , we gradu- ally quitted the hills , and reached the plain . On either side we had noble woods of olive - trees , the shade of which tempered the intense heat . Not a human being ...
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... morning to enjoy a sound slum- and the promise that , as his father ber , Hannah hastened , when the bell would be in town in three days , he rung to matins , to return thanks to would take that opportunity of ob- taining his consent ...
... morning to enjoy a sound slum- and the promise that , as his father ber , Hannah hastened , when the bell would be in town in three days , he rung to matins , to return thanks to would take that opportunity of ob- taining his consent ...
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... morning , my brother and I followed her without noise to the grave . Just at the moment when I had caused the coffin to be opened for the last time , William , who had known nothing of her illness , and had hoped to see her again at ma ...
... morning , my brother and I followed her without noise to the grave . Just at the moment when I had caused the coffin to be opened for the last time , William , who had known nothing of her illness , and had hoped to see her again at ma ...
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... mornings , you herǝ meet at a very early hour with per- sons strolling in the beautiful um- in the harp part , although it is very effective G 2 DESCRIPTION OF THE SUMMER - GARDEN , St. Petersburg . 43 on the strength of their ...
... mornings , you herǝ meet at a very early hour with per- sons strolling in the beautiful um- in the harp part , although it is very effective G 2 DESCRIPTION OF THE SUMMER - GARDEN , St. Petersburg . 43 on the strength of their ...
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Page 178 - Not distant far from thence a murmuring sound Of waters issued from a cave, and spread Into a liquid plain, then stood unmoved, Pure as the expanse of heaven: I thither went With unexperienced thought, and laid me down On the green bank, to look into the clear Smooth lake, that to me seem'd another sky. As I bent down to look, just opposite A shape within the watery gleam appear'd, Bending to look- on me: I started back, It started back; but pleased I soon return'd, Pleased it return'd as soon, with...
Page 255 - ... or the whole symphony, with artful and unimaginable touches, adorn and grace the well-studied chords of some choice composer; sometimes the lute, or soft organ-stop, waiting on elegant voices, either to religious, martial, or civil ditties; which, if wise men and prophets be not extremely out, have a great power over dispositions and manners, to smooth and make them gentle from rustic harshness and distempered passions.
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Page 374 - tis not thus the voice that dwells In sober birthdays speaks to me; Far otherwise — of time it tells...
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Page 342 - ... and semblable waste of cloth in vanity; but there is also the costly furring in their gowns, so much...