The American PreceptorO. Farnsworth & Company, 1825 |
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... length rose up and walked forth with trembling steps , ama- zed at the space he traversed . The stairs of the prison , the halls , the courts seemed to him vast , immense , and al- most without bounds . 7. He stopped from time to time ...
... length rose up and walked forth with trembling steps , ama- zed at the space he traversed . The stairs of the prison , the halls , the courts seemed to him vast , immense , and al- most without bounds . 7. He stopped from time to time ...
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... length accident brought to his way an ancient domestic , now a superannuated porter , who , confined to his lodge for fifteen years , had barely sufficient strength to o- pen the gate . Even he did not know the master he had served ...
... length accident brought to his way an ancient domestic , now a superannuated porter , who , confined to his lodge for fifteen years , had barely sufficient strength to o- pen the gate . Even he did not know the master he had served ...
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... length in a fit of rage and disappointment , and under the supposition that the one he retained on his head was not worth taking away , pulled it off , and throwing it upon the ground xclaimed , " Here you little thieving rogues , if ...
... length in a fit of rage and disappointment , and under the supposition that the one he retained on his head was not worth taking away , pulled it off , and throwing it upon the ground xclaimed , " Here you little thieving rogues , if ...
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... length famine did more for Edward than arms . After the citizens had devoured the lean carcases of their starved cattle , and domestic animals , they fed on bailed leather and vermin . In this extremity they boldly resolv ed to attack ...
... length famine did more for Edward than arms . After the citizens had devoured the lean carcases of their starved cattle , and domestic animals , they fed on bailed leather and vermin . In this extremity they boldly resolv ed to attack ...
Page 58
... length , St. Pierre resumed , " It had been base in me , my fellow citizens , to propose any suffering to others , which I should have been unwilling to undergo in my own person ; but I held it ungenerous to deprive any man of the honor ...
... length , St. Pierre resumed , " It had been base in me , my fellow citizens , to propose any suffering to others , which I should have been unwilling to undergo in my own person ; but I held it ungenerous to deprive any man of the honor ...
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Page 63 - Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision ; but shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
Page 17 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt, Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 209 - I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts; I am no orator, as Brutus is, But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend; and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him. For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood: I only speak right on...
Page 209 - O, now you weep, and I perceive you feel The dint of pity; these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what! weep you when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Page 208 - But yesterday the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world : now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
Page 134 - PITY the sorrows of a poor old man, Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your door. Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span, Oh ! give relief and heaven will bless your store.
Page 171 - Rapt into future times, the Bard begun : A Virgin shall conceive, a Virgin bear a Son ! From Jesse's root behold a branch arise, Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies : The ^Ethereal spirit o'er its leaves shall move, And on its top descends the mystic Dove.
Page 16 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 15 - Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
Page 34 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it; I have killed many; I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace; but do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.