The Listener, Volume 1James Nisbet, 1830 - Education |
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Page 10
... spirits were ready to assume it : those at least that were not so happy as to find means of for- getting it . Such was the case with my unfortunate self . I had descended to the breakfast - room at the usual hour , but no one appeared ...
... spirits were ready to assume it : those at least that were not so happy as to find means of for- getting it . Such was the case with my unfortunate self . I had descended to the breakfast - room at the usual hour , but no one appeared ...
Page 30
... spirits gay , expect it every where the more experienced , having sought it long and found it not , decide that it is no where . The moralist tells us there is no such thing . The historian almost proves it by the miseries he details ...
... spirits gay , expect it every where the more experienced , having sought it long and found it not , decide that it is no where . The moralist tells us there is no such thing . The historian almost proves it by the miseries he details ...
Page 51
... his deities with gladiatorial sights . The dark Indian , not very much mistaking the spirit he serves , holds festivals in honour of the Devil , in which his scalped and tortured enemies make D 2 THE LISTENER . 51 Christmas Time.
... his deities with gladiatorial sights . The dark Indian , not very much mistaking the spirit he serves , holds festivals in honour of the Devil , in which his scalped and tortured enemies make D 2 THE LISTENER . 51 Christmas Time.
Page 54
... spirit at last surrendered to purchase manumission for the bond- slaves of the earth , and make them heirs of bliss eternal . And now in Heaven he sits in unspotted purity enthroned , watching with eye compassionate the people he has ...
... spirit at last surrendered to purchase manumission for the bond- slaves of the earth , and make them heirs of bliss eternal . And now in Heaven he sits in unspotted purity enthroned , watching with eye compassionate the people he has ...
Page 59
... spirits exhausted . Many a long day expended , in thought at least , about the dress they are to wear ; many another in weariness and languor , and disgust of less exciting occupa- tions ; attention untimely called to the advantage of ...
... spirits exhausted . Many a long day expended , in thought at least , about the dress they are to wear ; many another in weariness and languor , and disgust of less exciting occupa- tions ; attention untimely called to the advantage of ...
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