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... side , that was too steep to plough and covered with stones ? -telling you that though it was worthless to you , it would be a great boon to him ? Bur . Perfectly . Wil . Well , the Hill - side estate is now brought under cultivation ...
... side , that was too steep to plough and covered with stones ? -telling you that though it was worthless to you , it would be a great boon to him ? Bur . Perfectly . Wil . Well , the Hill - side estate is now brought under cultivation ...
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... side had been fired into us . " Back the main top - s'l , my sons ! ' shouted a second time the captain . " There she blows , sir - sperm whale- regular soy , sir ! ' said the masthead - man , in a conciliatory voice , as he descended ...
... side had been fired into us . " Back the main top - s'l , my sons ! ' shouted a second time the captain . " There she blows , sir - sperm whale- regular soy , sir ! ' said the masthead - man , in a conciliatory voice , as he descended ...
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... side , were the only sounds , save our own heavy breathing , to disturb the solemn stillness . A few minutes thus passed in perfect quiet served to show some dark object moving on the sea right ahead . It was a small ' calf ' sporting ...
... side , were the only sounds , save our own heavy breathing , to disturb the solemn stillness . A few minutes thus passed in perfect quiet served to show some dark object moving on the sea right ahead . It was a small ' calf ' sporting ...
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... side - port , I tell you . Don't you know how to haul in a whale ? ' 66 Gradually the whale reached the surface , and remained perfectly quiet on the water ; but , suddenly , as if goaded by some fiercer pang , he started from his ...
... side - port , I tell you . Don't you know how to haul in a whale ? ' 66 Gradually the whale reached the surface , and remained perfectly quiet on the water ; but , suddenly , as if goaded by some fiercer pang , he started from his ...
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... side during those blows of destiny . In 1809 , he returned with the king to Berlin and Potsdam , and ere long had to participate in his royal master's soul - anguish on the death of his queen . " Time passed on till the completion of ...
... side during those blows of destiny . In 1809 , he returned with the king to Berlin and Potsdam , and ere long had to participate in his royal master's soul - anguish on the death of his queen . " Time passed on till the completion of ...
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Page 362 - Say first, of God above, or man below, What can we reason, but from what we know? Of man, what see we but his station here, From which to reason, or to which refer?
Page 312 - Oh ! when a Mother meets on high The Babe she lost in infancy, Hath she not then, for pains and fears, The day of woe, the watchful night, For all her sorrow, all her tears, An over-payment of delight...
Page 71 - It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make Man better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere : A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night — It was the plant and flower of Light. In small proportions we just beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be.
Page 306 - Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases.
Page 367 - SIR, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool : But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is not a poet.
Page 366 - While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive. No generous patron would a dinner give : See him, when starved to death, and turned to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown : He asked for bread, and he received a stone.
Page 350 - Denmark when she no longer resists. The line of defence which covered her shores has struck to the British flag: but if the firing is continued on the part of Denmark, he must set on fire all the prizes that he has taken, without having the power of saving the men who have so nobly defended them. The brave Danes are the brothers, and should never be the enemies of the English.
Page 71 - It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log, at last, dry, bald, and sere: A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall, and die that night; It was the plant, and flower of light. In small proportions, we just beauties see: And in short measures, life may perfect be.
Page 165 - Inasmuch as ye did it unto the least of these, ye did it unto me ' ? Christians are those who have Christ's spirit, as I think, and sacrifice themselves to save others.
Page 366 - FRIEND, for your epitaphs I'm grieved. Where still so much is said ; One half will never be believed. The other never read.