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... earth ; the nests are many -- as many as , yea , more than the trees of the garden . But is there no exception ? Is this night of Eden rendered up to universal silence ? Does no strain of praise continue to testify that God is good ...
... earth ; the nests are many -- as many as , yea , more than the trees of the garden . But is there no exception ? Is this night of Eden rendered up to universal silence ? Does no strain of praise continue to testify that God is good ...
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... earth is complete . But night has other charms . Like human sorrow , she veils the earth , but discloses the heavens . " Now glowed the firmament With living sapphires . " " " How nobly the restless twinkle of the myriad stars is given ...
... earth is complete . But night has other charms . Like human sorrow , she veils the earth , but discloses the heavens . " Now glowed the firmament With living sapphires . " " " How nobly the restless twinkle of the myriad stars is given ...
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... earth - you will notice , preserving even in the crisis of a bargain his imperturbable ease and dignity , the loose - robed Eastern from Persia , Arabia , or Syria , or even from the shores of the Indus and the Ganges - for the Russian ...
... earth - you will notice , preserving even in the crisis of a bargain his imperturbable ease and dignity , the loose - robed Eastern from Persia , Arabia , or Syria , or even from the shores of the Indus and the Ganges - for the Russian ...
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... earth were equally concerned were about to transpire . We hastened past the smaller churches , not caring to bestow more than a glance even upon the chapel in which the imperial family were to appear , that we might ascend as near to ...
... earth were equally concerned were about to transpire . We hastened past the smaller churches , not caring to bestow more than a glance even upon the chapel in which the imperial family were to appear , that we might ascend as near to ...
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... earth . To say that a king or queen is head , or chief ruler , of an outward establishment , may be very good sense , but far more than this was meant . The people were now to swear that this great brute , -adulterer , murderer , liar ...
... earth . To say that a king or queen is head , or chief ruler , of an outward establishment , may be very good sense , but far more than this was meant . The people were now to swear that this great brute , -adulterer , murderer , liar ...
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Page 21 - Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied, for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant* sung; Silence was pleased: now...