Claudine; or, Humility the basis of all the virtues, by the author of 'Always happy'. (M.E.B.). |
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... . Should that agreeable and intelligent traveller ever cast his eyes on this little Work , he will forgive this feeble sketch of his own animated and feeling description . CLAUDINE . Not many summers have passed , since one.
... . Should that agreeable and intelligent traveller ever cast his eyes on this little Work , he will forgive this feeble sketch of his own animated and feeling description . CLAUDINE . Not many summers have passed , since one.
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... eye of taste and feeling on the lovely and magnificent land- scape . The icy pointes des aiguilles glittered with effulgent light , and the snow - clad summits B 2 A SWISS TALE . 5 on his mule, and attended by his guide, ...
... eye of taste and feeling on the lovely and magnificent land- scape . The icy pointes des aiguilles glittered with effulgent light , and the snow - clad summits B 2 A SWISS TALE . 5 on his mule, and attended by his guide, ...
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... moment he turned away his eyes from the glorious scene , but in that instant his * All who joy would win , Must share it Happiness was born a twin . " BYRON . mule precipitately rushed up the mountain's side , and , A SWISS TALE . 7.
... moment he turned away his eyes from the glorious scene , but in that instant his * All who joy would win , Must share it Happiness was born a twin . " BYRON . mule precipitately rushed up the mountain's side , and , A SWISS TALE . 7.
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... eyes of the astonished traveller . Large masses of granite were borne along as straws . A vast building , occupied as an iron foundery , was levelled to the ground in an instant , and not a stone was left to tell where it had stood ...
... eyes of the astonished traveller . Large masses of granite were borne along as straws . A vast building , occupied as an iron foundery , was levelled to the ground in an instant , and not a stone was left to tell where it had stood ...
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... eyes of the tender mother , the worthy father opens the sacred volume . But let us not presume to intrude , at such an hour , into the hallowed privacy of innocence , virtue , and piety . Go , follow their example ! Sweet is the slumber ...
... eyes of the tender mother , the worthy father opens the sacred volume . But let us not presume to intrude , at such an hour , into the hallowed privacy of innocence , virtue , and piety . Go , follow their example ! Sweet is the slumber ...
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Page 7 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 203 - WINTER EVENINGS AT COLLEGE : a Description of the Manners, Customs, Public Institutions, Religion, and Mysteries, &c. of the Ancient Greeks ; a short Account of the State of Modern Greece ; and Reflections on the Revolutions of Empires. By the Rev. B. TH COLE, Rector of Warbleton, Sussex, formerly Scholar of Trin. Coll. and late Fellow of Magd. Coll. Cambridge. With a frontispiece.