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... replied the lord Con- rad ; " but power , without foresight , has ever been my curse ! Who would animate a statue , when he can have no control over its actions ? I found you a mere breathing machine ; and , by my own will , I endowed ...
... replied the lord Con- rad ; " but power , without foresight , has ever been my curse ! Who would animate a statue , when he can have no control over its actions ? I found you a mere breathing machine ; and , by my own will , I endowed ...
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... replied Leonard , and , if you doubt the fact , put me to the test . You have offered me inexhaustible wealth and length of days equal to your own ; but life and gold are not happiness , and if you cannot confer upon me the jewel , of ...
... replied Leonard , and , if you doubt the fact , put me to the test . You have offered me inexhaustible wealth and length of days equal to your own ; but life and gold are not happiness , and if you cannot confer upon me the jewel , of ...
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... replied Leonard : " there is a question , and a solemn one , which it is necessary to put ; but not here . My soul is sick with the gloom of this place . I would fain have the canopy of heaven above my head , and talk with you , face to ...
... replied Leonard : " there is a question , and a solemn one , which it is necessary to put ; but not here . My soul is sick with the gloom of this place . I would fain have the canopy of heaven above my head , and talk with you , face to ...
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... replied Bianca , " that my position is one of extreme delicacy . " " Nonsense ! " exclaimed her volatile companion ; " here have I , for the last half hour , been dying to hear the stranger's account of his travels in foreign lands— of ...
... replied Bianca , " that my position is one of extreme delicacy . " " Nonsense ! " exclaimed her volatile companion ; " here have I , for the last half hour , been dying to hear the stranger's account of his travels in foreign lands— of ...
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... replied , that he did not think the place would hold out for half an hour against the force by which it was beleaguered ; and , therefore , although the character of the band was little security for their abstinence from violence , even ...
... replied , that he did not think the place would hold out for half an hour against the force by which it was beleaguered ; and , therefore , although the character of the band was little security for their abstinence from violence , even ...
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