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... mind ; we will build it up again much better : Vive la France ! ' After a concealment of two days and nights in the recesses of the woods , the fugitives were at length gladdened by the sight of a French frigate , on board of which were ...
... mind ; we will build it up again much better : Vive la France ! ' After a concealment of two days and nights in the recesses of the woods , the fugitives were at length gladdened by the sight of a French frigate , on board of which were ...
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... mind , and inspire its victims with lamentable impulses . So Napoleon fell under the dire temptation , and one night started along the quays to throw himself from one of the bridges over the Seine . On his way he encountered an old ...
... mind , and inspire its victims with lamentable impulses . So Napoleon fell under the dire temptation , and one night started along the quays to throw himself from one of the bridges over the Seine . On his way he encountered an old ...
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... mind that energetic officer whom he had known in the cam- paign of the Maritime Alps , wisely judged he was better qualified than him- self to conduct the military operations fitted to the occasion . He accordingly applied to Napoleon ...
... mind that energetic officer whom he had known in the cam- paign of the Maritime Alps , wisely judged he was better qualified than him- self to conduct the military operations fitted to the occasion . He accordingly applied to Napoleon ...
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... mind and the understanding as in the instance of this extraordinary individual . He almost straightway became the slave of passions that grew in their evil intensity with every gratification which fed them , until they reached a height ...
... mind and the understanding as in the instance of this extraordinary individual . He almost straightway became the slave of passions that grew in their evil intensity with every gratification which fed them , until they reached a height ...
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... to make known his succession by a startling manifestation . Endowed with considerable activity of mind , and stirred by a restless am- bition , his first endeavours were to surround his name 30 CHAMBERS'S PAPERS FOR THE PEOPLE .
... to make known his succession by a startling manifestation . Endowed with considerable activity of mind , and stirred by a restless am- bition , his first endeavours were to surround his name 30 CHAMBERS'S PAPERS FOR THE PEOPLE .
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Сторінка 31 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Сторінка 31 - A SLUMBER did my spirit seal ; I had no human fears: She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years. No motion has she now, no force ; She neither hears nor sees: Rolled round in earth's diurnal course, With rocks, and stones, and trees.
Сторінка 4 - Little remains : but every hour is saved From that eternal silence, something more, A bringer of new things ; and vile it were For some three suns to store and hoard myself...
Сторінка 4 - Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down : It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides ; and tho...
Сторінка 9 - We ask but for peace, liberty, and safety. We wish not a diminution of the prerogative, nor do we solicit the grant of any new right in our favor. Your royal authority over us, and our connection with Great Britain, we shall always carefully and zealously endeavor to support and maintain.
Сторінка 31 - Tell them the men that placed him here Are scandals to the times — Are at a loss to find his guilt, And can't commit his crimes.
Сторінка 23 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Сторінка 3 - A gentle answer did the old Man make, In courteous speech which forth he slowly drew: And him with further words I thus bespake, 'What occupation do you there pursue ? This is a lonesome place for one like you.
Сторінка 31 - My horse moved on; hoof after hoof He raised, and never stopped : When down behind the cottage roof, At once, the bright moon dropped. What fond and wayward thoughts will slide Into a lover's head! "O mercy!" to myself I cried, "If Lucy should be dead!