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... dead : there may the living learn lessons of humility . I like to wander through the Zoological Gardens , and to fancy the different birds , beasts , and reptiles at liberty in the places they frequented before they were caught and ...
... dead : there may the living learn lessons of humility . I like to wander through the Zoological Gardens , and to fancy the different birds , beasts , and reptiles at liberty in the places they frequented before they were caught and ...
Page 7
... dead , I leave others to decide , for I am no splitter of hairs , no decider of disputed points , no authority in doubtful doctrines , but a simple - minded old man , well content to keep to what is plain and practical , and to leave to ...
... dead , I leave others to decide , for I am no splitter of hairs , no decider of disputed points , no authority in doubtful doctrines , but a simple - minded old man , well content to keep to what is plain and practical , and to leave to ...
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... dead of the night , when most doors and fences were locked up in the city , that the fire doth break forth and appear abroad , and , like a mighty giant refreshed with wine , doth awake and arm itself , and quickly gathers strength ...
... dead of the night , when most doors and fences were locked up in the city , that the fire doth break forth and appear abroad , and , like a mighty giant refreshed with wine , doth awake and arm itself , and quickly gathers strength ...
Page 53
... dead , For worldly pomp , and kingly power , Are but the pageants of an hour . Where breasts with proud ambition swell , Oh , what a tale is this to tell ! If kings the shroud of death must wear , Can I do better than prepare ? My ...
... dead , For worldly pomp , and kingly power , Are but the pageants of an hour . Where breasts with proud ambition swell , Oh , what a tale is this to tell ! If kings the shroud of death must wear , Can I do better than prepare ? My ...
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... dead to life . See how impatient Lazarus is to get rid of his grave - clothes ! while his hand is putting off a part of them , one of his feet is busy too , in stripping from his legs the bandage with which they are bound . How sublime ...
... dead to life . See how impatient Lazarus is to get rid of his grave - clothes ! while his hand is putting off a part of them , one of his feet is busy too , in stripping from his legs the bandage with which they are bound . How sublime ...
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