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Page 12
... reflections are stealing over my mind . The White Tower there , had it a tongue , could tell me a fearful tale ! How often has Bell Tower rung out its alarms , in seasons of turbulence and strife . Beauchamp's Tower is associated with ...
... reflections are stealing over my mind . The White Tower there , had it a tongue , could tell me a fearful tale ! How often has Bell Tower rung out its alarms , in seasons of turbulence and strife . Beauchamp's Tower is associated with ...
Page 24
... reflected on the moat's dark waters . The secret dungeons are crowded ; fetters , tortur- ing - irons , and racks are ready ; and officers , jail- ers , torturers , and executioners within call . A throng are assembled on Tower Hill ...
... reflected on the moat's dark waters . The secret dungeons are crowded ; fetters , tortur- ing - irons , and racks are ready ; and officers , jail- ers , torturers , and executioners within call . A throng are assembled on Tower Hill ...
Page 54
... reflection for the thought of death is often a salutary medicine to the mind . We cannot be too deeply impressed with the solemn truth , that " in the midst of life we are in death . " If thou art trampling on thy fellow man , And ...
... reflection for the thought of death is often a salutary medicine to the mind . We cannot be too deeply impressed with the solemn truth , that " in the midst of life we are in death . " If thou art trampling on thy fellow man , And ...
Page 67
... reflection . The beasts and birds of all parts of the earth are here assembled , bearing witness , by their captivity , to the pre- eminence with which man has been endowed by his Creator . The swiftness of the giraffe and the ostrich ...
... reflection . The beasts and birds of all parts of the earth are here assembled , bearing witness , by their captivity , to the pre- eminence with which man has been endowed by his Creator . The swiftness of the giraffe and the ostrich ...
Page 71
... reflection upon them . Ignorance is only discreditable to those who have neglected proper opportunities to become wise ; but when we affect to know what we know not , and to explain to others what we do not ourselves understand , we lay ...
... reflection upon them . Ignorance is only discreditable to those who have neglected proper opportunities to become wise ; but when we affect to know what we know not , and to explain to others what we do not ourselves understand , we lay ...
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