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... exertions of gods and demi- gods , heroes and sages , we still remained enveloped in thick darkness until the " dayspring from on high " shed its effulgence on the earth and even yet we grope through a darkness that may be felt ; we ...
... exertions of gods and demi- gods , heroes and sages , we still remained enveloped in thick darkness until the " dayspring from on high " shed its effulgence on the earth and even yet we grope through a darkness that may be felt ; we ...
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... mountain , he broke loose from the allurements of pleasure , determined to acquire more substantial bliss , by heroic exertions . When he had gained the last stages of the ascent C 2 . THE SAVAGE . 29 THE HILL OF LIFE. ...
... mountain , he broke loose from the allurements of pleasure , determined to acquire more substantial bliss , by heroic exertions . When he had gained the last stages of the ascent C 2 . THE SAVAGE . 29 THE HILL OF LIFE. ...
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... exertions of a man of ge- nius , who studies his own interest and pursues steadily the means that are necessary for the accomplishment of his purposes . But he must not be disturbed by any fool- ish qualms of conscience , or childish ...
... exertions of a man of ge- nius , who studies his own interest and pursues steadily the means that are necessary for the accomplishment of his purposes . But he must not be disturbed by any fool- ish qualms of conscience , or childish ...
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... exertions-- in a situation where they are almost inevitably compelled to become vitious . [ To be continued . JUSTICE . WE have somewhere read of a people who asked nothing , in their prayers to the gods , but justice . In this they ...
... exertions-- in a situation where they are almost inevitably compelled to become vitious . [ To be continued . JUSTICE . WE have somewhere read of a people who asked nothing , in their prayers to the gods , but justice . In this they ...
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... if he sustain his part with dignity and propri- ety , may expect to be rewarded by the plaudits of the audience ; but who will applaud the industrious and dili- gent exertions of the prompter , scene - shifter , THE SAVAGE . 71.
... if he sustain his part with dignity and propri- ety , may expect to be rewarded by the plaudits of the audience ; but who will applaud the industrious and dili- gent exertions of the prompter , scene - shifter , THE SAVAGE . 71.
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Page 289 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Page 78 - There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men that were of old, men of renown.
Page 10 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 156 - Why, what should be the fear ? I do not set my life at a pin's fee ; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself ? It waves me forth again : I'll follow it.
Page 202 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Page 225 - The one seemed woman to the waist, and fair, But ended foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast, a serpent armed With mortal sting.
Page 301 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep: All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Beth day and night.
Page 217 - For pronunciation the best general rule is, to consider those as the most elegant speakers who deviate least from the written words.