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... mind ? Whence sprang the young idea ? Was it produced by the immediate agency of the Almighty One ? or is it a ne- cessary emanation from the great fountain of nature ,. soul of the universe ? Our first thought has perished for ever ...
... mind ? Whence sprang the young idea ? Was it produced by the immediate agency of the Almighty One ? or is it a ne- cessary emanation from the great fountain of nature ,. soul of the universe ? Our first thought has perished for ever ...
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... mind is fatigued as well as your body . You must go to rest . Tomorrow you shall see Quibo . ” He took me in his arms and bore me to my couch ; he wiped away the tears from my cheeks with the back of his hand , adding , " Rest in peace ...
... mind is fatigued as well as your body . You must go to rest . Tomorrow you shall see Quibo . ” He took me in his arms and bore me to my couch ; he wiped away the tears from my cheeks with the back of his hand , adding , " Rest in peace ...
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... mind , that men lay hold of any thing however insigni- ficant that may render them conspicuous . Is a man , by some accident , a few inches taller than another ; you may immediately perceive that he values himself on his towering figure ...
... mind , that men lay hold of any thing however insigni- ficant that may render them conspicuous . Is a man , by some accident , a few inches taller than another ; you may immediately perceive that he values himself on his towering figure ...
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... mind . " They offer up at his shrine , as freewill offerings , every thing that is precious and valuable . He is not Moloch : yet they make their children pass through the fire for his sake .. He is a very old god , and has performed ...
... mind . " They offer up at his shrine , as freewill offerings , every thing that is precious and valuable . He is not Moloch : yet they make their children pass through the fire for his sake .. He is a very old god , and has performed ...
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... mind . We all cast " a longing lingering look behind " and desire to know what will be said of us when we are no more . " I shall not altogether die ! " was the triumphant exclama- tion of a poet of antiquity , when speaking of the pro ...
... mind . We all cast " a longing lingering look behind " and desire to know what will be said of us when we are no more . " I shall not altogether die ! " was the triumphant exclama- tion of a poet of antiquity , when speaking of the pro ...
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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.