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... possessed of brawny limbs ; you will find him anxiously contending for pre- eminence by measuring round the breast or taking the circumference of the thigh , with his athletic competitors . I cannot remember of having observed any of ...
... possessed of brawny limbs ; you will find him anxiously contending for pre- eminence by measuring round the breast or taking the circumference of the thigh , with his athletic competitors . I cannot remember of having observed any of ...
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... possessed of any property , it is a hundred to one but some finely polished and highly ci- vilized young christian will observe , " Damn the old codger : I wish he was in hell , and I had his money . " THE SAVAGE - NO . II . EFFECTS OF ...
... possessed of any property , it is a hundred to one but some finely polished and highly ci- vilized young christian will observe , " Damn the old codger : I wish he was in hell , and I had his money . " THE SAVAGE - NO . II . EFFECTS OF ...
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... possessed of that something , which you honor with the name of civi- lization . His limbs , you say , are robust and strong by exercise and labor . Does civilization then consist in ro- bustness of body , or brawniness of limbs ? He may ...
... possessed of that something , which you honor with the name of civi- lization . His limbs , you say , are robust and strong by exercise and labor . Does civilization then consist in ro- bustness of body , or brawniness of limbs ? He may ...
Page 34
... possessed of the substance , and he will never declare war for the shadow . Let him enjoy every right , power , and emolument , belonging to a letter ; and they are wel- come to call him a " hard breathing " as long as they please . At ...
... possessed of the substance , and he will never declare war for the shadow . Let him enjoy every right , power , and emolument , belonging to a letter ; and they are wel- come to call him a " hard breathing " as long as they please . At ...
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... possessing a cultivated mind and a discriminating judgment , should bestow praises on our talents is highly gratifying ; but that he should find any thing to blame in the sentiments we inculcate gives us unaffected concern . We are not ...
... possessing a cultivated mind and a discriminating judgment , should bestow praises on our talents is highly gratifying ; but that he should find any thing to blame in the sentiments we inculcate gives us unaffected concern . We are not ...
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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.