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The occupation of the demigods , ere earth was peopled with mere mortals , was
conquest . Military renown is the only glory worth achieving . To be a great
general , to become the leader of an army , were well worth the sacrifice of ten
years of ...
The occupation of the demigods , ere earth was peopled with mere mortals , was
conquest . Military renown is the only glory worth achieving . To be a great
general , to become the leader of an army , were well worth the sacrifice of ten
years of ...
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said he ; this is no child ' s play , if it once gets you clear of the city , you will never
stop until you become King yourself . ” Khodadad had sufficient command over
himself to let the key drop from his hand , which having done , he bent forward ...
said he ; this is no child ' s play , if it once gets you clear of the city , you will never
stop until you become King yourself . ” Khodadad had sufficient command over
himself to let the key drop from his hand , which having done , he bent forward ...
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She wondered what they could really portend — how such a thing could be —
who was to place him on the throne - what was to become of Azbeaz — what
would become of her ; there was no end to the tortures of doubt and uncertainty
by ...
She wondered what they could really portend — how such a thing could be —
who was to place him on the throne - what was to become of Azbeaz — what
would become of her ; there was no end to the tortures of doubt and uncertainty
by ...
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I had no alternative , therefore , but to abjure the lordly haunch and luscious pine
, and stick to loins of mutton carved haunch - wise , and mealy apples by way of
dessert , or study to become amusing . I am convinced that any person of even ...
I had no alternative , therefore , but to abjure the lordly haunch and luscious pine
, and stick to loins of mutton carved haunch - wise , and mealy apples by way of
dessert , or study to become amusing . I am convinced that any person of even ...
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I would have studied law , physic , or divinity ; I would have gone the circuit ; I
would have even gone the whole hog , and become a parson , rather than
enjoyed the Barmecide ' s feast of a professor of wit . Eat and drink he may , but to
be ...
I would have studied law , physic , or divinity ; I would have gone the circuit ; I
would have even gone the whole hog , and become a parson , rather than
enjoyed the Barmecide ' s feast of a professor of wit . Eat and drink he may , but to
be ...
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Página 201 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice ; To be imprison'd in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendent world...
Página 6 - Lords and Commons of England, consider what nation it is whereof ye are and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to.
Página 202 - Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Página 202 - Above them all the arch-angel: but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched; and care Sat on his faded cheek, but under brows Of dauntless courage, and considerate pride Waiting revenge...
Página 205 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Página 202 - Archangel: but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched, and care Sat on his faded cheek, but under brows Of dauntless courage, and considerate* pride Waiting revenge. Cruel his eye, but cast Signs of remorse and passion to behold The fellows of his crime, the followers rather (Far other once beheld in bliss), condemned For ever now to have their lot in pain...
Página 433 - Who would have thought the old man had so much blood in him...
Página 200 - Darke, dolefull, dreary, like a greedy grave, That still for carrion carcases doth crave : On top whereof ay dwelt the ghastly Owle, Shrieking his balefull note, which ever drave Far from that haunt all other chearefull fowle, And all about it wandring ghostes did wayle and howle.
Página 536 - Only Dick Christian,';}; answers Lord Forester, ' and it is nothing new to him.' ' But he'll be drowned,' exclaims Lord Kinnaird. ' I shouldn't wonder,
Página 6 - ... and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to. Therefore the studies of learning in her deepest sciences have been so ancient, and so eminent among us, that writers of good antiquity, and ablest judgment have been persuaded that even the school of Pythagoras, and the Persian wisdom took beginning from the old philosophy of this island.