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... entered the room , and I was ordered out . I pleaded hard to stay , but ' twas no use . The house was entirely sur- rounded by armed men , ready to shoot down any one attempting to escape . Your father had en- joined it upon me that I ...
... entered the room , and I was ordered out . I pleaded hard to stay , but ' twas no use . The house was entirely sur- rounded by armed men , ready to shoot down any one attempting to escape . Your father had en- joined it upon me that I ...
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... entering the carriage , told the driver to make his best speed to Number 17 Diana Street . Let us precede him by a few minutes and look in upon the select company there assembled . In a stately apartment some dozen of the principal ...
... entering the carriage , told the driver to make his best speed to Number 17 Diana Street . Let us precede him by a few minutes and look in upon the select company there assembled . In a stately apartment some dozen of the principal ...
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... entered that long canal - like section where the great river flows between narrow banks , which , including the swamps behind them , are each not more than two or three hundred yards wide , running out into the Gulf of Mexico . Here and ...
... entered that long canal - like section where the great river flows between narrow banks , which , including the swamps behind them , are each not more than two or three hundred yards wide , running out into the Gulf of Mexico . Here and ...
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... entered . " How is our cavalry captain to - day ? " he asked cheerily . " Better and better , my dear Mr. Vance . ” " Let me feel of his pulse . Excellent ! Firm , regular ! Appetite ? " " Improving daily . He ate two boiled eggs and a ...
... entered . " How is our cavalry captain to - day ? " he asked cheerily . " Better and better , my dear Mr. Vance . ” " Let me feel of his pulse . Excellent ! Firm , regular ! Appetite ? " " Improving daily . He ate two boiled eggs and a ...
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... entered the room . " Ha , Lieutenant ! elaimed Vance . What's the news ? " ex- " Ask anyone but me , " returned Kenrick . " Have I not been all the morning trying guns at the navy - yard ? What have you there , Robert ! A lock of hair ...
... entered the room . " Ha , Lieutenant ! elaimed Vance . What's the news ? " ex- " Ask anyone but me , " returned Kenrick . " Have I not been all the morning trying guns at the navy - yard ? What have you there , Robert ! A lock of hair ...
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Página 148 - For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Página 148 - Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. 162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. 163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. 164 Seven times a day do I praise thee, because of thy righteous judgments.
Página 72 - Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face: Flowers laugh before thee on their beds And fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong; And the most ancient heavens, through Thee, are fresh and strong.
Página 309 - Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.
Página 108 - Let me have men about me that are fat ; Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o' nights. Yond' Cassius has a lean and hungry look ; He thinks too much : such men are dangerous.