Tales of my landlord, collected and arranged by Jedediah Cleishbotham, Том 4 |
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... eye of Balfour- " it was so ; and what then ? Are we to plunge the nation . in endless war , in order to pursue schemes which are equally wild , wicked , and unat- tainable ? " " Hear him ! " said Balfour ; " he blas- phemeth . " " It ...
... eye of Balfour- " it was so ; and what then ? Are we to plunge the nation . in endless war , in order to pursue schemes which are equally wild , wicked , and unat- tainable ? " " Hear him ! " said Balfour ; " he blas- phemeth . " " It ...
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... the scaffold . His head was uncovered , and al- most perfectly bald . His high and wrin- kled forehead , piercing grey eyes , and VOL . IV . B marked features , evinced age unbroken by infirmity , and OLD MORTALITY . 25.
... the scaffold . His head was uncovered , and al- most perfectly bald . His high and wrin- kled forehead , piercing grey eyes , and VOL . IV . B marked features , evinced age unbroken by infirmity , and OLD MORTALITY . 25.
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... eyes wildly around him , and , undismayed by the murmurs of many of the audience , opened the Bible , read forth as his text from the thirteenth chap- ter of Deuteronomy , " Certain men , the children of Belial , are gone out from among ...
... eyes wildly around him , and , undismayed by the murmurs of many of the audience , opened the Bible , read forth as his text from the thirteenth chap- ter of Deuteronomy , " Certain men , the children of Belial , are gone out from among ...
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... eyes , a lukewarm Presbyterian was little better than a Prelatist , an Anti - co- venanter , and a Nullifidian . The parties accused repelled the charge of criminal compliance and defection from the truth , with scorn and indignation ...
... eyes , a lukewarm Presbyterian was little better than a Prelatist , an Anti - co- venanter , and a Nullifidian . The parties accused repelled the charge of criminal compliance and defection from the truth , with scorn and indignation ...
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... to restore order , was now leaning on his sword , and regarding the confusion with an eye of resolute despair ... i " It means , " he replied , " that God has 8 delivered us into the hands of our ene- mies . OLD MORTALITY . 47.
... to restore order , was now leaning on his sword , and regarding the confusion with an eye of resolute despair ... i " It means , " he replied , " that God has 8 delivered us into the hands of our ene- mies . OLD MORTALITY . 47.
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Страница 95 - When I think of death, Mr Morton, as a thing worth thinking of, it is in the hope of pressing one day some well-fought and hard-won field of battle, and dying with the shout of victory in my ear— that would be worth dying for, and more, it would be worth having lived for...
Страница 95 - ... die — it has struck — you are alive and safe, and the lot has fallen on those fellows who were to murder you. — It is not the expiring pang that is worth thinking of in an event that must happen one day, and may befall us on any given moment — it is the memory which the soldier leaves behind him, like the long train of light that follows the sunken sun — that is all which is worth caring for, which distinguishes the death of the brave or the ignoble.