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... turned about , he threw " a stick with such violence at my head , that it forced " out my eye , and passing through the socket into " the brain , I was instantly dismissed from that mi- " sery , the comparison of which , with my present ...
... turned about , he threw " a stick with such violence at my head , that it forced " out my eye , and passing through the socket into " the brain , I was instantly dismissed from that mi- " sery , the comparison of which , with my present ...
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... turned about in ho- nest confusion , and blushed that I was a man . But my reflections were interrupted by the notes of a black- bird , who was singing the story of his own fate , with a melody that irresisubly compelled my attention ...
... turned about in ho- nest confusion , and blushed that I was a man . But my reflections were interrupted by the notes of a black- bird , who was singing the story of his own fate , with a melody that irresisubly compelled my attention ...
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... turned upon the hoary sage , whose countenance was suffused with an honest blush ; and it was not without some hesitation that he read these words : " To Mirza , who the wisdom of Abbas our mighty " Lord has honoured with dominion , be ...
... turned upon the hoary sage , whose countenance was suffused with an honest blush ; and it was not without some hesitation that he read these words : " To Mirza , who the wisdom of Abbas our mighty " Lord has honoured with dominion , be ...
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... turning my eyes from an object which I could not behold with- " out anguish , I soon discovered another person " standing at some distance , and looking towards us : " his features were fixed in the dead calm of indif- " ference , and ...
... turning my eyes from an object which I could not behold with- " out anguish , I soon discovered another person " standing at some distance , and looking towards us : " his features were fixed in the dead calm of indif- " ference , and ...
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... turned off from the chaise and discharged a pistol at the servant , who instantly fell dead from his horse . The gentlemen had now leaped from the chaise : but the foremost receiving a blow on his head with the stock of the pistol that ...
... turned off from the chaise and discharged a pistol at the servant , who instantly fell dead from his horse . The gentlemen had now leaped from the chaise : but the foremost receiving a blow on his head with the stock of the pistol that ...
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Page 160 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Page 86 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 87 - And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him for they saw that his grief was very great.
Page 123 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Page 86 - Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit? or whither shall I go then from thy presence ? If I climb up into heaven, thou art there ; if I go down to hell, thou art there also.
Page 121 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth; when he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep; when he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment ; when he appointed the foundations of the earth : then I was by him, as one brought up with him; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of...
Page 123 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 122 - O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet ? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
Page 159 - Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all Nature's law, ' Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And show'da Newton as we show an ape.
Page 86 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, And are counted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.