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... over whom their own oli- garchy of orators would soon re - assert their dominion in spite of the invasion of a stranger ; and with whom sense , feeling , and ha- bit , would throw up all their barriers against the 36.
... over whom their own oli- garchy of orators would soon re - assert their dominion in spite of the invasion of a stranger ; and with whom sense , feeling , and ha- bit , would throw up all their barriers against the 36.
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... tongue ; over whom their own oli- garchy of orators would soon re - assert their dominion in spite of the invasion of a stranger ; and with whom sense , feeling , and ha- 4 bit , would throw up all their barriers against 36.
... tongue ; over whom their own oli- garchy of orators would soon re - assert their dominion in spite of the invasion of a stranger ; and with whom sense , feeling , and ha- 4 bit , would throw up all their barriers against 36.
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... soon advancing , caused the troops to retreat suddenly towards the bridge ; and in their confused march , they hurried the poor woman with them , who strove in vain to re- turn to the place where her husband had left her . Buffeted by ...
... soon advancing , caused the troops to retreat suddenly towards the bridge ; and in their confused march , they hurried the poor woman with them , who strove in vain to re- turn to the place where her husband had left her . Buffeted by ...
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... soon have followed them , if they had not hastened to burn the bridge . Then the unhappy beings who remained on the other side of the Beresina abandoned themselves to absolute despair . Some of them attempted to pass the bridge ...
... soon have followed them , if they had not hastened to burn the bridge . Then the unhappy beings who remained on the other side of the Beresina abandoned themselves to absolute despair . Some of them attempted to pass the bridge ...
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... soon forgotten . Dur- ing the troubles in Ireland , he was tried , condemned , and exe- cuted , on a charge of treason . His fate made a deep impression on public sympathy . He was so young - so intelligent — so gene‐ rous — so brave ...
... soon forgotten . Dur- ing the troubles in Ireland , he was tried , condemned , and exe- cuted , on a charge of treason . His fate made a deep impression on public sympathy . He was so young - so intelligent — so gene‐ rous — so brave ...
Términos y frases comunes
Absalom admiration Anger arms awful battle BATTLE OF MORGARTEN beauty Beresina blood bold bosom brave breast breath bright brow Brutus burlesque burst Cćsar Caius Verres cheerful clouds contempt cried dark dead death deep delight despair Donatello dread earth Elderslie eyes face father fear feeling fire gazed glory grave Greece grief hand happy hath head hear heard heart heaven helmet of Navarre honour hope horror human indignation King land lips look Lord loud mighty mind N. P. Willis narrative never night noble o'er once passions pity pride proud rage Risingham rock round Samian wine scene shore slave sleep smile soldier solemn soul sound SPANISH CHAMPION speak spirit st keyne steed stood sweet sword tears thee thing thou thought thousand thunder tion tone tree Twas utterance voice waves wild wind words
Pasajes populares
Página 312 - were dead to live all freemen as ca;sar loved me i weep for him as he was fortunate i rejoice at it as he was valiant i honour him but as he was ambitious i slew him there are tears for his love joy for his fortune honour for his valour and death for his ambition
Página 245 - 2 The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. 4 The
Página 234 - He heard it, but he heeded not : his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away: He reck'd not of the life he lost, nor prize ; — But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire,
Página 187 - 3 There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her Beauty and her Chivalry; and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose, with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell;—
Página 250 - Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful! She wish'd she had not heard it; yet she wish'd That heaven had made her such a man. She thank'd me And bade me, if I had a friend that loved her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her.
Página 207 - Me miserable! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Which way I fly is hell! myself am hell! And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep Still threatening to devour me, opens wide, To which the hell I suffer seems a heaven!
Página 307 - An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury New lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man I
Página 300 - have tears, prepare to shed them now. The first time ever Caesar put it on; 'Twas on a summer's evening in his tent — "That day he overcame the Nervii! 20 Look! in this place ran Cassius' dagger through! — See what a rent the envious Casca made
Página 312 - he had no hand in his death shall receive the benefit of his dying a place in the commonwealth as which of you shall not with this i depart that as i slew my best lover for the good of rome i have the same dagger for myself when it shall please my country to need my death.
Página 218 - to others that we know not of! Thus, conscience does make cowards of ns all: And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought; And enterprises of great pith and moment. And lose the name of