Sylvester Sound: The Somnambulist

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W. M. Clark, 1844 - 367 Seiten

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Seite 130 - Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil. From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty. Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in death they were not divided : they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Seite 130 - How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle ! 0 Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places. 1 am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan : Very pleasant hast thou been unto me: Thy love to me was wonderful, Passing the love of women.
Seite 130 - Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places. I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
Seite 157 - Connexion, and the Primitive Methodist Connexion shall read this tract, and they all will read it, that there will not be found among them all, one single man that will dare to come forward and meet me on this subject, in a fair and honourable public discussion. It is my firm conviction, — I have no more doubt of it than I have of my own existence...
Seite 17 - ... mocking censure. Being requested by Vulcan, Neptune, and Minerva, to give his opinion as to their works, he blamed them all: Neptune, for not making his bull with horns before his eyes, in order to give a surer blow; Minerva, for building a house which could not be moved in case of bad neighbors ; Vulcan, for making a man without a window in his breast, that his secret thoughts might be seen. Venus alone was blameless. For his free censures of the gods he wa
Seite 100 - Sylvester,' * he heard her say, " I soon shall be no more. I feel that every hope of my recovery has fled: the only hope I cherish still, is, that we may meet in heaven ! God for ever bless you ! I die happy, Sylvester !—quite happy, now that you are near me!
Seite 50 - America; and that therefore the pulse of the whole world is influenced, if not indeed governed, by its action. But viewed as it is, without reference to its external influences, what a mass of all that is vicious, pleasing and repulsive, horrible and honorable...
Seite 52 - She bad been engaged solely as an attraction, and as an attraction she answered the purpose of her employer. She had a splendid head of hair, a pair of sparkling eyes, and a finely formed ammated bust, and while her teeth were like pearls, her skin was soft and warm and clear.
Seite 30 - ... they laugh at each other : they must denounce something, and they hence denounce each other. This may be called " petty;" but then a village is a petty world, containing petty people, whose general intelligence is therein confined.
Seite 30 - Everybody knows everybody i everybody talks about everybody; everybody's business is everybody's business, and every one is fair game for the whole. And herein lie the humanities of a village. They must know...

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