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Side 9
... death , and either reign in his stead or help himself to the long - desired fleet , and put a wider distance between himself and Aurungzebe . By fair words and bribes , he enlisted upon his side a great number of refugee Mus- sulmen ...
... death , and either reign in his stead or help himself to the long - desired fleet , and put a wider distance between himself and Aurungzebe . By fair words and bribes , he enlisted upon his side a great number of refugee Mus- sulmen ...
Side 10
... death , and this woman , bred in the luxury of a harem . " " But you do not expect to find them after two hundred years , do you ? " in- quired Cyril , half mockingly . " Why not their vestiges ? " asked Cavendish , patiently . " I have ...
... death , and this woman , bred in the luxury of a harem . " " But you do not expect to find them after two hundred years , do you ? " in- quired Cyril , half mockingly . " Why not their vestiges ? " asked Cavendish , patiently . " I have ...
Side 14
... death alone with her , poor child . No , no , I cannot go . " " True . I was a selfish brute to think of it ; but it is all for her that I am so eager . Yes , stay here , and I will go alone , " hastily replied Cavendish , and entering ...
... death alone with her , poor child . No , no , I cannot go . " " True . I was a selfish brute to think of it ; but it is all for her that I am so eager . Yes , stay here , and I will go alone , " hastily replied Cavendish , and entering ...
Side 23
... death . The Governor- General was absent with the troops in Lebanon , where the Druses and Chris- tians had for weeks been engaged in a bloody civil war , and the seal - bearer of the Pasha was acting in his stead . This man , like most ...
... death . The Governor- General was absent with the troops in Lebanon , where the Druses and Chris- tians had for weeks been engaged in a bloody civil war , and the seal - bearer of the Pasha was acting in his stead . This man , like most ...
Side 25
... death . Many were the acts of gentle courtesy extended by him to Christians of every name , and of humanity to men , regardless of creed , in Syria ; and his last days were spent in Christian England . I do not know whether he openly re ...
... death . Many were the acts of gentle courtesy extended by him to Christians of every name , and of humanity to men , regardless of creed , in Syria ; and his last days were spent in Christian England . I do not know whether he openly re ...
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Side 186 - My heart is smitten, and withered like grass ; so that I forget to eat my bread. By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
Side 442 - For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
Side 477 - Oh, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunders shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave : Nail to the mast her holy flag. Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale!
Side 240 - And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee : Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly ; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
Side 501 - Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge; it is the impassioned expression which is in the countenance of all Science.
Side 36 - I soon discovered that my father would not hear of this strange alliance, and that without his consent I was myself destitute and helpless. After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son;* my wound was insensibly/ healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life.
Side 174 - Is there no balm in Gilead ; is there no physician there ? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered...
Side 502 - If the time should ever come when what is now called science, thus familiarized to men, shall be ready to put on, as it were, a form of flesh and blood, the Poet will lend his divine spirit to aid the transfiguration, and will welcome the Being thus produced, as a dear and genuine inmate of the household of man...
Side 501 - He is the rock of defence for human nature; an upholder and preserver, carrying everywhere with him relationship and love. In spite of difference of soil and climate, of language and manners, of laws and customs: in spite of things...
Side 113 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.