Alethea; Or, The Maid of the Desert1849 |
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... her dusky shadow on the plain . Before us lies a mangled horse , on which some vultures are feeding ; and their cries sound through the dreary solitude . Were not foot- ALETHEA . CHAPTER I. " His steed is speck'd with 1.
... her dusky shadow on the plain . Before us lies a mangled horse , on which some vultures are feeding ; and their cries sound through the dreary solitude . Were not foot- ALETHEA . CHAPTER I. " His steed is speck'd with 1.
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... plain , which on all sides touches the horizon , bears no sign of vegetable life ; its surface of loose burn- ing sand , blocks of flintstone , and hillocks of gravel , is seldom refreshed with the rain of hea- ven , and could not ...
... plain , which on all sides touches the horizon , bears no sign of vegetable life ; its surface of loose burn- ing sand , blocks of flintstone , and hillocks of gravel , is seldom refreshed with the rain of hea- ven , and could not ...
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... plain the favourite steed yonder expired and their two remaining ones , panting and exhausted , were scarcely able to carry their afflicted riders . ( 1 ) See the Notes at the end . It was a trying moment . Around the Christians lay 2 ...
... plain the favourite steed yonder expired and their two remaining ones , panting and exhausted , were scarcely able to carry their afflicted riders . ( 1 ) See the Notes at the end . It was a trying moment . Around the Christians lay 2 ...
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... plain , over which the sand was drift- ing in prodigious clouds . In a short time all became tranquil , and , through the lurid glare of the atmosphere , appeared a ruined city at the foot of a vast rock , sculptured in rich fantastic ...
... plain , over which the sand was drift- ing in prodigious clouds . In a short time all became tranquil , and , through the lurid glare of the atmosphere , appeared a ruined city at the foot of a vast rock , sculptured in rich fantastic ...
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... Alas ! how changed is Edom now ; a modern traveller passing that lake in which the cities of the plain are entombed , beholds , stretched before him , a wide extended desert more dreary in aspect than the mind can picture 40 ALETHEA ; OR ,
... Alas ! how changed is Edom now ; a modern traveller passing that lake in which the cities of the plain are entombed , beholds , stretched before him , a wide extended desert more dreary in aspect than the mind can picture 40 ALETHEA ; OR ,
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abode adore Alexandria Ameime amphitheatre Androgenes angels anguish Antioch art thou beauty became beheld beneath bless bliss breast breathed brow Chaldea child chris christians church Clement courser Croesus dark death desert dwell earth earthly Edom Edomite Egypt entered eternal exclaimed faith father fear fell filled FLEET STREET flintstone friends gazed glance glory gospel grave Greece happiness hath heart heathen heaven heavenly Heliopolis hither holy hope horses hour idolatry Idumea Irenæus and Alethea Jehovah Jesus journey kindred light linger look Lord maiden mind næus ness night noble o'er once Pactolus palace passed Pauline peace perished persecution Petra Philetus prayer rection returned rock Rollo round ruins rushed sand Sardis scene seemed smile soldiers soon sorrow soul spirit spot stranger stream sufferings thee thine thou art thou hast thought tortured tranquil traveller truth vanished voice wandered watch weary weep wild worship young
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Side 42 - From generation to generation it shall lie waste ; None shall pass through it for ever and ever. But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it ; The owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: And he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
Side 12 - I am Alpha and. Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Side 128 - Youth and the opening rose May look like things too glorious for decay, And smile at thee ! - but thou art not of those That wait the ripened bloom to seize their prey.
Side 43 - Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
Side 13 - Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
Side 12 - AND unto the angel of the church in Sardis write ; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars ; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
Side 44 - Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.
Side 101 - Ye noble few ! who here unbending stand Beneath life's pressure, yet bear up awhile, And what your bounded view, which only saw A little part, deem'd Evil, is no more ; The storms of Wintry Time will quickly pass, And one unbounded Spring encircle all.
Side 43 - The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow ; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
Side 87 - Oh ! there are looks and tones that dart An instant sunshine through the heart, — As if the soul that minute caught Some treasure it through life had sought...