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It seems quite clear that he can not employ his caphal himself , and place it in other hands at one and the same time .
They are particular in their dress , and may often be seen in faultless European costume , silk umbrella in hand , in twos or threes , taking a short quiet walk up the valley .
The name th ' indulgent father doubly loved , For in the child the mother 's worth improved . '
But the paleness of her cheek was now tinted with that ominous hectic flush which Death kindles , as the signal of his approaching victory .
There is none besides to care for the buccaneer boy , " he added , with a melancholy air . "
how few of us have the noble courage to retrace our steps , or to forgive an injury .
It is he -- Macnab , the Scotchman -- the man that murdered Major Spencer ! "
My diamonds , on whose setting Mrs. Linwood had had my name engraven , were found in his possession .
Not in the garret or loft where he sleeps : in winter it is cold ; in summer it is suffocating .
Our gallantry and hospitality are at stake , sir . "
Gins Why , the devil must have told you so .
And if the mass of mankind were so wedded to antiquated system ?
The second evening after Guly 's conversation with Arthur , the former stood in the store door waiting anxiously for the customers to leave that he might " close up " and visit Blanche .
But few of them considered boating , under the discipline of the clubs , a dangerous recreation ; so that the only real objection was the tendency to produce longings for " A life on the ocean wave , A home on the rolling deep . "
It certainly could not have been , in the Doctor 's case , a proof of the maxim that love rejected turns to hate .
In the summer succeeding , he commenced the German language , in which he became an adept .
The Devil may have his mint , if he chooses , and at little cost too .
enough , but this Spanish habit of smoking perpetually is intolerable .
" Love seeks the highest good for its object . "
And not only does she not create characters , not only does she copy from herself the most important indi viduals of her works , and from her own family or the few she met in boarding schools , the supernumeraries of her little stage ; but even her events and plots are , in a great measure , transcripts of real life .
And the way in which to , arrive at this point the soonest , is to become rich as fast as possible ; that is , to buy as cheap as we can , or , in other words , to procure , annually , as many objects of desire as possible , for a given amount of labor .
the consent of congress , lay any duty of tonnage , keep troops or ships of war in time of peace , or engage in war unless actually invaded , or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay .
He could sacrifice his convenience and interest with as much alacrity , in the service of a friend , as most men manifest in the pursuit of their own ends .
Could that scamp Pinchbeck have assumed my name for other purposes than that he spoke of ?
His yellow leather breeches were remarkable for the air of ostentatious foppery that they imparted to the vast hemisphere of his nether bulk ; and , taken together with his ample horseman 's boots , gave the richest effect to his short and thick legs , that , thus appareled , might be said to be gorgeous specimens of the Egyptian column .
Since that darkest hour of Martha 's sorrow , when on her baby 's neck she laid its little cross of suffering , those unseen powers had striven over it for the mastery ; but now , O reader !
When the phenomena under consideration began to occur , I looked at them with as much curiosity and calmness , as if I were an indifferent spectator .
They thought it the work of Allah in favor of the faithful .
Coal has been converted to another use , the lighting of streets and pyblic buildings by gas .
The number of persons imprisoned for more than five , and less than twenty dollars , is very great .
I should do injustice to the tender sensibilities and innocent heart of my cousin Wash , if I omitted to say that he was altogether captivated by the united grace and generosity of the Countess de Guerlin .
It may rather be inferred , that the Greek Meroe was formed from a word signifying " city " in the ancient AEthiopic language , which has continued up to the present time , to be attached to the site of one of the chief cities on the banks of the Nile , -- thus resembling in its origin many names of places in various countries , which from simple nouns expressive in the original language of objects or their qualities , such as city , mountain , river , sacred , white , blue , black , have been converted by foreigners into proper names .
The external walls are uniform and homogeneous in their material .
commotion , moral , intellectual , and physi .. cal , among people of neighboring communities - the love of liberty the cause , and its attainment the object - tended to diffuse among them new ideas and new feelings ; to scatter seeds of change and reform , a few of which were to bear fruit in the remote future .
The untuned and jarring senses O , wind up !
than to encounter the anxieties and costs of litigation .
He kept his arm around her neck all the time I was there , and she kissed him -- and they seemed to love each other just as our children do .
Laud was over seventy years of age when the ax fell upon him .
The superior officers , the military commandants , and the Alcaldes were summoned to receive orders ; private persons , who had any petition to present or complaints to prefer , were admitted to an audience , and the workmen , who were employed
/z/ It is of great importance in all inquiries , and not less so on the subject of religion than on other subjects , to settle the proper grounds of faith .
They are not of very large frames , but excessively corpulent .
I can not -- reader -- I can not go on ; --
For surely it 's a blessing thus to die .
Put about half an ounce of this compound into the pot , and coat over it to a violet color , change the solution when it becomes too weak to produce the desired effect .