Peculiar: A Tale of the Great TransitionCarleton, 1864 - 500 páginas |
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... and by hard scratching managed to pay the taxes on it . In ten years the city had crept up so near to his dirty acres that he sold half of them for a hundred thousand dollars , and became all at once a rich man A GLANCE IN THE MIRROR . 3.
... and by hard scratching managed to pay the taxes on it . In ten years the city had crept up so near to his dirty acres that he sold half of them for a hundred thousand dollars , and became all at once a rich man A GLANCE IN THE MIRROR . 3.
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... thousand dollars on the wedding - day . He forthwith re- lieved himself of fifteen hundred in the purchase of a patent - spring phaeton " and span . " A great bargain , sir ; splendid creatures ; spirited , but gentle ; a woman can ...
... thousand dollars on the wedding - day . He forthwith re- lieved himself of fifteen hundred in the purchase of a patent - spring phaeton " and span . " A great bargain , sir ; splendid creatures ; spirited , but gentle ; a woman can ...
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... thousand dollars or so as a loan . Pompilard , in order not to hurt the negro's feelings , would take it and pretend to use it ; but it would be always put securely aside , out of his reach , or deposited in some bank to Toussaint's ...
... thousand dollars or so as a loan . Pompilard , in order not to hurt the negro's feelings , would take it and pretend to use it ; but it would be always put securely aside , out of his reach , or deposited in some bank to Toussaint's ...
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... thousands of intelligent persons in the United States who will testify to the fact of spirit touch . The writer has on several occasions felt , though he has not seen , a live hand , guided by intelligence , that he was fully convinced ...
... thousands of intelligent persons in the United States who will testify to the fact of spirit touch . The writer has on several occasions felt , though he has not seen , a live hand , guided by intelligence , that he was fully convinced ...
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... thousand dollar mortgage for me ? " " But that's a very large sum . " " Another reason why I want it , " returned Pompilard . " Supposing the security were satisfactory , what bonus should you require for getting me the money ? Please ...
... thousand dollar mortgage for me ? " " But that's a very large sum . " " Another reason why I want it , " returned Pompilard . " Supposing the security were satisfactory , what bonus should you require for getting me the money ? Please ...
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Página 105 - TEARS, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn-fields, And thinking of the days that are no more. Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail, That brings our friends up from the underworld, Sad as the last which reddens over one That sinks with all we love below the verge ; So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more.
Página 108 - And say besides, that in Aleppo once, Where a malignant and a turban'd Turk Beat a Venetian and traduced the state, I took by the throat the circumcised dog And smote him, thus.
Página 98 - ... 5. We acknowledge that the crucifixion of Jesus and his resurrection served to uplift faith to understand eternal Life, even the allness of Soul, Spirit, and the nothingness of matter. 6. And we solemnly promise to watch, and pray for that Mind to be in us which was also in Christ Jesus; to do unto others as we would have them do unto us ; and to be merciful, just, and pure (Science and Health, p.
Página 499 - Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.
Página 151 - Every spirit as it is more pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in, and it more fairly clight With cheerful grace and amiable sight. For of the soul the body form doth take : For soul is form, and doth the body make.
Página 60 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning has brought disobedience and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both"!
Página 69 - ... at this day. It is the law written by the finger of God on the heart of man...
Página 412 - Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. 162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. 163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. 164 Seven times a day do I praise thee, because of thy righteous judgments.
Página 46 - There has fallen a splendid tear From the passion-flower at the gate, She is coming, my dove, my dear; She is coming, my life, my fate. The red rose cries, "She is near, she is near ;" And the white rose weeps, "She is late;" The larkspur listens, "I hear, I hear;" And the lily whispers, "I wait.
Página 413 - For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.