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... followed in the wake of Keats , with whom at an early period he was frequently compared , he would only have intensified his model until his exagger- ations became defects . Keats might have been , as it were , a good companion , but ...
... followed in the wake of Keats , with whom at an early period he was frequently compared , he would only have intensified his model until his exagger- ations became defects . Keats might have been , as it were , a good companion , but ...
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... followed . But he dwelt especially upon the fact that , owing to various causes , not least among which was the gradual degradation of states- manship into the trade of the politician , and the frightful increase of the influence of ...
... followed . But he dwelt especially upon the fact that , owing to various causes , not least among which was the gradual degradation of states- manship into the trade of the politician , and the frightful increase of the influence of ...
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... followed us into this retreat , and watched us deposit our traps about the empty rooms . In the mean time , we kept a close watch on the traps . Supper there was none . The mesonero poet , Brookdale , and I were loitering Instead of ...
... followed us into this retreat , and watched us deposit our traps about the empty rooms . In the mean time , we kept a close watch on the traps . Supper there was none . The mesonero poet , Brookdale , and I were loitering Instead of ...
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... followed us into the side street , and the startling cry of “ Que mueran los hereticos ! " was rapidly being taken up by the boys and men whom we encountered in our mad re- treat . It is difficult to say what the out- come of the ...
... followed us into the side street , and the startling cry of “ Que mueran los hereticos ! " was rapidly being taken up by the boys and men whom we encountered in our mad re- treat . It is difficult to say what the out- come of the ...
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... followed , but little need now be said . We had been told that these lofty regions were the home of certain wild animals , such as peccaries , tigers , and deer , and the desire to bag a few specimens of each had induced our chief to ...
... followed , but little need now be said . We had been told that these lofty regions were the home of certain wild animals , such as peccaries , tigers , and deer , and the desire to bag a few specimens of each had induced our chief to ...
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Page 167 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 25 - Where falls not hail, or rain, or any snow. Nor ever wind blows loudly; but it lies Deep-meadow'd, happy, fair with orchard lawns And bowery hollows crown'd with summer sea, Where I will heal me of my grievous wound.
Page 74 - Ere your heritage be wasted," said the quick alarming drum. "Let me of my heart take counsel: War is not of life the sum; Who shall stay and reap the harvest When the autumn days shall come?" But the drum Echoed, "Come! Death shall reap the braver harvest," said the solemnsounding drum.
Page 216 - Consider these people, then, their way of life, their habits, their manners, the very tones of their voice ; look at them attentively ; observe the literature they read, the things which give them pleasure, the words which come forth out of their mouths, the thoughts which make the furniture of their minds; would any amount of wealth be worth having with the condition that one was to become just like these people by having it...
Page 79 - I've packed him on my back, as you see'd me now. It ain't the first time that I brought him to this yer cabin when he couldn't help himself; it ain't the first time that I and 'Jinny' have waited for him on yon hill, and picked him up and so fetched him home, when he couldn't speak, and didn't know me.
Page 167 - ... must be considered in the same situation as to responsibility as if the facts with respect to which the delusion exists were real.
Page 168 - ... the same situation as to responsibility as if the facts with respect to which the delusion exists were real. For example, if under the influence of his delusion...
Page 158 - Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong ; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work...
Page 209 - Come, humble sinner, in whose breast A thousand thoughts revolve; Come, with your guilt and fear oppressed, And make this last resolve. 2 I'll go to Jesus, though my sin Hath like a mountain rose, I know His courts, I'll enter in Whatever may oppose.
Page 116 - May-pole in the Strand, giving them instructions at what rates to carry men into several parts of the town, where all day they may be had.