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...he living con- tents were his god-daughter Grauben, a young Virlandaise of seventeen, Martha, and myself. As his nephew and an orphan, I became his la... ...raight line, and no gaps or openings anywhere. And look at its back, after seven hundred years. Why, Bozerian, Closs, or Purgold might have been proud... ...sier. In this document there are a hun- dred and thirty-two letters, viz., seventy-seven consonants and fifty-five vowels. This is the proportion foun... ...uadrillions, nine hundred and two trillions, eight billions, a hundred and seventy-six millions, six hundred and forty thousand combi- nations. Now, h... ...oxydized and formed miniature mountains; a crater broke open at one of its summits; the eruption took place, and communicated to the whole of the ball... ... unloaded, removed, labelled, weighed, put into the lug- gage vans, and at seven we were seated face to face in our compartment. The whistle sounded, ... ...ut in all its magnifi- cence, like a mere continuation of those flock-like summits. The eye could hardly tell where the snowy ridges ended and the foa... ...g waves began. I was thus steeped in the marvellous ecstasy which all high summits develop in the mind; and now without giddiness, for I was beginning... ... Scot- land are over our heads, and the Grampians are raising their rugged summits above us.” “Yes,” answered the Professor laughing. “It is rather a ...

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...l so surprised at becoming his mother, at the age of thirty-five years and seven months, that she would still provide him, if it were necessary, with ... ...se face was pock-marked, had lived under pitying eyes from the time he was seven years of age. Is not that enough to explain his whole being? Silent, ... ...g bed. Old Wallenrod was unable to survive the disasters of the Empire. At seventy years of age he speculated in cottons, relying on the genius of Nap... ...im a Catholic. Modeste attributed Moliere’s melancholy to the women of the seventeenth century. “Why is there not some one woman,” she asked herself, ... ...elt himself unable to invent any new form of poetry; his lyre did not have seven strings, it had one; and having played on that one string so long, th... ...nto my soul the 78 Modeste Mignon roots of that Alpine flower born on the summits of which I speak, and I cannot plant it in an earthen pot upon my w... ...have studied, more than you give me credit for, the geography of the great summits of hu- manity, which you tell me are so cold. Did you not say that ...

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...ou saw what Rachel might have been, when Jacob deemed her worth the wooing seven years, and seven more; or perchance she might ripen to be what Judith... ... the spot has derived a more than common sanctity. An inscription promises seven years’ indulgence, seven years of remission from the pains of purgato... ...gh the Arch of Titus. The moon shone brightly enough within it to show the seven-branched Jewish candlestick, cut in the marble of the interior. The o... ...d the more deli- cate tracery by the Smaller bones of the human frame. The summits of the arches are adorned with entire skeletons, look- ing as if th...

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...monstone, returning to the former subject. ‘He is of the same age as Laura—seventeen and a half,’ answered Mrs. Edmonstone. ‘Don’t you remember my bro... ...ret and Fanny, twenty-five and twenty-three years of age, and Philip, just seventeen. The boy was at the head of his school, highly distinguished for ... ...ght; but at nineteen he could do little with a determined sister of twenty-seven; and the very truth and power of his remonstrance must have made it l... ...felt, and she went on—’Poor thing! I believe she was quite a child.’ ‘Only seventeen when she died,’ said Guy. Mrs. Edmonstone went to a drawer, took ... ..., in a low, awful, thrilling tone, that made Amy shudder, the lines in the seventh book, end- ing with— “Who comes from the bridal chamber! It is Azra... ...somewhat sounder doze than usual, and saw it was becoming light, the white summits of the mountains were beginning to show themselves, and there was t...

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...ll the days and nights I spent upon that island promontory (eight days and seven nights), without heartfelt thankfulness that I am somewhere else. I f... ...hind the Pentlands, cast golden lights and blue shadows on their snow-clad summits, slanted obliquely into the rich plain before them, bathing with ro... ...Plot and passion are the same. It is the fall of the spun shilling whether seventy-one or twenty-four has the best of it. In a future number we hope t... ...ellect. It is a sad sight to see our heather-scented students, our boys of seventeen, coming up to College with determined views– roues in speculation... ...money’s failing. Keep a good heart up; you haven’t kept a good heart these seventy years, nigh hand, to break down about a pound or two. Here’s this M... ...reathing. THE GREAT NORTH ROAD CHAPTER IV– MINGLING THREADS I T WAS NEARLY SEVEN before Mr. Archer left his apart ment. On the landing he found anothe...

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...pass, And the large walls, where mighty Gela was; Then Agragas, with lofty summits crown’d, Long for the race of warlike steeds renown’d. We pass’d Se... ... at distances around, And close the Trojans in their scanty ground. T wice seven Rutulian captains ready stand, And twice seven hundred horse these ch...

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...er in getting together an enormous pile of luggage, among which there were seven large boxes covered with canvas, such as ladies not uncommonly carry ... ...x. She had designated it as being smaller than the others, and, as all the seven were now ranged in a row, I had an opportunity of comparing them. It ... ...oxes into that boat,” said Mrs. Greene. “Oh dear! Here, boatman! there are seven of these boxes, all in white like this,” and she pointed to the one t... ...e hole as the train passed by me, nor did I count the number of the boxes. Seven boxes, all alike, are very many; and then they were followed by three... ...having forgotten that the shores of an Italian lake are not so cold as the summits of the Alps, and did not answer me. “I’m sure I hope so,” said Soph... ... count as I would, I could make out only six. Now there certainly had been seven on board the steamer, though I could not swear that I had seen the se...

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...rliest sensations I can remember. On the birth of a second son, my junior by seven years, my parents gave up entirely their wandering life and fixed ... ...er 3 Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Chapter 3 W hen I had attained the age of seventeen my parents resolved that I should become a stu dent at the univ... ...ear mountains! my own beautiful lake! how do you welcome your wanderer? Your summits are clear; the sky and lake are blue and placid. Is this to progn... ...ded every thought. The rain was pouring in torrents, and thick mists hid the summits of the mountains, so that I even saw not the faces of those might... ...her the vast river of ice, wound among its dependent mountains, whose aerial summits hung over its recesses. Their icy and glitter ing peaks shone in... ...et chilled by the cold damp substance that covered the ground. “It was about seven in the morning, and I longed to ob tain food and shelter; at lengt... ...I crept along the shores of the Rhine, among its willow islands and over the summits of its hills. I have dwelt many months in the heaths of England ...

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...pendent of what might arise to them from their father?s inheriting that property, could be but small. Their mother had nothing, and their father only seven thousand pounds in his own disposal; for the remaining moiety of his first wife?s fortune was also secured to her child, and he had only a life interest in it....

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... property, could be but small. Their mother had nothing, and their father only seven thousand pounds in his own disposal; for the remaining moiety of ... ...y comfortable your mother in law and her daughters may live on the interest of seven thousand pounds, besides the thousand pounds belonging to each of... ... his goodness with every possible charm.” “Remember, my love, that you are not seventeen. It is yet too early in life to despair of such an happiness.... ...arance was favourable to their wishes. Lady Middleton was not more than six or seven and twenty; her face was handsome, her figure tall and striking, a... ...five has nothing to do with matrimony.” “Perhaps,” said Elinor, “thirty five and seventeen had better not have any thing to do with matrimony together. ... ...st every window of the cottage to seek the exquisite enjoyment of air on their summits, were an happy alternative when the dirt of the valleys beneath... ... rest on the farthest ridge of hills in the horizon, and fancy that from their summits Combe Magna might be seen. In such moments of precious, of inva...

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...oor of the kiln. “I have looked,” said he, “into many a human heart that was seven times hotter with sinful passions than yonder fur nace is with fir... ... shapes, some of them far down into the valley, others high up to wards the summits, and still others, of the same family of mist or cloud, hovering ... ...een offered, by letter,” continued Oberon, reddening with vexation, “to some seventeen booksellers. It would make you stare to read their answers; and... ...n.” “The villain!” exclaimed I. “A fact!” said Oberon. “In short, of all the seventeen book sellers, only one has vouchsafed even to read my tales; a... ... answered the author. “But, there does seem to be one honest man among these seven teen unrighteous ones; and he tells me fairly, that no Ameri can ...

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...BURGESS (not daring to believe such good news). No! CANDIDA. Yes. He had a seven day bill for 55 pounds in his pocket when James found him on the Emba... ...m on the Embankment. He thought he couldn’t get any money for it until the seven days were up; and he was too shy to ask for credit. Oh, he’s a dear b... ... for six days that they want to forget all about it and have a rest on the seventh, so that they can go back fresh and make money harder than ever! Yo... ...utes. MARCHBANKS (taken aback). What! MORELL. Man can climb to the highest summits; but he cannot dwell there long. MARCHBANKS. It’s false: there can ... ...ent glory of life. Where would you have me spend my moments, if not on the summits? MORELL. In the scullery, slicing onions and filling lamps. MARCHBA... ...of being in such love. And before I had time to come down from the highest summits, you came in. MORELL (suffering deeply). So it is still unsettled—s... ...DA. When I am thirty, she will be forty-five. When I am sixty, she will be seventy-five. MARCHBANKS (turning to her). In a hundred years, we shall be ...

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...r perhaps rather, like alert winged creatures, perched on those diminished summits and aspired to a clearer air. What it comes back to, for the mature... ...oment “off” he did so with the touching, confessing eyes of a man of forty seven caught in the act of handling a relic of infancy— sticking on the hea... ...quick deliberation, dressed, though not perhaps with full lucidity, and by seven o’clock was in Portland Place, where her friend, “upstairs,” and desc... ... the second Sunday, of all the summer, when the party of six, the party of seven including the Principino, had practically been without accessions or ...