The Eve of the DelugeShoberl, publisher, 1851 - 224 páginas |
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... lives extended over several centuries , and who would not , therefore , be dependent for their progress in the arts and sciences on the traditionary experience of by - gone generations , but would in their own persons realize the ...
... lives extended over several centuries , and who would not , therefore , be dependent for their progress in the arts and sciences on the traditionary experience of by - gone generations , but would in their own persons realize the ...
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... lives of beasts , have pampered their meanest passions which they hold in common with the brutes , and left all undeveloped those exalted aspirations which , despite themselves , sometimes gleam through their degenerate natures . Ah ...
... lives of beasts , have pampered their meanest passions which they hold in common with the brutes , and left all undeveloped those exalted aspirations which , despite themselves , sometimes gleam through their degenerate natures . Ah ...
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... lives ; I will humble his spirit to the very dust . He shall sink inch by inch beneath the weight of sorrow which I will heap upon his head , and so shall I enjoy a sweet revenge . He has a daughter whom his eye , who is to him he loves ...
... lives ; I will humble his spirit to the very dust . He shall sink inch by inch beneath the weight of sorrow which I will heap upon his head , and so shall I enjoy a sweet revenge . He has a daughter whom his eye , who is to him he loves ...
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... lives to the utmost , for they are likely to be but brief . Know ye not that the hand of Riesen is extended over you , that , ere another moon return , he will have wrested your power from hands that are too weak to retain it ; and how ...
... lives to the utmost , for they are likely to be but brief . Know ye not that the hand of Riesen is extended over you , that , ere another moon return , he will have wrested your power from hands that are too weak to retain it ; and how ...
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... lives uneasy . ye had all been of my mind , we should not now be in this evil strait , but still in the tranquil If enjoyment of that which we are about to lose for ever . And now , if ye will follow my counsel , ye will not risk your ...
... lives uneasy . ye had all been of my mind , we should not now be in this evil strait , but still in the tranquil If enjoyment of that which we are about to lose for ever . And now , if ye will follow my counsel , ye will not risk your ...
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Adah alabaster amid Antediluvians arms Arphaxad beautiful beneath blood brow Calmar cave CHAPTER city of Cain columns cried dagger dark daughter death Deluge despair diest dream earth escape evil exclaimed eyes father fear feet fell felt fire flames flood forest gaze gold grasp guards hair hand heard heart Heaven hermit HERMIT'S CAVE hour hyæna Iärban Irad Jabin Jared Jared's Javan King laugh looked magnificent Mahal mand marble mistress monarch morning mountain multitude nature night Opah palace passions paused pile present pride priests Prince Princess purple Ocean reached revenge Riesen rock rose rushed Salah sate scene seemed seized side slaves soon spirit steed stood strange sudden fear summit temple terrible thee thou hast thou shalt threw throne tion trees turned uttered victims voice volcano waters WEEN wild beasts worship wretched young Zelma
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