And for requitall, only made my suite, That he would please to new receive his son Into his favour, for whose love I told him I had been still so friendly: but then he As void of gratitude, as all good nature, Distrafted like a mad man, poasted hither To pull this vengeance on himself, and us; For why, my Lords, since by the Law, all means Is blotted out of your commission, As this hard hearted Father hath accus'd Noble Antinous , his unblemished Son, So I accuse this Father, and crave judgement.
— from The Laws of Candy Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) by John Fletcher
Besides the peculiar glory of the celestial , there are in the resurrection and final reward of man, many subordinate spheres, many degrees of reward adapted to an almost infinite variety of circumstances, conditions, degrees of improvement, knowledge, accountability and conduct.
— from Key to the Science of Theology by Parley P. (Parley Parker) Pratt
It was only when we were stopped at last, in that self-same poor little mean lane, before the self-same poor little mean shop, faintly lit inside by a dull oil lamp, that I recognised the scene of my morning’s interview with Anna—that interview which seemed already to have passed into the far regions of my memory, so much had I lived through since.
— from The Pride of Jennico: Being a Memoir of Captain Basil Jennico by Egerton Castle
[383] From Citizens of Liverpool A petition for reprieve of Mrs. Maybrick’s sentence was signed by many and influential citizens of Liverpool.
— from Mrs. Maybrick's Own Story: My Fifteen Lost Years by Florence Elizabeth Maybrick
The few relations on my mother's side died off; on my father's side there was—perhaps there yet is—an uncle who settled in Virginia and did pretty well there.
— from The Death Ship: A Strange Story, Vol. 2 (of 3) by William Clark Russell
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