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" ... to be very uneasy for the situation of the preacher. For I could not conceive how he would be able to let his audience down from the height to which he had wound them, without impairing the solemnity and dignity of his subject, or perhaps shocking... "
The Book of Good Examples Drawn from Authentic History and Biography ... - Page 114
by John Frost - 1846 - 288 pages
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Cyclopedia of Moral and Religious Anecdotes: A Collection of Nearly Three ...

Kazlitt Arvine - Anecdotes - 1848 - 908 pages
...the solemnity of his subject, or shocking them by the abruptness of his fall. But the descent was us beautiful and sublime as the elevation had been rapid...removed his handkerchief from his eyes, still wet witli the torrent of his tears, and slowly stretching fortli his palsied hand, he exclaimed, • Socrates...
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The Clergy of America: Anecdotes Illustrative of the Character of Ministers ...

Joseph Belcher - Clergy - 1849 - 490 pages
...solemnity and dignity of his subject, or perhaps shocking them by the abruptness of his fall. But — no ; the descent was as beautiful and sublime as the elevation had been rapid and enthusiastic. The first sentence with which he broke the awful silence was a quotation from Rousseau : — " Socrates...
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McGuffey's Newly Revised Eclectic Fourth Reader: Revised and Improved

William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1849 - 348 pages
...solemnity and dignity of the subject, or perhaps shocking them by the abruptness of his fall. But, no : the descent was as beautiful and sublime, as the elevation had been rapid and enthusiastic. 8. The first sentence, with which he broke the awful silence, was a quotation from Rousseau : " Socrates...
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Sketches of Virginia: Historical and Biographical, Volume 1

William Henry Foote - Virginia - 1850 - 584 pages
...solemnity and dignity of his subject, or perhaps shocking them by the abruptness of the fall. But — no ; the descent was as beautiful and sublime, as the elevation had been rapid and enthusiastic. " The first sentence with which he broke the awful silence, waa a quotation from Rousseau, — ' Socrates...
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Sketches of Virginia: Historical and Biographical, Volume 1

William Henry Foote - Virginia - 1850 - 582 pages
...solemnity and dignity of his subject, or perhaps shocking them by the abruptness of the fall. But — no ; the descent was as beautiful and sublime, as the elevation had been rapid and enthusiastic. " The first sentence with which he broke the awful silence, was a quotation from Rousseau, — ' Socrates...
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A Course of Reading for Common Schools and the Lower Classes of Academies ...

Henry Mandeville - Readers - 1851 - 396 pages
...dignity of hJ8 subject, or perhaps shocking them by the abruptness of the fall. But the de21 scent was as beautiful and sublime, as the elevation had been rapid and enthusiastic. The first sentence which broke the awful silence, was a 22 quotation from Rousseau : " Socrates died like...
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Historical Collections of Virginia: Containing a Collection of the Most ...

Henry Howe - District of Columbis - 1852 - 614 pages
...solemnity and dignity of his subject, or perhaps shocking them by the abruptness of the fall. But — no ; the descent was as beautiful and sublime as the elevation had been rapid and enthusiastic. The first sentence, with which he broke the awful silence, was a quotation from Rousseau, " Socrates died...
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Sunday reading, conducted by J. Kitto

John Kitto - 1853 - 302 pages
...solemnity and dignity of his subject, or perhaps shocking them by the abruptness of his fall. But, no; the descent was as beautiful and sublime as the elevation had been rapid and enthusiastic. The first sentence with which he broke the awful silence was a quotation from Rousseau : " Socrates died...
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McGuffey's Newly Revised Eclectic Fourth Reader: Containing Elegant Extracts ...

William Holmes McGuffey - Children - 1853 - 344 pages
...solemnity and dignity of the subject, or perhaps shocking them by the abruptness of his fall. But, no : the descent was as beautiful and sublime, as the elevation had been rapid and enthusiastic. The Brit sentence, with which he broke the awful silence, was a quotation from Kousseau : " Socrates died...
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McGuffey's Newly Revised Eclectic Fourth Reader: Containing Elegant Extracts ...

William Holmes McGuffey - Children - 1853 - 350 pages
...solemnity and dignity of the subject, or perhaps shocking them by the abruptness of his fall. But, no : the descent was as beautiful and sublime, as the elevation had been rapid and enthusiastic. 8. The first sentence, with which he broke the awful silence, was a quotation from Rousseau : " Socrates...
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