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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ... as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes: 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown: His scepter shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings. But mercy is above this sceptered sway; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings; It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this--That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation; we do pray for mercy; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. 1. Shrewdly, wassail, achievements, canonized, inurned, sovereignty, soliloquy, consummation, contumely, awry. 2. Explain "bites shrewdly," "an eager air." "To the manner born" is in some editions "To the manor born." What is the difference in the meaning? What is meant by "plausive manners"? "that beetles o'er his base " 1 "a pin's fee "?" who would fardels bear "? LVIII. JEAN VALJEAN. Victob Marie Hugo (1802-1885), a noted French author, wrote mainly to correct abuses. He wrote rapidly, and with equal facility, odes, ballads, romances, dramas, political essays, and biography, and was acknowledged to be the leader of the romantic school of literature in France. At first he was a royalist, and was made a peer of France. In 1848 he was banished on account of his opposition to royalty, and lived in exile the remainder of his life. His best known work is Lea Mis6rables, from which this lesson is taken. Jean Valjean, a released convict, shunned and ill-t...
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