DEATH, to the dead for evermore
A King, a God, the last, the best of friends -
Whene'er this mortal journey ends
Death, like a host, comes smiling to the door;
Smiling, he greets us, on that tranquil shore
Where neither piping bird nor peeping dawn
Disturbs the eternal sleep,
But in the stillness far withdrawn
Our dreamless rest for evermore…

— Robert Louis Stevenson
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ANALYSE. – En expliquant la même prière, ce discours suit le même ordre que le précédent. Mais il en diffère par la rédaction et d’intéressants détails.

— Augustin d’Hippone
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How we may draw not only Celestiall, and vitall, but also certain Intellectuall, and divine gifts from above.

— Henry Cornelius Agrippa
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Il a neigé et j’ai marché dans la rue blanche. Le ciel était gris-pâle ; le soleil se dessinait en boule, sans rayons ; la lumière était douce, comme voilée de fine gaze ; des flocons légers tombaient encore, lentement. L’air frappait les joues et je sentais du rose sur mon visage. En mon âme, j’avais aussi des rêves blancs, des fleurs de…

— Michelle LeNormand
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22 archetypes.
Stripped down, reconstructed, and turned into stickers.

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SIR, From the present spirit of this nation, it is still further evident to me, what I have always thought, that the people would constantly be in the interests of truth and liberty, were it not for external delusion and external force. Take away terror, and men never would have been slaves: Take away imposture, and men will never be dupes nor…

— John Trenchard
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The sacred books of Parsees, or Zoroastrians, and the main source of our knowledge concerning the religious and spiritual life the ancient Persians. This collection of writings occupies the same place in the literature of Iran (ancient Persia) that the Vedas do in India. The designation Zend-Avesta, which is often employed to denote the sacred…

— Arthur Frank Joseph Remy
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A spirit passed before me: I beheld
The face of Immortality unveiled--
Deep Sleep came down on every eye save mine--
And there it stood,--all formless--but divine:
Along my bones the creeping flesh did quake;
And as my damp hair stiffened, thus it spake:

— George Gordon, Lord Byron
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I pant for the music which is divine,
My heart in its thirst is a dying flower;
Pour forth the sound like enchanted wine,
Loosen the notes in a silver shower;
Like a herbless plain, for the gentle rain,
I gasp, I faint, till they wake again.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Believe me, dear patrons, I have wand'red too far,
Without any compass, or planet or star;
My dear native village I scarcely can see
So I'll hie to my hive like the tempest-tost bee.
Hail home! sacred home! to my soul ever dear;
Abroad may be wonders but rapture is here.
My future ambition will never soar higher
Than the clean brushed…

— Major Henry Livingston, Jr.
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