Compton Audley; or, Hands not heartsRichard Bentley, 1841 - 281 էջ |
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... and by a very fortunate com- bination of circumstances exactly at the instant when Dudley Ravensworth , and the fair Con- stance happened to rejoin that lady and her friends , " Constance ! " said Lady Margaret , " where 6 COMPTON AUDLEY .
... and by a very fortunate com- bination of circumstances exactly at the instant when Dudley Ravensworth , and the fair Con- stance happened to rejoin that lady and her friends , " Constance ! " said Lady Margaret , " where 6 COMPTON AUDLEY .
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... fair charge were whirled off to that place , which no other place is said to be like— " Home . " The morning came , -four , five , six o'clock , and Dudley did not , as he himself had pro- mised , appear . Constance , however , did not ...
... fair charge were whirled off to that place , which no other place is said to be like— " Home . " The morning came , -four , five , six o'clock , and Dudley did not , as he himself had pro- mised , appear . Constance , however , did not ...
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... fair dames , merry minstrels , and sandalled pilgrims . All these helped to realise the idea , that the present occu- pants of the Castle still wandered over its apartments before their time , and kept their revels in its chambers at ...
... fair dames , merry minstrels , and sandalled pilgrims . All these helped to realise the idea , that the present occu- pants of the Castle still wandered over its apartments before their time , and kept their revels in its chambers at ...
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... fair expanse of lawn and shrubbery , opening upon wild tracts of rough forest land , overrun with fern , and broken into dell and valley ; bright water glancing in the fore- ground , mountains with their fantastic outlines bounding the ...
... fair expanse of lawn and shrubbery , opening upon wild tracts of rough forest land , overrun with fern , and broken into dell and valley ; bright water glancing in the fore- ground , mountains with their fantastic outlines bounding the ...
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... fair demesne , we have at length to speak . Her countenance , though perfectly beautiful , and full of brilliancy and animation , was naturally capable of great variety of expression 24 COMPTON AUDLEY . CHAPTER II. ...
... fair demesne , we have at length to speak . Her countenance , though perfectly beautiful , and full of brilliancy and animation , was naturally capable of great variety of expression 24 COMPTON AUDLEY . CHAPTER II. ...
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Էջ 110 - Tumultuous grandeur crowds the blazing square, The rattling chariots clash, the torches glare. Sure scenes like these no troubles e'er annoy ! Sure these denote one universal joy!
Էջ 12 - May the great God whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it, and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet!
Էջ 133 - ... tis where the ice appears. Though wit may flash from fluent lips, and mirth distract the breast, Through midnight hours that yield no more their former hope of rest; "Tis but as ivy-leaves around the ruin'd turret wreath, All green and wildly fresh without, but worn and grey beneath.
Էջ 205 - A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast And fills the white and rustling sail And bends the gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While like the eagle free Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind...
Էջ 189 - SOLDIER'S DREAM Our bugles sang truce — for the night-cloud had lowered, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky ; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpowered, The weary to sleep and the wounded to die.
Էջ 110 - And pinch'd with cold, and shrinking from the shower, With heavy heart deplores that luckless hour, When idly first, ambitious of the town, She left her wheel and robes of country brown.
Էջ 16 - There was a day when they were young and proud, Banners on high, and battles pass'd below ; But they who fought are in a bloody shroud, And those which waved are shredless dust ere now, And the bleak battlements shall bear no future blow.
Էջ 128 - Ah me! for aught that ever I could read. Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth: But, either it was different in blood; Her.
Էջ 113 - Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes; At every word a reputation dies.
Էջ 70 - It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so; A gentlemanly distance, not too near, If you have got a former friend or foe ; But, after being fired at once or twice, The ear becomes more Irish, and less nice.