The Ladies' CompanionBradbury and Evans, 1861 |
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... paintings . I will not trouble you with these just now . I will begin with what appears to me like the first birth of my percep- tions , at a time when I think I must have been not less than four years of age . I remember the scene very ...
... paintings . I will not trouble you with these just now . I will begin with what appears to me like the first birth of my percep- tions , at a time when I think I must have been not less than four years of age . I remember the scene very ...
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... paint and plaster upon the walls of their apartments . The " old wall " that stood mute for centuries , like some old world relic , has grown eloquent : a veritable sphynx by the road- side , suggesting enigmas to the passers by , it ...
... paint and plaster upon the walls of their apartments . The " old wall " that stood mute for centuries , like some old world relic , has grown eloquent : a veritable sphynx by the road- side , suggesting enigmas to the passers by , it ...
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... painted was a lot of odd scraps pasted together -the coarsest stuff I ever saw in my life ; full of chopped straw , and as rough as a nutmeg- grater ! The colouring reminded me exactly of the blotting - paper on which I dry my plates ...
... painted was a lot of odd scraps pasted together -the coarsest stuff I ever saw in my life ; full of chopped straw , and as rough as a nutmeg- grater ! The colouring reminded me exactly of the blotting - paper on which I dry my plates ...
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... painted to look like marble ( that now is art I can understand ) ; a great organ , all polished mahogany and gilded pipes , like a handsome clock - case ; a mahogany pulpit with an octagon sounding - board , and no expense spared in the ...
... painted to look like marble ( that now is art I can understand ) ; a great organ , all polished mahogany and gilded pipes , like a handsome clock - case ; a mahogany pulpit with an octagon sounding - board , and no expense spared in the ...
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... painted them didn't know . that his yellow letters would come out black in a photograph , and his blue ground light . There were monuments on the chancel wall as else- where . On a pillar close to me was a large printed card stating ...
... painted them didn't know . that his yellow letters would come out black in a photograph , and his blue ground light . There were monuments on the chancel wall as else- where . On a pillar close to me was a large printed card stating ...
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Էջ 179 - Within thy airy shell By slow Meander's margent green, And in the violet-embroidered vale Where the lovelorn nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well: Canst thou not tell me of a gentle pair That likest thy Narcissus are?
Էջ 97 - And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Էջ 315 - That tell in homely phrase who lie below ; Sudden he starts ! and hears, or thinks he hears, The sound of something purring at his heels ; Full fast he flies, and dares not look behind him, Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows ; Who gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition tall and ghastly, That walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-open'd grave; and, strange to tell! Evanishes at crowing of the cock.
Էջ 49 - For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE ; And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE.
Էջ 221 - The best in this kind are but shadows ; and the worst are no worse, if imagination amend them.
Էջ 163 - Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated, and, recollecting his prejudice against the Scotch, of which I had heard much, I said to Davies, "Don't tell where I come from." "From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. "Mr. Johnson," said I, "I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.
Էջ 163 - I am willing to flatter myself that I meant this as light pleasantry to soothe and conciliate him, and not as an humiliating abasement at the expense of my country. But however that might be, this speech was somewhat unlucky; for, with that quickness of wit for which he was so remarkable, he seized the expression, "come from Scotland...
Էջ 198 - Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head...
Էջ 75 - And labours hard to store it well With the sweet food she makes. In works of labour or of skill I would be busy too: For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. In books, or work, or healthful play Let my first years be past, That I may give for every day Some good account at last.
Էջ 310 - I laboured," says he, in one of his letters*, " for a mere pittance, but it was sufficient. It was the fruit of my own resolution ; and, as I then flattered myself, the foretaste of more honourable rewards, — for I never thought of wealth.