A princess of Thule, Հատոր 2Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1874 |
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Էջ 85 - BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Էջ 3 - Lavender, at least, was rejoicing at his great good fortune that he had secured for ever to himself the true-hearted girl who now sat opposite him, with the moonlight touching her face and hair ; and he was laughing to himself at the notion that he did not properly appreciate her, or understand her, or perceive her real character. If not he, who then...
Էջ 21 - Short then is the time which every man lives, and small the nook of the earth where he lives ; and short too the longest posthumous fame, and even this only continued by a succession of poor human beings, who will very soon die, and who know not even themselves, much less him who died long ago.
Էջ 257 - Sheila managed at last to say — "It is Mairi come from Stornoway. I was thinking you would be surprised to see her when you came in " " And these preparations are for her ? " Sheila said nothing : there was that in the tone of her husband's voice which was gradually bringing her to herself, and giving her quite sufficient firmness. "And now that this girl has come up, I suppose you mean to introduce her to all your friends ; and I suppose you expect those people who are coming in half an hour to...
Էջ 103 - ... inland; there everything seemed asleep ; but here there was a fresh breeze from the south, and the sea had been rough the day before, and now it was of this strange olive colour, streaked with the white curls of foam that shone in the sunlight. Was there not a cold scent of seaweed, too, blown up this narrow passage between the houses? And now the carriage cut round the corner, and whirled out into the glare of the Parade ; and before her the great sea stretched out its leagues of tumbling and...
Էջ 213 - He had indeed been successful: Lavender would now find a different welcome awaiting him in the house in which he had been spending nearly all his time, to the neglect of his wife. But the fact is, that as Edward Ingram went rapidly over in his own mind everything that had occurred since his entrance into that house, as he anxiously recalled the remarks made to him, the tone and looks accompanying them, and his own replies, it was not of Lavender's affairs alone that he thought. He confessed to himself...
Էջ 190 - Whose hopes are entombed in the grave where thou'rt sleeping. So Sheila sang; and it seemed to the people that this ballad was even more strange than its predecessor. When the song was over, Sheila seemed rather anxious to get out of the crowd, and indeed walked away into the conservatory to have a look at the flowers. Yes, Lavender had to...