Essays and Tales in Prose, Հատոր 2Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1853 |
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... delight . We could almost fancy that we heard her words - How beautiful this is ! What a comfortable sofa ! What a charming screen ! How kind , how good , how consid- erate of It was altogether a pretty scene . ! " ' Let us pass over ...
... delight . We could almost fancy that we heard her words - How beautiful this is ! What a comfortable sofa ! What a charming screen ! How kind , how good , how consid- erate of It was altogether a pretty scene . ! " ' Let us pass over ...
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... delighted him ; and the books which he took there after breakfast frequently remained unopened on the rustic table of the arbor . Instead of a sublime conference with Eschylus , he would question Simon , his old gardener , as to the ...
... delighted him ; and the books which he took there after breakfast frequently remained unopened on the rustic table of the arbor . Instead of a sublime conference with Eschylus , he would question Simon , his old gardener , as to the ...
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... delightful ; for it had been one of those balmy days of April , in which the sun , and the glistening showers , contending for mastery , seem to strive which shall do most for their beautiful charge , the earth . Yet , to Baliol's eyes ...
... delightful ; for it had been one of those balmy days of April , in which the sun , and the glistening showers , contending for mastery , seem to strive which shall do most for their beautiful charge , the earth . Yet , to Baliol's eyes ...
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... delight ` protestations gratitude- promises of endless , end- less love from him : from her . · murmured half- distinct sentences ( so murmurs the honey - bee ) —all full of meaning to the ear of love , but not to be trans- lated to ...
... delight ` protestations gratitude- promises of endless , end- less love from him : from her . · murmured half- distinct sentences ( so murmurs the honey - bee ) —all full of meaning to the ear of love , but not to be trans- lated to ...
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... delight ; and , in the midst of all , Her , the queen and pageant of his dreams the star and cynosure , by whose steadfast light he hopes to steer his frail barque past Fortunate Islands , and through summer seas , far away into the dim ...
... delight ; and , in the midst of all , Her , the queen and pageant of his dreams the star and cynosure , by whose steadfast light he hopes to steer his frail barque past Fortunate Islands , and through summer seas , far away into the dim ...
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Էջ 163 - He for God only, she for God in him. His fair large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule...
Էջ 158 - Or painful to his slumbers: easy, sweet, And as a purling stream, thou son of Night, Pass by his troubled senses; sing his pain Like hollow murmuring wind, or silver rain: Into this prince, gently, oh gently slide, And kiss him into slumbers, like a bride.
Էջ 101 - Yea, I will wound Achilles in the heel, And then return to Helen for a kiss. Oh! thou art fairer than the evening air Clad in the beauty of a thousand stars...
Էջ 101 - Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? — Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss. — Her lips suck forth my soul : see, where it flies ! — Come, Helen, come, give me my soul again. Here will I dwell, for heaven is in these lips, And all is dross that is not Helena.
Էջ 19 - THE DESERT HOME : OR, THE ADVENTURES OF A LOST FAMILY IN THE WILDERNESS. With fine Plates. $1.00. THE BOY HUNTERS. With fine Plates. 75 cents. THE YOUNG VOYAGEURS : OR, THE BOY HUNTERS IN THE NORTH.
Էջ 153 - Relenting Hero's gentle heart was strook; Such force and virtue hath an amorous look. It lies not in our power to love or hate, For will in us is over-ruled by fate.
Էջ 168 - That he till death true dulness would maintain; And, in his father's right, and realm's defence, Ne'er to have peace with wit, nor truce with sense.
Էջ 168 - How can I praise or blame, and not offend, Or how divide the frailty from the friend? Her faults and virtues lie so mix'd that she Nor wholly stands condemn'd, nor wholly free.
Էջ 108 - That made these branches meet and twine together, Never to be divided. The god that sings His holy numbers over marriage-beds Hath knit their noble hearts ; and here they stand Your children, mighty King : and I have done.
Էջ 114 - Do you not weep ? Other sins only speak, murder shrieks out, The element of water moistens the earth, But blood flies upwards, and bedews the heavens. Ferd. Cover her face ; mine eyes dazzle. She died young.