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Էջ 129 - With saintly shout and solemn jubilee ; Where the bright seraphim, in burning row, Their loud uplifted angel-trumpets blow ;» And the cherubic host, in thousand quires, Touch their immortal harps of golden wires, With those just Spirits that wear victorious palms, Hymns devout and holy psalms Singing everlastingly ; That we on earth, with undiscording voice, May rightly answer that melodious noise ; As once we did.
Էջ 153 - T is done — and shivering in the gale The bark unfurls her snowy sail ; And whistling o'er the bending mast, Loud sings on high the freshening blast ; And I must from this land be gone, Because I cannot love but one. But could I be what I have been, And could I see what I have seen — Could I repose upon the breast Which once my warmest wishes blest — I should not seek another zone Because I cannot love but one.
Էջ 36 - He however pursues the fugitives, "resolved, in his rage, to devote the youth to utter ruin, as soon as he should catch him; and, in the meantime, he proposed to glut 'his rage by sacrificing Benvenuto Cellini, who, as we said before, had made himself many enemies, by an unlucky habit he had of threatening to kill people with whom he had any disputes. A practice which, although it has its advantages, would, il...
Էջ 22 - it is a very reasonable bargain on both sides, very disinterested, and strongly sworn to. And now, my children, as I have been a witness to it, although unintentionally, I feel bound to help your escape.' Ascanio hardly knew what answer to make; but as he saw it was perfectly indifferent to the stranger, who knew the whole of his secret, whether he should trust him or not, he resolved to accept his offer. He told him of the difficulty he had to get the lady over the wall.
Էջ 24 - The lady received the ring, and, half dead with horror, awaited the issue of the contest. The assailants came on with great fury; and as they were three to two, the odds were rather in their favour. They consisted of the Gascon Captain, the porter, and a servant, who seemed to be in no great hurry to begin the fight: they appeared astonished at finding two opponents, having seen only Ascanio from the house. They fell on, however, in pretty good order. It happened to be the lot of the stranger, perhaps...
Էջ 31 - ... seen two streams of light issuing from the great eyes, but as he had no notion that Ascanio was then within the head, drawing by the light of a lamp, or playing upon a guitar, which he accompanied with his voice, the little tailor's fears and malice induced him to spread a report that Cdlini was an enchanter, and that the Testa di Marte...
Էջ 25 - Captain's first blow, and dealt in return so shrewd a cut upon the serving man's head, as laid him on the forest turf without the least inclination to take any further share in the combat. The fight was now nearly equal; and to do him justice, the Gascon Captain was a fair match for most men. The stranger, however, was one to whom fighting was evidently any thing but new; and in less than five minutes the Captain lay beside the servant so dead, that if all the monks in Christendom had sung a mass...
Էջ 47 - Sangfeu, whom in spite of me, thou didst cherish, to do deeds which thy black heart planned, bat dared not achieve. I helped him to carry off the maiden, thy dead friend's daughter, whom thou didst basely oppress; and, if he had not been there, I had done it myself.
Էջ 44 - ... of imprecations, he cursed every tailor that had been on the earth since the creation, and then, adding all those curses together, he heaped them in a lump on the head of the particular tailor then before him ; in short, he acted so whimsical a madness, that the King laughed until his sides ached. The Chancellor, however, took up the matter in a much more serious light. He said it was evident from the relation of the witness, that some foul deeds were practised, and that the head ought to be...
Էջ 56 - English readers are unacquainted. — The country between Ross and Chepstow presents a succession of fine scenery, which for variety and beauty is, perhaps, no where to be equalled within the same distance. Tourists have been much divided as to the spot which is entitled to claim the superiority. Some have decided in favour of the steeps of Windcliff, with their coronet of richly variegated wood, and the extensive prospect which they command of the fertile valley at their feet, the junction of the...