Such things are, by the author of 'Recommended to mercy'. |
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... thought me old and stupid , and wished to be with younger ladies ; and then , besides , he seemed so very hot , poor man ! He did speak once , and that was about the weather . He said that he thought it very fine , and as I couldn't say ...
... thought me old and stupid , and wished to be with younger ladies ; and then , besides , he seemed so very hot , poor man ! He did speak once , and that was about the weather . He said that he thought it very fine , and as I couldn't say ...
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... thought herself courageous , she was but a craven thing at heart , and shrank from public notice . Aylmer was by her side , and strove , in his calm , gentlemanly way , to hide from her their cold , unwomanly scrutiny , and save her ...
... thought herself courageous , she was but a craven thing at heart , and shrank from public notice . Aylmer was by her side , and strove , in his calm , gentlemanly way , to hide from her their cold , unwomanly scrutiny , and save her ...
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... to convey them back to Ryde . The rain was still descending with a con- tinuous pour , defying by its violence all present thoughts of issuing from that crowded room . Silence had fallen upon many of the party 30 Such Things are .
... to convey them back to Ryde . The rain was still descending with a con- tinuous pour , defying by its violence all present thoughts of issuing from that crowded room . Silence had fallen upon many of the party 30 Such Things are .
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... thought it ? It was only a few days ago - Wed- nesday I think it was - I saw him on the steps of the United Service , looking as hale- ' ' And now there's only the old admiral , and then the title goes to - who knows who ? said Mrs ...
... thought it ? It was only a few days ago - Wed- nesday I think it was - I saw him on the steps of the United Service , looking as hale- ' ' And now there's only the old admiral , and then the title goes to - who knows who ? said Mrs ...
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... thought my selfish acts would ever have been sounded in Miss Mayford's ear ; however , I deserve it , I'm afraid - He hinted - Oh , so very hard , to go - he'd never ( so he said ) , much as he'd yachted , once " been in those diggings ...
... thought my selfish acts would ever have been sounded in Miss Mayford's ear ; however , I deserve it , I'm afraid - He hinted - Oh , so very hard , to go - he'd never ( so he said ) , much as he'd yachted , once " been in those diggings ...
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Էջ 136 - THE warm sun is failing, the bleak wind is wailing, The bare boughs are sighing, the pale flowers are dying, And the year On the earth her deathbed, in a shroud of leaves dead, Is lying. Come, months, come away, From November to May, In your saddest array; Follow the bier Of the dead cold year, And like dim shadows watch by her sepulchre. The chill rain is falling, the...
Էջ 166 - Of the hearts that daily break, Of the tears that hourly fall, Of the many, many troubles of life, That grieve this earthly ball...
Էջ 42 - Spurn'd by the young, but hugg'd by the old To the very verge of the churchyard mould ; Price of many a crime untold ; Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold...
Էջ 233 - tis slander ; Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
Էջ 93 - Scarce seen, but with fresh bitterness imbued ; And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever : it may be a sound — A tone of music, — summer's eve — or spring, A flower — the wind — the Ocean — which shall wound, Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound ; XXIV.
Էջ 65 - Me and my friends here, this delightful night, That power itself has not one half the might Of gentleness. 'Tis want to all true wealth ; The uneasy madman's force, to the wise health ; Blind downward beating, to the eyes that see ; Noise to persuasion, doubt to certainty...
Էջ 28 - Nothing ! if they bite and kick? Out with it, Dunciad ! let the secret pass, That secret to each fool, that he's an ass : The truth once told (and wherefore should we lie ?) The queen of Midas slept, and so may I.
Էջ 198 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer cloud, Without our special wonder...
Էջ 93 - But ever and anon of griefs subdued There comes a token like a Scorpion's sting, Scarce seen, but with fresh bitterness imbued ; And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever...
Էջ 78 - The clodded earth goes up in sweet-breathed flowers ; In music dies poor human speech, And into beauty blow those hearts of ours, When Love is born in each.