Uncle Horace: A Novel, Հատոր 2E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1838 |
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... heaven is on the sea . " But its gentleness passes away , even while he is sleeping ! -his dreams are of home and happiness - the sheep - bells tinkle in his ears - he is pressed to his mother's bosom , his sisters twine their arms ...
... heaven is on the sea . " But its gentleness passes away , even while he is sleeping ! -his dreams are of home and happiness - the sheep - bells tinkle in his ears - he is pressed to his mother's bosom , his sisters twine their arms ...
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... heavens an uncontaminated child of earth ! The flowers blossom early on its grave ? Why should we mourn the loss of children ? But the affliction which , to witness , weighs so heavily on our spirit , is that which comes upon the young ...
... heavens an uncontaminated child of earth ! The flowers blossom early on its grave ? Why should we mourn the loss of children ? But the affliction which , to witness , weighs so heavily on our spirit , is that which comes upon the young ...
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... Heaven bless you ! think you would know how to fetter him . The little lanes , and paths , and alleys , the turnings and pitfals of life are matters for which you have no talent , Mary ; you will go steadily on the direct road , with ...
... Heaven bless you ! think you would know how to fetter him . The little lanes , and paths , and alleys , the turnings and pitfals of life are matters for which you have no talent , Mary ; you will go steadily on the direct road , with ...
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... heavens , lest it should rain and wash away his labour . His hair was dark and massy as it is now , and I used to think he looked like an in- spired Hercules - so earnest , so intent , all strength and mind . " Albert would play awhile ...
... heavens , lest it should rain and wash away his labour . His hair was dark and massy as it is now , and I used to think he looked like an in- spired Hercules - so earnest , so intent , all strength and mind . " Albert would play awhile ...
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... Heaven ! " She paused again , and sighed , and her eyes looked dark and heavy , though no tears escaped them . " We might have been wedded ; but then those boys must have gone abroad alone : they were so wild , so madly enthusiastic ...
... Heaven ! " She paused again , and sighed , and her eyes looked dark and heavy , though no tears escaped them . " We might have been wedded ; but then those boys must have gone abroad alone : they were so wild , so madly enthusiastic ...
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Էջ 1 - It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity; The gentleness of heaven is on the Sea: Listen!
Էջ 64 - Mystery hangs on all these desert places ! The Fear which hath no name, hath wrought a spell ! Strength, courage, wrath — have been, and left no traces ! They came, — and fled; — but whither! Who can tell ! We know but that they were, — that once (in days When ocean was a bar 'twixt man and man), Stout spirits wandered o'er these capes and bays, And perished where these river waters ran.
Էջ 181 - MEET me by moonlight alone, And then I will tell you a tale, Must be told by the moonlight alone, In the grove at the end of the vale.
Էջ 26 - Who as she smiles in the silvery light, Spreading her wings on the bosom of night, Alone on the deep, as the moon in the sky, A phantom of beauty, could deem, with a sigh, That so lovely a...
Էջ 111 - Honour, my lord, is much too proud to catch At every slender twig of nice distinctions. These, for the unfeeling vulgar, may do well : But those, whose souls are by the nicer rule Of virtuous delicacy nobly swayed, Stand at another bar than that of laws.
Էջ 84 - I loved thee passing well! — thou wert a beam Of pleasant beauty on this stormy sea ! With just so much of mirth as might redeem Man from the musings of his misery ; Yet ever pensive,— like a thing from home ! Lovely and lonely as a single star ! But kind and true to me, as thou hadst come From thine own element — so very far, Only to be a cynosure to eyes Now sickening at the sunshine of the skies...
Էջ 34 - THE PAINTER. I know not which is the most fatal gift, Genius or Love, for both alike are ruled By stars of bright aspect and evil influence.
Էջ 191 - The storm of horrours that surround its close. This little term of nature's agony Will soon be o'er, and what is past is past : But shall I then,' on the dark lap of earth • Lay me to rest, in still unconsciousness, Like senseless clod that doth no pressure feel From wearing foot of daily...
Էջ 30 - The tuilors knew his value— one in particular, when he heard of La Volante's difficulties, offered him five hundred francs a week, if he would only invent, appear, and cut out collars and lappels in his establishment. La Volante felt the insult bitterly, and ordered his valet to pet the porter to kick the fellow out.
Էջ 23 - Oh ! if thou hoverest round my walk, While, under every well-known tree, I to thy fancied shadow talk, And every tear is full of thee ; Should then the weary eye of grief, Beside some sympathetic stream, In slumber find a short relief, Oh, visit thou my soothing dream ! ODE ON BOLUS'S HARP.