The Token and Atlantic Souvenir: An Offering for Christmas and the New YearDavid H. Williams David H. Williams, 1842 - Всего страниц: 320 |
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... appeared , from his attitude , with a good deal of earnestness ; but no inference could be drawn , from the position of the lady , who sat in front of the fire , buried in the recesses of a deep arm - chair . The imagination , however ...
... appeared , from his attitude , with a good deal of earnestness ; but no inference could be drawn , from the position of the lady , who sat in front of the fire , buried in the recesses of a deep arm - chair . The imagination , however ...
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... , and said to us , " There it is , gentlemen . " It was the Château of Voltaire . Beautifully situated on the crown of a gentle elevation , it had the appearance of having been a 5 Visit to Ferney By Hubbard Winslow,
... , and said to us , " There it is , gentlemen . " It was the Château of Voltaire . Beautifully situated on the crown of a gentle elevation , it had the appearance of having been a 5 Visit to Ferney By Hubbard Winslow,
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... appearance of having been a com- manding and genteel , though not elegant mansion . It had become dingy and rusty from neglect , and dilapidat- ed by the ravages of time . We entered through an iron gate , and were met at the door by a ...
... appearance of having been a com- manding and genteel , though not elegant mansion . It had become dingy and rusty from neglect , and dilapidat- ed by the ravages of time . We entered through an iron gate , and were met at the door by a ...
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... appearance since the time of Voltaire , but the walks and groves remain nearly the same . There was one long and very beautiful berceau walk , arched completely and closely over with clipped horn - beam , with openings cut at regular ...
... appearance since the time of Voltaire , but the walks and groves remain nearly the same . There was one long and very beautiful berceau walk , arched completely and closely over with clipped horn - beam , with openings cut at regular ...
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... appearance in public . From the Theatre he was taken to the sick chamber , whence his body was soon after carried to ... appeared to be impossible for him to live without them . The writer visited the monument that covers his dust in the ...
... appearance in public . From the Theatre he was taken to the sick chamber , whence his body was soon after carried to ... appeared to be impossible for him to live without them . The writer visited the monument that covers his dust in the ...
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Acadians Adah Adelbert Anapestic Armais arms avalanches beautiful beneath Beresford bloom breath bright brow cast castle child Chuno dark daughter death deep dreams dwell earth Eolian eyes face fade fair father fear feel Ferney flowers gazed glory grass green Hafez hand happy hath head hear heard heart heaven Hejâz hope hour human Israel Jonathan Parsons lady lake land leaves light Lilla look Louisburgh maiden Martigny Mary mind Mont Blanc moon morning mother mountain nature never night o'er Osram pale passed Pharaoh Rawdon rocks rose scene seemed shade silent Simplon Pass sleep smile snow soft song soul sound spirit stood summer summit sweet Switzerland tears tell thee thine thing THOMAS BIRCH THOMAS GRAY thou thought traveller trees trembling truth village voice Voltaire WAMPANOAGS wave wild Wolfgang word youth Zilpah
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Стр. 104 - Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low, — an excellent thing in woman.
Стр. 102 - The stars of midnight shall be dear To her; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face.
Стр. 103 - The silver key of the fountain of tears, Where the spirit drinks till the brain is wild ; Softest grave of a thousand fears, Where their mother, Care, like a drowsy child, Is laid asleep in flowers.
Стр. 93 - ... much in this point from one another. Now opium, by greatly increasing the activity of the mind, generally increases, of necessity, that particular mode of its activity by which we are able to construct out of the raw material of organic sound an elaborate intellectual pleasure.
Стр. 274 - ... in their attempts to foment disaffection. The English regarded colonies, even when settled by men from their own land, only as sources of emolument to the mother country ; colonists as an inferior caste. The Acadians were despised because they were helpless. Ignorant of the laws of their conquerors, they were not educated to the knowledge, the defence, and the love of English liberties ; they knew not the way to the throne, and, given up to military masters, had no redress in civil tribunals....
Стр. 293 - Alas! for them — their day is o'er, Their fires are out from hill and shore, No more for them the wild deer bounds. The plough is on their hunting grounds; The pale man's axe rings in their woods, The pale man's sail skims o'er their floods, Their pleasant springs are dry " ' I turn gladly to the progress of our civil history.
Стр. 104 - More, more, I prithee, more. Ami. It will make you melancholy, Monsieur Jaques. Jaq. I thank it. More, I prithee, more. I can suck melancholy out of a song, as a weasel sucks eggs.
Стр. 104 - The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Стр. 224 - Lord for protection, they betook themselves to rest: the pilgrim they laid in a large upper chamber, whose window opened towards the sun-rising: the name of the chamber was Peace, where he slept till break of day, and then he awoke and sang, Where am I now?
Стр. 281 - A beautiful and fertile tract of country was reduced to a solitude. There was none left round the ashes of the cottages of the Acadians but the faithful watch-dog, vainly seeking the hands that fed him. Thickets of forest-trees choked their orchards; the ocean broke over their neglected dikes, and desolated their meadows.