The Wanderings of a Goldfinch; Or, Characteristic Sketches in the Nineteenth CenturyW. Clowes, 1816 - Всего страниц: 355 |
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... a brother , and thus read by an affectionate parent . Who comes with sweetly pensive mien , With placid look , and eye serene , In habit clad of Spring's soft green ? Robina ! Who's voice is that we love to hear , So 8.
... a brother , and thus read by an affectionate parent . Who comes with sweetly pensive mien , With placid look , and eye serene , In habit clad of Spring's soft green ? Robina ! Who's voice is that we love to hear , So 8.
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... look beam- ing with intelligence and fire , yet displayed the union of mildness and urbanity with the majesty of command : and it might be said " The Lion incensed was a Lamb to his rage , The Dove was an Eagle compared to his smile ...
... look beam- ing with intelligence and fire , yet displayed the union of mildness and urbanity with the majesty of command : and it might be said " The Lion incensed was a Lamb to his rage , The Dove was an Eagle compared to his smile ...
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... look at it , " cried Miss Belinda ; " I have heard so much about Cornwall , where the people don't eat , drink , nor sleep , like those in London , but live hundreds of miles under ground , making tin and copper . Papa has got an old ...
... look at it , " cried Miss Belinda ; " I have heard so much about Cornwall , where the people don't eat , drink , nor sleep , like those in London , but live hundreds of miles under ground , making tin and copper . Papa has got an old ...
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... you need scarcely fear ever meeting another such mortification . Now , if you please , we will take a look at your father's intended improvement in the school - room for the poor . "盘 CHAPTER X. “ AUNT , ” said Robina , “ 52.
... you need scarcely fear ever meeting another such mortification . Now , if you please , we will take a look at your father's intended improvement in the school - room for the poor . "盘 CHAPTER X. “ AUNT , ” said Robina , “ 52.
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... look in during the day . Mr. Elfin , a young man of prepossessing person , speedily appeared , and bowed most obsequiously to the honour of her ladyship's commands . " You are extremely attentive , Elfin - though it was early to detach ...
... look in during the day . Mr. Elfin , a young man of prepossessing person , speedily appeared , and bowed most obsequiously to the honour of her ladyship's commands . " You are extremely attentive , Elfin - though it was early to detach ...
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Стр. 120 - Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide: To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Стр. 316 - Ten of them were sheathed in steel, With belted sword, and spur on heel : They quitted not their harness bright, Neither by day, nor yet by night...
Стр. 349 - With aching temples on thy hand reclined, Muse on the last farewell I leave behind, Breathe a deep sigh to winds that murmur low, And think on all my love, and all my woe...
Стр. 282 - Ne'er tell me of glories serenely adorning The close of our day, the calm eve of our night ; Give me back, give me back the wild freshness of morning, Her clouds and her tears are worth evening's best light.
Стр. 348 - Mark me, Wilford. I know the value of the orphan's tear, The poor man's prayer, respect from the respected ; I feel, to merit these, and to obtain them, Is to taste here below, that thrilling cordial, Which the remunerating angel draws From the eternal fountain of delight, To pour on blessed souls that enter heaven. I feel this — I ! How must my nature, then, Revolt at him who seeks to stain his hand In human blood ? And yet, it seems, this day I sought your life.
Стр. 42 - Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
Стр. 122 - It is not (replied our philosopher) because they treat, as you call it, about love, but because they treat of nothing, that they are despicable : we must not ridicule a passion which he who never felt never was happy, and he who laughs at never deserves to feel — a passion which has caused the change of empires, and the loss of worlds — a passion which has inspired heroism and subdued avarice.
Стр. 118 - But, in short, Sir,' continued he, — ' I speak to you because you look like one that can understand me — there is nothing about a woman's person merely, were she formed like the Venus de Medicis, that can constitute a fine woman.
Стр. 32 - Big — bright — and fast, unknown to her they fell ; But still her lips refused to send — " Farewell !" For in that word — that fatal word — howe'er We promise — hope — believe — there breathes despair.
Стр. 159 - Through mere good fortune, took a different course. The flock grew calm again, and I, the road Following, that led me to my own abode, Much...