Temple Bar, Volumen 40George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates Ward and Lock, 1874 |
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... Youth is the period of illusion and of effort . There is plenty of time in after life to find out that the " particular star " is a farthing rushlight , and that le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle . Algernon Lexley struggled hard for a day ...
... Youth is the period of illusion and of effort . There is plenty of time in after life to find out that the " particular star " is a farthing rushlight , and that le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle . Algernon Lexley struggled hard for a day ...
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... youth and exqui- site grace ; Madame de Visconti in all the blossom of her majestic beauty ; Madame Josephine Bonaparte gave splendid réunions ; and the Princess de Poix small and exclusive parties . In such salons gathered whatever of ...
... youth and exqui- site grace ; Madame de Visconti in all the blossom of her majestic beauty ; Madame Josephine Bonaparte gave splendid réunions ; and the Princess de Poix small and exclusive parties . In such salons gathered whatever of ...
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... youth , ' Corinne ' was what Madame de Staël would have been . † " 6 66 * The minister of police demanded to know why neither the Emperor nor the army had been mentioned in the work upon Germany . She replied that the subject being ...
... youth , ' Corinne ' was what Madame de Staël would have been . † " 6 66 * The minister of police demanded to know why neither the Emperor nor the army had been mentioned in the work upon Germany . She replied that the subject being ...
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... youth and love looking coldly upon you , while yet your soul is full of both ? How exquisitely Madame de Staël felt this was evinced by her shuddering dread of approaching age . The simple words , " We were young then , " would fill her ...
... youth and love looking coldly upon you , while yet your soul is full of both ? How exquisitely Madame de Staël felt this was evinced by her shuddering dread of approaching age . The simple words , " We were young then , " would fill her ...
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... youth , Feel like a dentist's artificial tooth : Necessity alone can make you bear What is not you , but only what you wear , Awkward and strange , you try the thing awhile , You hope , and say , " Well , use may reconcile ! " Or ...
... youth , Feel like a dentist's artificial tooth : Necessity alone can make you bear What is not you , but only what you wear , Awkward and strange , you try the thing awhile , You hope , and say , " Well , use may reconcile ! " Or ...
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Addison admiration answered asked Aunt Barsands beautiful Berthe better Captain Caudebec Chateaubriand child Chorley Church Constance Coppet Dartmoor dear Dennison dinner dress Duke English Excombe eyes face fancy feel felt François Génie du Christianisme gentleman girl give Gordon Grace Hamley hand happy Hatherleigh head heard heart hope horses husband Jacobite kind knew Lady Dunsmore laughed Lexley live London look Lord Alton Lynmouth Madame Madame de Staël Madame Récamier married Martinette Milltown mind Miss Forbes Miss Vyvyan mother never night Old Age once passed Patricia Patricia Kemball Pelago Peregrin Falcon Philip play poor pretty Robert Strange Scriptorium seemed smile speak spirit Steele Strange sure talk tell theatre thing thought took turned uncle Vallombrosa Villequier voice walked wife wish woman women words write young youth
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Página 488 - He is made one with Nature: there is heard His voice in all her music, from the moan Of thunder, to the song of night's sweet bird; He is a presence to be felt and known In darkness and in light, from herb and stone, Spreading itself where'er that Power may move Which has withdrawn his being to its own; Which wields the world with never-wearied love, Sustains it from beneath, and kindles it above.
Página 11 - It were all one, That I should love a bright particular star, And think to wed it, he is so above me: In his bright radiance and collateral light Must I be comforted, not in his sphere.
Página 173 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite.
Página 174 - Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God, or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer...
Página 178 - Weave the warp, and weave the woof, The winding-sheet of Edward's race ; Give ample room, and verge enough, The characters of hell to trace...
Página 179 - That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage ; Lo ! Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age.
Página 491 - I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea.
Página 488 - If spring's voluptuous pantings when she breathes Her first sweet kisses, have been dear to me; If no bright bird, insect, or gentle beast I consciously have injured, but still loved And cherished these my kindred; then forgive This boast, beloved brethren, and withdraw No portion of your wonted favour now!
Página 183 - Thrice she looked back, and thrice the foe drew near. Just in that instant, anxious Ariel sought The close recesses of the Virgin's thought: As, on the nosegay in her breast reclined, He watched th...
Página 183 - The little engine on his fingers' ends; This just behind Belinda's neck he spread, As o'er the fragrant steams she bends her head. Swift to the lock a thousand sprites repair, A thousand wings, by turns, blow back the hair; And thrice they twitched the diamond in her ear; Thrice she looked back, and thrice the foe drew near.