The picaroon, by the author of 'Makanna'.1837 |
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... lady , who had hitherto viewed the scene from behind the convenient covert of a fallen tree , resolved to preserve their concealment , and await the event . " Prime stuff , Meg ! -Come , suck a sip , my bonnie bird , ' twill do thee ...
... lady , who had hitherto viewed the scene from behind the convenient covert of a fallen tree , resolved to preserve their concealment , and await the event . " Prime stuff , Meg ! -Come , suck a sip , my bonnie bird , ' twill do thee ...
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... guest , and as the lady thought of such a was in that interest- ing condition , when , on the dictum of a grave authority , ** Coming events cast a shadow before , " against the wall , he folded his arms , and 14 THE PICAROON .
... guest , and as the lady thought of such a was in that interest- ing condition , when , on the dictum of a grave authority , ** Coming events cast a shadow before , " against the wall , he folded his arms , and 14 THE PICAROON .
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... lady's pulse , whose indisposi- tion was but slight ; just enough to add an interesting languor to her charms , all these were quite bewitching , and M'Mara was then par excellence the dear Doctor . ' But if the lady was indeed ill ...
... lady's pulse , whose indisposi- tion was but slight ; just enough to add an interesting languor to her charms , all these were quite bewitching , and M'Mara was then par excellence the dear Doctor . ' But if the lady was indeed ill ...
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... lady , her daughter , had for some time remained at a certain age ' unwooed , and was on the brink of the critical , -when , a family convocation be- ing held with three maiden aunts , it was determined nem . con . that , as a forlorn ...
... lady , her daughter , had for some time remained at a certain age ' unwooed , and was on the brink of the critical , -when , a family convocation be- ing held with three maiden aunts , it was determined nem . con . that , as a forlorn ...
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... lady , while she acquiesced with a sim- per as to the present reality , assured him gravely that it was of no importance , as she had a positive certainty in her own mind , ' that a dangerous illness was fast approaching , which ...
... lady , while she acquiesced with a sim- per as to the present reality , assured him gravely that it was of no importance , as she had a positive certainty in her own mind , ' that a dangerous illness was fast approaching , which ...
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Página 244 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly: If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, 'With his surcease, success ; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here. But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, — We'd jump the life to come...
Página 202 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Página 94 - What are these, So wither'd, and so wild in their attire ; That look not like the inhabitants o' the earth, And yet are on't ? Live you ? or are you aught That man may question ? You seem to understand me, By each at once her choppy finger laying Upon her skinny lips. — You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so.
Página 20 - But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane; there is a fire And motion of the soul which will not dwell In its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire; And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest ; a fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore.
Página 54 - Out of my sight, thou serpent ! That name best Befits thee, with him leagued, thyself as false And hateful : nothing wants, but that thy shape, Like his, and colour serpentine, may...
Página 2 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell; But hush!
Página 261 - To the high damas brow, more melancholy, But clear, and with a wild and liquid glance, Heart on her lips, and soul within her eyes, Soft as her clime, and sunny as her skies.
Página 164 - She was a form of life and light, That, seen, became a part of sight...
Página 110 - Yes, love indeed is light from heaven ; A spark of that immortal fire With angels shared, by Alia given, To lift from earth our low desire. Devotion wafts the mind above, But heaven itself descends in love ; A feeling from the Godhead caught, To wean from self each sordid thought ; A ray of him who form'd the whole ; A glory circling round the soul...
Página 126 - And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind!