Fitzherbert; or, Lovers and fortune-hunters, by the authoress of 'The bride of Siena'. |
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... in human shape , and contrive to be in at least a dozen places at once . Such are not our more common - place villains ; yet despair not , gentle lovers of vivid hor- rors : though without Cain's mark upon the brow , PREFACE . vii.
... in human shape , and contrive to be in at least a dozen places at once . Such are not our more common - place villains ; yet despair not , gentle lovers of vivid hor- rors : though without Cain's mark upon the brow , PREFACE . vii.
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... once a cen- tury , but an annual of rich luxuriant growth . We could name many works which , published a hundred years ago , would have reigned in the minds of men like " Clarissa Harlowe " or the " Vicar of Wakefield . " The stars of ...
... once a cen- tury , but an annual of rich luxuriant growth . We could name many works which , published a hundred years ago , would have reigned in the minds of men like " Clarissa Harlowe " or the " Vicar of Wakefield . " The stars of ...
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Harriet Maria Gordon Smythies. are not the less bright because many shine at once ; but it is to the solitary planet , alone in the heavens , that all " The Parson's Daugh- eyes are turned . ter , " perhaps the most exquisite of re- cent ...
Harriet Maria Gordon Smythies. are not the less bright because many shine at once ; but it is to the solitary planet , alone in the heavens , that all " The Parson's Daugh- eyes are turned . ter , " perhaps the most exquisite of re- cent ...
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... once the monarch's and the Muse's seats , Invite my lays . Be present , sylvan maids ! Unlock your springs , and open all your shades . " РОРЕ . Ir was a glorious evening in June , one of those rich , soft , mellow evenings which have a ...
... once the monarch's and the Muse's seats , Invite my lays . Be present , sylvan maids ! Unlock your springs , and open all your shades . " РОРЕ . Ir was a glorious evening in June , one of those rich , soft , mellow evenings which have a ...
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... once jet black hair , now streaked with silver . He was slightly bald toward the top of the head , and in consequence the forehead had the gloomy height which gives so much melan- choly to some of Vandyke's portraits : and his large ...
... once jet black hair , now streaked with silver . He was slightly bald toward the top of the head , and in consequence the forehead had the gloomy height which gives so much melan- choly to some of Vandyke's portraits : and his large ...
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Página 186 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests: in all time, Calm or convulsed — in breeze, or gale, or storm. Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving; — boundless, endless, and sublime; The image of eternity, the throne Of the Invisible: even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Página 46 - An honest man's the noblest work of God.' And certes in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind: What is a lordling's pomp? a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined!
Página 128 - Now the tir'd hunter winds a parting note, And Echo bids good-night from every glade ; Yet wait awhile, and see the calm leaves float Each to his rest beneath their parent shade.
Página 274 - She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love : A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky.
Página 186 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed — in breeze or gale or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime, Dark-heaving, boundless, endless and sublime — The image of eternity — the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Página 203 - Twas sad, by fits — by starts, 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ! Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail. Still would her touch the strain prolong ; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She...
Página 155 - Then gay ideas crowd the vacant brain, While peers, and dukes, and all their sweeping train, And garters, stars, and coronets appear, And in soft sounds "Your Grace
Página 8 - Muse's seats, Invite my lays. Be present, sylvan maids ! Unlock your springs, and open all your shades. GRANVILLE commands; your aid, O Muses, bring! § What Muse for GRANVILLE can refuse to sing? The Groves of Eden...
Página 138 - This is the desert, this the solitude: How populous, how vital is the grave! This is Creation's melancholy vault, The vale funereal, the sad cypress gloom; The land of apparitions, empty shades! All, all on earth is shadow, all beyond Is substance; the reverse is Folly's creed.
Página 55 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.