Sydney Beresford: A Tale of the Day ...Sherwood, 1835 |
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... fashion ; or she might picture the double bait of fortune and beauty too dazzling for resistance : certain it is , she believed the victory her own ; and her ac- cent cent and her look almost declared it , when snatching SYDNEY ...
... fashion ; or she might picture the double bait of fortune and beauty too dazzling for resistance : certain it is , she believed the victory her own ; and her ac- cent cent and her look almost declared it , when snatching SYDNEY ...
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... fashion , and fortune , and blind indulgence , had estranged her head , not altogether her heart . " " Her heart , " repeated Beresford , warm- ly ; " my dear friend , you gave her credit for more than she ever possessed . A co- quette ...
... fashion , and fortune , and blind indulgence , had estranged her head , not altogether her heart . " " Her heart , " repeated Beresford , warm- ly ; " my dear friend , you gave her credit for more than she ever possessed . A co- quette ...
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... fashion - for be it known , there is a fashion in prejudice as well as in the cut of a whisker - may throw out against our English climate , that it is our strict and firm belief , there exists not throughout the whole continent of Eu ...
... fashion - for be it known , there is a fashion in prejudice as well as in the cut of a whisker - may throw out against our English climate , that it is our strict and firm belief , there exists not throughout the whole continent of Eu ...
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... Fashion is the talismanic word , which in this vast ma- chine sets every puppet in motion : we are the bound slaves of a despotic oli- garchy as well may we attempt , un- blessed by the smile of a lady - patroness , to force ourselves ...
... Fashion is the talismanic word , which in this vast ma- chine sets every puppet in motion : we are the bound slaves of a despotic oli- garchy as well may we attempt , un- blessed by the smile of a lady - patroness , to force ourselves ...
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... fashion old as the iron base of earth . Yet in this most refined , most intellectual age , toiling and straining at innovation ; this age , in which steam and mechanism set at nought , the labours , the habits , the practices of the ...
... fashion old as the iron base of earth . Yet in this most refined , most intellectual age , toiling and straining at innovation ; this age , in which steam and mechanism set at nought , the labours , the habits , the practices of the ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 248 - O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
Página 125 - Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her body thought.
Página 223 - But ever and anon of griefs subdued There comes a token like a scorpion's sting, Scarce seen, but with fresh bitterness imbued; And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever: it may be a sound— A tone of music— summer's eve— or spring— A flower— the wind — the ocean— which shall wound, Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound...
Página 211 - Twas pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have Their end, though ne'er so brave: And after they have shown their pride Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave.
Página 77 - Tis midnight : on the mountains brown The cold, round moon shines deeply down ; Blue roll the waters, blue the sky Spreads like an ocean hung on high, Bespangled with those isles of light, So wildly, spiritually bright ; Who ever gazed upon them shining And turned to earth without repining, Nor wished for wings to flee away, And mix with their eternal ray...
Página 231 - And can he mix them with that matchless Skill, And lay them on so delicately fine, And lose them in each other, as appears In every Bud that blows?
Página 245 - Two mossy pines, high bending, interwove Their aged and fantastic arms above. In front, amid the gay surrounding flowers, A dial counted the departing hours, On which the sweetest light of summer shone, — A rude and brief inscription...
Página 37 - But he who stems a stream with sand, And fetters flame with flaxen band, 10 Has yet a harder task to prove — By firm resolve to conquer love...
Página 223 - And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever: it may be a sound — A tone of music— summer's eve — or spring — A flower — the wind — the ocean — which shall wound, Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound ; XXIV.
Página 154 - The courtier's, soldier's, scholar's, eye, tongue, sword; The expectancy and rose of the fair state, The glass of fashion and the mould of form, The observed of all observers, quite, quite down!