Evenings of a working man. With a preface by C. Dickens1844 |
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... head , likely to be much diminished , when I state , in the outset , that I do not recommend it as a book of surpassing originality or transcendent merit . That I do not claim to have discovered , in hum- ble life , an extraordinary and ...
... head , likely to be much diminished , when I state , in the outset , that I do not recommend it as a book of surpassing originality or transcendent merit . That I do not claim to have discovered , in hum- ble life , an extraordinary and ...
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... head and His holy city from the Paynim ! Henry of England , I call on you for succour . " Such were the words that reached the ears of the astounded king and his sons as they crossed the threshold of the Convent into the midst of a ...
... head and His holy city from the Paynim ! Henry of England , I call on you for succour . " Such were the words that reached the ears of the astounded king and his sons as they crossed the threshold of the Convent into the midst of a ...
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... head as his eyes brightened with the wandering fires of insanity , he cried , " Off with the disguise ! Off with it ! Off ! " Geraldine clung to her lover pale and panting with alarm ; while the devotees , believing in the her- mit's ...
... head as his eyes brightened with the wandering fires of insanity , he cried , " Off with the disguise ! Off with it ! Off ! " Geraldine clung to her lover pale and panting with alarm ; while the devotees , believing in the her- mit's ...
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... head , and wept . " " During the silence that ensued , thoughts of the queen again came upon Rosamond . ' Where is that vengeful woman who deals reproaches on my dying hour ? " she asked in an eager whisper . " Where the eaves shoot off ...
... head , and wept . " " During the silence that ensued , thoughts of the queen again came upon Rosamond . ' Where is that vengeful woman who deals reproaches on my dying hour ? " she asked in an eager whisper . " Where the eaves shoot off ...
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... heads and souls ! But we will punish them for this ! " and he hurried through the door . Desirous to turn the fiery spirit of family feud and private vengeance against what he was pleased to con- sider the common enemy ; Bernard ...
... heads and souls ! But we will punish them for this ! " and he hurried through the door . Desirous to turn the fiery spirit of family feud and private vengeance against what he was pleased to con- sider the common enemy ; Bernard ...
Términos y frases comunes
abbess Anne Boleyn Anselm answered arms army of God barons beautiful Bedford Castle beneath Bernard blessed brother cardinal carpenter castle Cedron chamber church command costar'monger court cried crusaders curse dear death dodder-weed door dungeon ears earth Editha Eleanor exclaimed eyes face father favour fear Fitzwalter friars gallant gate gave gentle Geoffrey Geraldine Godstow grace grave hand Harry Norris heard heart Heaven Henry hermit Hever Castle holy honour hope hurried Jocelyn King John king's Lady Rochford Langton laughed listened looked lords Mabel Smeton ment mistress monarch morning mother never night Pandulph passed Percy pilgrims post 8vo priest princes proceeded queen Quoth replied returned revenge Robert Fitzwalter Rosamond round Ruffo the Red saint Saracen shouted sigh Sir Thomas Boleyn snatched sons soul spirit Stephen Langton stood sweet sword tears Teu-fhwit thee thou thoughts Too-hoo uttered voice watch whispered wife William William Longsword Wolsey woman words young
Pasajes populares
Página 82 - Where rose the mountains, there to him were friends ; Where roll'd the ocean, thereon was his home, Where a blue sky, and glowing clime, extends, He had the passion and the power to roam ; The desert, forest, cavern, breaker's foam, Were unto him companionship; they spake A mutual language, clearer than the tone Of his land's tongue, which he would oft forsake For Nature's pages glass'd by sunbeams on the lake.
Página viii - I told him, his persistence in his new calling made me uneasy ; and I advised him to abandon it, as strongly as I could. In answer to this dissuasion of mine, he wrote me as manly and straightforward, but withal as modest a letter, as ever I read in my life. He explained to me how limited his ambition was; soaring no higher than the establishment of his wife in some light business and the better education of his children. He set before me the difference between his evening and holiday studies, such...
Página 138 - And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
Página 82 - Could he have kept his spirit to that flight He had been happy ; but this clay will sink Its spark immortal, envying it the light To which it mounts, as if to break the link That keeps us from yon heaven which woos us to its brink.
Página x - He has been very ill for a long, long period ; his disease is a severe and wasting affection of the lungs, which has incapacitated him, these many months, for every kind of occupation. " If I could only do a hard day's work...
Página 34 - Thus, and enamour'd, were in him the same. But his was not the love of living dame, Nor of the dead who rise upon our dreams, But of ideal beauty, which became In him existence, and o'erflowing teems Along his burning page...
Página 168 - O Father! O Creator! thou who art the way, the truth, and the life, thou knowest that I have not deserved this fate;" and then turning to the judges, made the most pathetic declarations of her innocence.
Página 20 - He's a blessed man ! He shall see Thebes again, and call to arms The bold young men that, when he bids 'em charge, Fall on like fire : Arcite shall have a fortune...
Página xi - He is very ill ; the faintest shadow of the man who came into my little study for the first time, halfa-dozen years ago, after the correspondence I have mentioned. He has been very ill for a long period ; his disease is a severe and wasting affection of the lungs, which has incapacitated him these many months for every kind of occupation. 'If I could only do a hard day's work,' he said to me the other day, ' how happy I should be.' " Having these papers by him, amongst others, he bethought himself...
Página 101 - Peter and Paul the apostles, every man's door being shadowed with green birch, long fennel, St. John's wort, orpin, white lilies, and such like, garnished upon with garlands of beautiful flowers, had also lamps of glass, with oil burning in them all the night ; some...