The Roué, Volumen 1J. and J. Harper, 1828 |
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... felt for her whose superiority her words acknowledged . But there was an appearance of melancholy , almost allied to pity , in this glance , which would have given an attentive observer the idea that she was looking into futurity , and ...
... felt for her whose superiority her words acknowledged . But there was an appearance of melancholy , almost allied to pity , in this glance , which would have given an attentive observer the idea that she was looking into futurity , and ...
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... felt , or at least betrayed , no impa- tience or any anticipation of pleasure . At length the carriage was announced . Agnes sprang from her mother's knee ; her shawl was thrown hastily round her shoulders , without any regard to ...
... felt , or at least betrayed , no impa- tience or any anticipation of pleasure . At length the carriage was announced . Agnes sprang from her mother's knee ; her shawl was thrown hastily round her shoulders , without any regard to ...
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... felt proud in the contemplation of her success , as three married daughters sometimes graced the paternal board , while the scions of many of her contemporary rival matrons yet moved on in single blessedness . She had still , however ...
... felt proud in the contemplation of her success , as three married daughters sometimes graced the paternal board , while the scions of many of her contemporary rival matrons yet moved on in single blessedness . She had still , however ...
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... felt them growing up in his own heart . He was a poet by nature , and all nature appeared to his young and unsullied imagination but as a beautiful poem ; -he considered all his undefined longings , all his incipient passions , only as ...
... felt them growing up in his own heart . He was a poet by nature , and all nature appeared to his young and unsullied imagination but as a beautiful poem ; -he considered all his undefined longings , all his incipient passions , only as ...
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... felt rich in all the feelings of a first and young love ; and who is there that under this influence does not overlook every obstacle to its gratification ? What difficulties does it not hide from the inexperienced or blinded eyes of ...
... felt rich in all the feelings of a first and young love ; and who is there that under this influence does not overlook every obstacle to its gratification ? What difficulties does it not hide from the inexperienced or blinded eyes of ...
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Página 199 - Man's love is of man's life a thing apart, 'Tis woman's whole existence ; man may range The court, camp, church, the vessel, and the mart ; Sword, gown, gain, glory, offer in exchange Pride, fame, ambition, to fill up his heart, And few there are whom these cannot estrange ; Men have all these resources, we but one, To love again, and be again undone.
Página 238 - And put it to the foil : but you, O you, So perfect, and so peerless, are created Of every creature's best.
Página 55 - O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day ; Which now shows all the beauty of the sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away ! Re-enter PANTHINO.
Página 88 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?
Página 74 - You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will cling 'round it still.
Página 160 - Only, this one : — lord Angelo is precise ; Stands at a guard ' with envy ; scarce confesses That his blood flows, or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone : hence shall we see, If power change purpose, what our seemers be.
Página 88 - Her serious sayings darken'd to sublimity ; In short, in all things she was fairly what I call A prodigy — her morning dress was dimity, Her evening silk, or, in the summer, muslin, And other stuffs, with which I won't stay puzzling. XIII. She knew the Latin— that is,
Página 10 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Página 245 - I must have liberty Withal, as large a charter as the wind, To blow on whom I please...
Página 227 - ... on this head have almost been given up, and the subject generally thought to be a matter of too high and too delicate a nature to admit of any true or intelligible discussion.