The Metropolitan, Volumen 22James Cochrane, 1838 |
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... Lovell , in her twenty - sixth year , was beautiful and intelligent beyond the common lot - nobly born , nobly allied , immensely wealthy . Yet with these and other means and appliances of happiness , such as good health , good humour ...
... Lovell , in her twenty - sixth year , was beautiful and intelligent beyond the common lot - nobly born , nobly allied , immensely wealthy . Yet with these and other means and appliances of happiness , such as good health , good humour ...
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... Lovell had a proud and generous spirit , and abided not the servility of overstrained gratitude . Nevertheless , with all this affluence of love and prosperity , no one could look observantly upon the countenance of the lovely lady ...
... Lovell had a proud and generous spirit , and abided not the servility of overstrained gratitude . Nevertheless , with all this affluence of love and prosperity , no one could look observantly upon the countenance of the lovely lady ...
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... Lovell was accustomed to spring upon the wildest colt in the pastures , and with her long dark hair streaming to breezes as wilful as herself , and her white hands fixed in its mane , gallop away , regardless of the threats of her nurse ...
... Lovell was accustomed to spring upon the wildest colt in the pastures , and with her long dark hair streaming to breezes as wilful as herself , and her white hands fixed in its mane , gallop away , regardless of the threats of her nurse ...
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... Lovell warmly . “ Think you that a husband of the birth and breeding you will naturally expect for the heiress of such noble property , will bear to find her ignorant of the common accomplishments of her sex ? " " Expect a husband for ...
... Lovell warmly . “ Think you that a husband of the birth and breeding you will naturally expect for the heiress of such noble property , will bear to find her ignorant of the common accomplishments of her sex ? " " Expect a husband for ...
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... Lovell , so staunch an adherent of the throne and altar , should have hastened to offer his loyal support to the youthful sovereign , thus forced to wrestle for his rights . Every evening did Mistress Corbet and her charge follow , for ...
... Lovell , so staunch an adherent of the throne and altar , should have hastened to offer his loyal support to the youthful sovereign , thus forced to wrestle for his rights . Every evening did Mistress Corbet and her charge follow , for ...
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Página 99 - Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Página 112 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Página 292 - The moon shines bright : — In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise...
Página 112 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Página 249 - If some proud brother eyed me with disdain, Or scornful sister with her sweeping train, Thy gentle accents soften'd all my pain. For thee I mourn, and mourn myself in thee, The wretched source of all this misery. The fate I caused, for ever I bemoan; Sad Helen has no friend, now thou art gone! Through Troy's wide streets abandon'd shall I roam! In Troy deserted, as abhorr'd at home!
Página 112 - I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Página 100 - MAIDEN ! heir of kings ! A king has left his place ! The majesty of Death has swept All other from his face ! And thou upon thy mother's breast, No longer lean adown, But take the glory for the rest, And rule the land that loves thee best...
Página 103 - Nor was his attention confined to the actions of men; he was an exact surveyor of the inanimate world; his descriptions have always some peculiarities, gathered by contemplating things as they really exist.
Página 315 - After so long an agitation of the spirits, exhausted not only for want of rest, but absolutely want of food, drenched in rains for twelve hours together, that a woman should be capable of such an undertaking as delivering herself to the enemy, probably in the night, and uncertain of what hands she might fall into, appeared an effort above human nature.
Página 72 - State — not their alliance, but their separation — on the Spirit of the World and the Spirit of Christianity, not as the same, but as opposed to one another. He talked of those who had 'inscribed the cross of Christ on banners dripping with human gore.