Titan, Volume 23James Hogg, 1856 |
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... morning . ' She ran off , again singing as she ran , to pluck some sprays from a great myrtle bush that grew under the window of the room that was always called Vaughan's room . * * * * It was absolutely real , as Caroline said many ...
... morning . ' She ran off , again singing as she ran , to pluck some sprays from a great myrtle bush that grew under the window of the room that was always called Vaughan's room . * * * * It was absolutely real , as Caroline said many ...
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... morning of the fifteenth of August dawned , cloudy and threatening rain , and Vaughan and his friend were only expected to arrive in the afternoon . The day proved rainy , one of the most dismal of wet sum- mer days , with a chill and ...
... morning of the fifteenth of August dawned , cloudy and threatening rain , and Vaughan and his friend were only expected to arrive in the afternoon . The day proved rainy , one of the most dismal of wet sum- mer days , with a chill and ...
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... morning , under pretence of getting something for breakfast , he went out , and , by appointment , met Berry and Egan . The latter , on learning that the thing was done , and that the lads were in the lodging - house , forthwith joined ...
... morning , under pretence of getting something for breakfast , he went out , and , by appointment , met Berry and Egan . The latter , on learning that the thing was done , and that the lads were in the lodging - house , forthwith joined ...
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... morning that you are mortal for I would not have you fall into a divine melancholy , to be an Anchorite or a Capuchin , or with a philo sophical discourse to be a Diogenes in your tub , but to temper yourself so by this means , as to be ...
... morning that you are mortal for I would not have you fall into a divine melancholy , to be an Anchorite or a Capuchin , or with a philo sophical discourse to be a Diogenes in your tub , but to temper yourself so by this means , as to be ...
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... morning and suddenly see it ' all right . ' DRYDEN AND OTWAY . THE renowned Dryden and Otway were contem- poraries , and lived for some time opposite each other in Fetter Lane . One morning the latter happened to call upon his brother ...
... morning and suddenly see it ' all right . ' DRYDEN AND OTWAY . THE renowned Dryden and Otway were contem- poraries , and lived for some time opposite each other in Fetter Lane . One morning the latter happened to call upon his brother ...
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Page 72 - There has not been a lawsuit in the parish since he has lived among them ; if any dispute arises, they apply themselves to him for the decision ; if they do not acquiesce in his judgment, which I think never happened above once or twice at most, they appeal to me. At his first settling with me, I made him a present of all the good sermons which have been printed in English, and only begged of him, that every Sunday he would pronounce one of them in the pulpit. Accordingly, he has digested them into...
Page 193 - Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
Page 306 - The turtle to her mate hath told her tale. Summer is come, for every spray now springs: The hart hath hung his old head on the pale; The buck in brake his winter coat he flings ; The fishes flete with new repaired scale.
Page 285 - Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair; Listen for dear honour's sake, Goddess of the silver lake, Listen and save! Listen, and appear to us, In name of great Oceanus. By the earthshaking Neptune's mace, And Tethys...
Page 466 - For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.
Page 193 - No more? A monster then, a dream, A discord. Dragons of the prime, That tare each other in their slime. Were mellow music match'd with him. O life as futile, then, as frail! O for thy voice to soothe and bless ! What hope of answer, or redress ? Behind the veil, behind the veil.
Page 284 - We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key ; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, Had been incorporate. So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted ; But yet a union in partition, Two lovely berries moulded on one stem ; So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart...
Page 192 - With solemn touches troubled thoughts, and chase Anguish, and doubt, and fear, and sorrow, and pain From mortal or immortal minds.
Page 283 - A blank, my lord : She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i...
Page 52 - Oh, thou art fairer than the evening air Clad in, the beauty of a thousand stars...