Titan, Volume 23James Hogg, 1856 |
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... passed her subsequent life in much poverty and trial . Out of a numerous family this girl alone survived , and - such are the chances and changes of fate ! -to be , after all , a sort of heiress . Some distant relative left her parents ...
... passed her subsequent life in much poverty and trial . Out of a numerous family this girl alone survived , and - such are the chances and changes of fate ! -to be , after all , a sort of heiress . Some distant relative left her parents ...
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... passed . ' Do you feel all right ? ' Vaughan asked her , as they came in sight of the house . And hardly waiting for her quick affirma- tive , he went on - ' I wonder what made you ill . It was queer - all on a sudden . ' ' Yes , ' said ...
... passed . ' Do you feel all right ? ' Vaughan asked her , as they came in sight of the house . And hardly waiting for her quick affirma- tive , he went on - ' I wonder what made you ill . It was queer - all on a sudden . ' ' Yes , ' said ...
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... passed by , even from the faintest to the loudest blast that shook the roof - tree . The bright colours of some flowers in the shrubbery border caught her eye . She danced across the lawn to gather them , singing in her clear but ...
... passed by , even from the faintest to the loudest blast that shook the roof - tree . The bright colours of some flowers in the shrubbery border caught her eye . She danced across the lawn to gather them , singing in her clear but ...
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... passed the rubicon of childhood . How is it that the instinctive comment on such a state of beatification is always ... passing in , an introduction was to take place . ་ Caroline , let me introduce my friend Mr Farquhar , ' he said ...
... passed the rubicon of childhood . How is it that the instinctive comment on such a state of beatification is always ... passing in , an introduction was to take place . ་ Caroline , let me introduce my friend Mr Farquhar , ' he said ...
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... passed on to the subject of Vaughan ; his present studies and future career . He was anxious that his nephew and adopted son should make a figure at the bar , where he himself had practised in his earlier manhood , but without much suc ...
... passed on to the subject of Vaughan ; his present studies and future career . He was anxious that his nephew and adopted son should make a figure at the bar , where he himself had practised in his earlier manhood , but without much suc ...
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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...