De Vere: Or, The Man of Independence, Volume 2Carey, Lea, and Carey, 1827 |
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... seemed now at least to have been problematical . What she had seen , had by no means satisfied her ; for it had left her with no very high opinion of her species . The fashion- able part of her company seemed stiff , jealous , and un ...
... seemed now at least to have been problematical . What she had seen , had by no means satisfied her ; for it had left her with no very high opinion of her species . The fashion- able part of her company seemed stiff , jealous , and un ...
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... seemed ne- ver to think of reverse- " Until it came , " answered the President : " the term was particularly applied by Cicero to Pompey , as recommendatory of him to a great command - yet who so miserable in the end ? " " What think ...
... seemed ne- ver to think of reverse- " Until it came , " answered the President : " the term was particularly applied by Cicero to Pompey , as recommendatory of him to a great command - yet who so miserable in the end ? " " What think ...
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... seemed rapt , and then broke out with lines which affected his hearers almost as much as they did himself . " Oh ! much deceiv'd , much failing , hapless Eve , Of thy presum'd return - event perverse ! Thou never , from that hour , in ...
... seemed rapt , and then broke out with lines which affected his hearers almost as much as they did himself . " Oh ! much deceiv'd , much failing , hapless Eve , Of thy presum'd return - event perverse ! Thou never , from that hour , in ...
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... seemed to know so much about it , must , in his secret communings with supernatural power , have seen this eye . " To say I have seen it visible to sense , " replied Herbert , would not only mock the truth , but my own supposition ...
... seemed to know so much about it , must , in his secret communings with supernatural power , have seen this eye . " To say I have seen it visible to sense , " replied Herbert , would not only mock the truth , but my own supposition ...
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... seemed to confer upon her , in satisfying her heart on points vital to its happiness , seemed to make this pleasure doubly natural ; and her manner of showing it ( fresh and charming as her youth ) interested all who saw it , and above ...
... seemed to confer upon her , in satisfying her heart on points vital to its happiness , seemed to make this pleasure doubly natural ; and her manner of showing it ( fresh and charming as her youth ) interested all who saw it , and above ...
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acquainted admiration affected ambition answered De Vere answered Flowerdale Archer asked De Vere Baronet Beaufort beautiful better Blakeney borough called Castle Mowbray CHAPTER character Clayton court cousin cried De Vere daugh dear disappointed Doctor Dovedale Eustace excited exclaimed De Vere expected father favour favourite fear feeling felt gave gentleman give Grantley happy Harclai heard heart Herbert honour hope interest Jugurtha knew Lady Clanellan Lady Constance Lady Eleanor laugh least look Lord Cleveland Lord Mow Lord Mowbray Lord Oldcastle Marchioness means Mellilot ment mind Minister Mortimer Mowbray's nature never observed De Vere opinion party parvenu perhaps person pleased pleasure political Polycrates pride racter replied De Vere replied Flowerdale retire returned Roebuck scene seemed sentiment SHAKSPEARE smiled spirit supposed sure surprised tell thing thought tion treache truth Tutbury uncle uneasy Vere's Wentworth whole wish young
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Page 21 - And, as I wake, sweet music breathe Above, about, or underneath, Sent by some spirit to mortals good, Or the unseen Genius of the wood.
Page 67 - Alas! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair?
Page 181 - And thought my way was all through fairy ground, Beneath thy azure sky and golden sun : Where first my Muse to lisp her notes begun! While pensive Memory traces back the round, Which fills the varied interval between ; Much pleasure, more of sorrow marks the scene.
Page 43 - Lo! see soone after how more bold and free Her bared bosome she doth broad display; Lo! see soone after how she fades and falls away.
Page 1 - But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring. For good thoughts (though God accept them) yet towards men are little better than good dreams, except they be put in act; and that cannot be without power and place, as the vantage and commanding ground.
Page 193 - Can Music's voice, can Beauty's eye, Can Painting's glowing hand supply, A charm so suited to my mind, As blows this hollow gust of wind, As drops this little weeping rill, Soft tinkling down the moss-grown hill, While through the west, where sinks the crimson day, Meek Twilight slowly sails, and waves her banners gray?
Page 28 - O thou invisible spirit of wine ! if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.
Page 42 - So passeth in the passing of a day Of mortal life the leaf, the bud, the flower...
Page 260 - It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale ; look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east. Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops; I must be gone and live, or stay and die.
Page 85 - Club almost every day, and would come and talk idly with them almost every night even when his all was at stake." Some specimens of Harley's poetry are in print.