The Beauties of the English Annuals for MDCCCXXXV.Wallis & Newell, 1834 - 192 pages |
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... stood they could perceive , at a fearful depth , the lights of the besiegers in the valley , and the watch - fires of their outpost on the distant heights . To their left was the difficult path which led upward to the platform , with ...
... stood they could perceive , at a fearful depth , the lights of the besiegers in the valley , and the watch - fires of their outpost on the distant heights . To their left was the difficult path which led upward to the platform , with ...
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... stood at the churchyard gate ; Jane's waist was encircled by Wallace's arm- her head leaned against his shoulder ; but her eyes those eyes her lover was watching -- followed her new acquaintance across the meadow , and Sir Arnold ...
... stood at the churchyard gate ; Jane's waist was encircled by Wallace's arm- her head leaned against his shoulder ; but her eyes those eyes her lover was watching -- followed her new acquaintance across the meadow , and Sir Arnold ...
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... stood passive beneath his touch , her eyes bent on the ground , while he vainly endeavoured to utter some articulate sound . His cheek blanched ; his lip quivered ; his whole frame shook with irresistible emotion : he sate down on the ...
... stood passive beneath his touch , her eyes bent on the ground , while he vainly endeavoured to utter some articulate sound . His cheek blanched ; his lip quivered ; his whole frame shook with irresistible emotion : he sate down on the ...
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... stood safe in the open air ; and for a few seconds , Jane re- mained , palpitating and breathless , gazing upwards . Columns of red flame ascended from the roof , and burst from the high gothic windows . The moaning , weeping , and ...
... stood safe in the open air ; and for a few seconds , Jane re- mained , palpitating and breathless , gazing upwards . Columns of red flame ascended from the roof , and burst from the high gothic windows . The moaning , weeping , and ...
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... stood a noble dwelling ; this was his also . But flowers and the shade of trees do not make man happy ; hath not the Prophet said " What is man without woman ? even as the lonely well without the palm - tree ; it hath no shelter from ...
... stood a noble dwelling ; this was his also . But flowers and the shade of trees do not make man happy ; hath not the Prophet said " What is man without woman ? even as the lonely well without the palm - tree ; it hath no shelter from ...
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Page 158 - ... a thousand spears in rest, A thousand knights are pressing close behind the snow-white crest ; And in they burst, and on they rushed, while, like a guiding star, Amidst the thickest carnage blazed the helmet of Navarre. Now, God be praised, the day is ours, Mayenne hath turned his rein. D'Aumale hath cried for quarter. The Flemish Count is slain. Their ranks are breaking like thin clouds before a Biscay gale ; The field is heap'd with bleeding steeds, and flags, and cloven mail. And then we thought...
Page 188 - And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer...
Page 173 - Alas! my boy, thy gentle grasp is on me; The bright tears quiver in thy pleading eyes; And now fond thoughts arise, And silver cords again to earth have won me; And like a vine thou claspest my full heart — How shall I hence depart ? " How the lone paths retrace where thou wert playing So late, along the mountains, at my side? And I, in joyous pride, By every place of flowers my course delaying, Wove, e'en as pearls, the lilies round thy hair, Beholding...
Page 247 - Behold !" he shouted with a voice of thunder, which stilled the roar of the crowd ; " behold how the gods protect the guiltless ! The fires of the avenging Orcus burst forth against the false witness of my accusers...
Page 154 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Page 253 - ... felt, the footing seemed to slide and creep, — nor could chariot or litter be kept steady, even on the most level ground. Sometimes the huger stones, striking against each other as they fell, broke into countless fragments, emitting sparks of fire, which caught whatever was combustible within their reach ; and along the plains beyond the city the darkness was now terribly relieved ; for several houses, and even vineyards, had been set on flames; and at various intervals, the fires rose sullenly...
Page 165 - Yet more, the depths have more ! — What wealth untold, Far down, and shining through their stillness lies ! Thou hast the starry gems, the burning gold, Won from ten thousand royal argosies ! — . Sweep o'er thy spoils, thou wild and wrathful main...
Page 253 - The whole elements of civilization were broken up. Ever and anon, by the flickering lights, you saw the thief hastening by the most solemn authorities of the law, laden with, and fearfully chuckling over, the produce of his sudden gains. If, in the darkness, wife was separated from husband, or parent from child, vain was the hope of reunion. Each hurried blindly and confusedly on. Nothing in all the various and complicated machinery of social life was left, save the primal law of self-preservation...
Page 154 - Yet if, as holiest men have deem'd, there be A land of souls beyond that sable shore, To shame the doctrine of the Sadducee And sophists, madly vain of dubious lore; How sweet it were in concert to adore With those who made our mortal labours light! To hear each voice we fear'd to hear no more! Behold each mighty shade reveal'd to sight, The Bactrian...
Page 166 - YE field flowers ! the gardens eclipse you, 'tis true, Yet, wildings of Nature, I dote upon you, For ye waft me to summers of old, When the earth teemed around me with fairy delight And when daisies and buttercups gladdened my sight, Like treasures of silver and gold.