The Beauties of the English Annuals for MDCCCXXXV.Wallis & Newell, 1834 - 192 pages |
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... tears gathered in her eyes . I shall be here proba- bly in April , certainly not later than May ; and , by that time , I expect my sweet Jane will have thoroughly mastered the subjects I have left for her consideration ; and amongst ...
... tears gathered in her eyes . I shall be here proba- bly in April , certainly not later than May ; and , by that time , I expect my sweet Jane will have thoroughly mastered the subjects I have left for her consideration ; and amongst ...
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... tears , stood before him with all the purity and simplicity of old days , shining like a glory round her brow . His arm dropped , his eyes grew dim ; and he sate down , and wept like a little child . Perhaps no human heart is a ...
... tears , stood before him with all the purity and simplicity of old days , shining like a glory round her brow . His arm dropped , his eyes grew dim ; and he sate down , and wept like a little child . Perhaps no human heart is a ...
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... tears which these scenes occasionally wrung from her , there was one pitying witness ; and , though Jane's native and acquired re- finement but ill prepared her for the homely caresses and professions of at- tachment of the villager ...
... tears which these scenes occasionally wrung from her , there was one pitying witness ; and , though Jane's native and acquired re- finement but ill prepared her for the homely caresses and professions of at- tachment of the villager ...
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... tears trickled through her fingers . For a few moments she gave way to her emotion ; and then , with a face as pale as death , but in a calm voice , she replied , " Mr. Morris , I will not deceive you ; I am not fit to be the wife of ...
... tears trickled through her fingers . For a few moments she gave way to her emotion ; and then , with a face as pale as death , but in a calm voice , she replied , " Mr. Morris , I will not deceive you ; I am not fit to be the wife of ...
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... tears , " that I can , at least , present you all safe to him . " She turned to the children : the tears froze beneath her eyelids : one of those children , one of his children was missing ! With a wild shriek she rushed back towards ...
... tears , " that I can , at least , present you all safe to him . " She turned to the children : the tears froze beneath her eyelids : one of those children , one of his children was missing ! With a wild shriek she rushed back towards ...
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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.