The Morning call, by mrs. Ellis, Volume 4; Volume 411850 |
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... Happy , indeed , would it be for some of us , if this were not the case- if we could cast away our very nature , and begin life afresh , altogether . I sometimes think I could combat more effectually any new temptation , than those ...
... Happy , indeed , would it be for some of us , if this were not the case- if we could cast away our very nature , and begin life afresh , altogether . I sometimes think I could combat more effectually any new temptation , than those ...
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... Happy mother ! happy wife ! " she said to herself , as soon as she had gained a stile from which she could look back to the rustic seat in the avenue , without a chance of being seen . She could still see the light dresses of the little ...
... Happy mother ! happy wife ! " she said to herself , as soon as she had gained a stile from which she could look back to the rustic seat in the avenue , without a chance of being seen . She could still see the light dresses of the little ...
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... happy they who , master so their blood To undergo such maiden pilgrimage . " Still more strongly do we protest against the kind of life these pictures appear intended to uphold - a falling back upon the nunnery - the dreamy idle ...
... happy they who , master so their blood To undergo such maiden pilgrimage . " Still more strongly do we protest against the kind of life these pictures appear intended to uphold - a falling back upon the nunnery - the dreamy idle ...
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... happy once , a long time ago - she has almost forgotten it : but on soft summer nights when work is done , and now , when music comes over her heart like the south wind over a garden , she remembers a sweet child with fair hair , and a ...
... happy once , a long time ago - she has almost forgotten it : but on soft summer nights when work is done , and now , when music comes over her heart like the south wind over a garden , she remembers a sweet child with fair hair , and a ...
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... happy they appeared to be . What a blessed thing it must be to make any one happy ! thought Alice . Any one ? no , she did not mean that either some one : that was her meaning - that was the far - off bliss that never , never could be ...
... happy they appeared to be . What a blessed thing it must be to make any one happy ! thought Alice . Any one ? no , she did not mean that either some one : that was her meaning - that was the far - off bliss that never , never could be ...
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Page 95 - He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away; He recked not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay: There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday.
Page 96 - Were with his heart, and that was far away; He reck'd not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday — All this rush'd with his blood — Shall he expire And unavenged? Arise! ye Goths, and glut your ire!
Page 235 - Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support...
Page 39 - The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill : But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another still : Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath When they, pale captives,...
Page 325 - Her blossoms ; and luxuriant above all The jasmine, throwing wide her elegant sweets, The deep dark green of whose unvarnished leaf Makes more conspicuous, and illumines more The bright profusion of her scattered stars.
Page 95 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony ; And his droop'd head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower ; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.
Page 476 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 325 - Here are sweet peas, on tip-toe for a flight: With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings.
Page 135 - Cant as we may, and as we shall to the end of all things, it is very much harder for the poor to be virtuous than it is for the rich ; and the good that is in them shines the brighter for it.
Page 135 - ... for the poor to be virtuous than it is for the rich; and the good that is in them, shines the brighter for it. In many a noble mansion lives a man, the best of husbands and of fathers, whose private worth in both capacities is justly lauded to the skies. But bring him here, upon this crowded deck. Strip from his fair young wife her silken dress and jewels, unbind her braided hair, stamp early wrinkles on her brow, pinch her pale cheek with care and much privation, array her faded form in coarsely...