The Illustrated Magazine, Volumes 25-26Ward and Lock, 1868 |
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... eyes . " " How sad it is to think , " said my com- panion , musingly , " that when the head is full of a lifetime of experience , and wiser than it ever was before , that the limbs begin to fail , and the wisdom to be almost useless ...
... eyes . " " How sad it is to think , " said my com- panion , musingly , " that when the head is full of a lifetime of experience , and wiser than it ever was before , that the limbs begin to fail , and the wisdom to be almost useless ...
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... eyes dark ; each breast Shut fast upon the other , and , close barred To things without , her heart beat slow and hard , Labouring like a slave chained to the oar Of life , who knows no hope of any shore . There was a lord at court ...
... eyes dark ; each breast Shut fast upon the other , and , close barred To things without , her heart beat slow and hard , Labouring like a slave chained to the oar Of life , who knows no hope of any shore . There was a lord at court ...
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... eyes fixed on him , ROSAMOND . An instant's look told him too much - told all ; He leapt , and snatched his weapon from the wall ; Maddened to find that it betrayed him too , He dashed it down , and seized a stool , which flew From his ...
... eyes fixed on him , ROSAMOND . An instant's look told him too much - told all ; He leapt , and snatched his weapon from the wall ; Maddened to find that it betrayed him too , He dashed it down , and seized a stool , which flew From his ...
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... eyes ; it was plainly neither the deftly sweet accompa- niment nor the melody that charmed him , but the language : the language was his own . With the cadence of the measure the sound was broken capriciously , the book had been thrown ...
... eyes ; it was plainly neither the deftly sweet accompa- niment nor the melody that charmed him , but the language : the language was his own . With the cadence of the measure the sound was broken capriciously , the book had been thrown ...
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... eyes ; and he gravely gathered the money and slung his tray . As he raised it , Eve laid along its side a branch of unsullied day - lilies that had been filling the room with their heavy fragrance . The image - boy interested her ; he ...
... eyes ; and he gravely gathered the money and slung his tray . As he raised it , Eve laid along its side a branch of unsullied day - lilies that had been filling the room with their heavy fragrance . The image - boy interested her ; he ...
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Page 249 - Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
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Page 87 - Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
Page 87 - There are in this loud stunning tide Of human care and crime, With whom the melodies abide Of the everlasting chime ; Who carry music in their heart Through dusky lane and wrangling mart, Plying their daily task with busier feet, Because their secret souls a holy strain repeat.
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Page 92 - The Sundays of man's life, Threaded together on time's string, Make bracelets to adorn the wife Of the eternal glorious King. On Sunday heaven's gate stands ope ; Blessings are plentiful and rife — More plentiful than hope.
Page 172 - Is an unlesson'd girl, unschool'd, unpractis'd; Happy in this, she is not yet so old But she may learn; happier than this, She is not bred so dull but she can learn ; Happiest of all is, that her gentle spirit Commits itself to yours to be directed, As from her lord, her governor, her king.