Stephen Dugard: A Novel, Volume 2

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R. Bentley, 1840
 

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Page 32 - ild you! They say the owl was a baker's daughter. Lord! we know what we are, but know not what we may be.
Page 264 - And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them : and stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them ; suffer them not to enter into their cities ; for the Lord your God hath delivered them into your hand.
Page 112 - Sight hateful, sight tormenting ! thus these two Imparadised in one another's arms, The happier Eden, shall enjoy their fill Of bliss on bliss, while I to hell am thrust, Where neither joy nor love, but fierce desire, Among our other torments not the least, Still unfulfill'd with pain of longing pines.
Page 1 - That bosom well who of his thoughts partakes, Proves most discreet in every choice he makes. Methinks I love now with the eyes of judgment, And see the way to merit, clearly see it.
Page 282 - Where the nation live[s] so free, And so merry as do we ? Be it peace, or be it war, Here at liberty we are, And enjoy our ease and rest; To the field we are not pressed; Nor are called into the town To be troubled with the gown.
Page 245 - Elysian fields, that dar'st not venture In Charon's barge? A lover's mind Must use to sail with every wind. He that loves, and fears to try, Learns his mistress to deny. Doth she chide thee? 'Tis to show it, That thy coldness makes her do it.
Page 185 - Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid; They live, they speak, they breathe what love inspires, Warm from the soul, and faithful to its fires, The virgin's wish without her fears impart, Excuse the blush, and pour out all the heart, Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole.
Page 170 - Tis your authority gives me a tongue ; I should be dumb else ; and I am secure, I cannot clothe my thoughts, and just defence, In such an abject phrase, but 'twill appear Equal, if not above my low condition. I need no bombast language, stolen from such As make nobility from prodigious terms The hearers understand not ; I bring with me No wealth to boast of, neither can I number Uncertain fortune's favours with my merits ; I dare not force affection, or presume To...
Page 145 - In giving me a spotless offering To young Amintor's bed, as we are now For you. Pardon, Evadne : would my worth Were great as yours, or that the King, or he, Or both, thought so ! Perhaps he found me worthless : But till he did so, in these ears of mine, These credulous ears, he poured the sweetest words That art or love could frame.

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