The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music & RomanceGeo. Henderson, 1867 |
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Page 10
... close at hand , she gives me the following ver- sion of the traditional rhymes still in use among the Limerick lace - workers , and peasant - maidens of Munster . " New Moon , true Moon , tell to me If -s bride I am to be , If his ring ...
... close at hand , she gives me the following ver- sion of the traditional rhymes still in use among the Limerick lace - workers , and peasant - maidens of Munster . " New Moon , true Moon , tell to me If -s bride I am to be , If his ring ...
Page 12
... close at hand , entitled " The Marrow of Physick , " published 1640 , and therefore to have allowance made for the period in which he wrote , thus discourses of the queen of night- himself , who has become a proverb for wha is. " Luna ...
... close at hand , entitled " The Marrow of Physick , " published 1640 , and therefore to have allowance made for the period in which he wrote , thus discourses of the queen of night- himself , who has become a proverb for wha is. " Luna ...
Page 18
... 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 , PEREDEO , Who lived a sumptuous life and loved much show ...
... 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 , PEREDEO , Who lived a sumptuous life and loved much show ...
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... close he was evidently paying no attention to what she said , but was listening to a voice from the adjoining room , the clear voice of a girl singing her Italian exercises . His face was in a glow ; he bent to catch the words with ...
... close he was evidently paying no attention to what she said , but was listening to a voice from the adjoining room , the clear voice of a girl singing her Italian exercises . His face was in a glow ; he bent to catch the words with ...
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... close to the ground- something like the dock . Its flowers , of a rich velvety purple , grew in a bunch in the centre , and had a strong perfume - pungent as of wine . This was the mandrake , and I was told that it bears a fruit which ...
... close to the ground- something like the dock . Its flowers , of a rich velvety purple , grew in a bunch in the centre , and had a strong perfume - pungent as of wine . This was the mandrake , and I was told that it bears a fruit which ...
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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.
Page 37 - Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday.
Page 295 - And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God, and the books were opened ; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Page 249 - Is that poor man, that hangs on princes' favours. There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have ; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.
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Page 91 - Lie not ; but let thy heart be true to God, Thy mouth to it, thy actions to them both : Cowards tell lies, and those that fear the rod ; The stormy working soul spits lies and froth. Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie : A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby.
Page 99 - Certainly in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy ; but in passing it over, he is superior: for it is a prince's part to pardon. And Solomon, I am sure, saith, It is the glory of a man to pass by an offence.
Page 91 - ... eyes within thy locks; thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from Mount Gilead.
Page 77 - Sweet echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell By slow Meander's margent green, And in the violet-embroidered vale Where the love-lorn nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well: Canst thou not tell me of a gentle pair That likest thy Narcissus are? O, if thou have Hid them in some flowery cave, Tell me but where, Sweet Queen of Parley, Daughter of the Sphere! So may'st thou be translated to the skies, And give resounding grace to all Heaven's harmonies!
Page 9 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness ; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand : This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge : For I should have denied the God that is above.