The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music & RomanceGeo. Henderson, 1867 |
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... stand it . " " Now listen to me , Sutton . I am older than you , and wiser - that of course . You are clever enough , and some day may be a great composer , who knows ? But in the meantime you must live - a vulgar necessity I grant ...
... stand it . " " Now listen to me , Sutton . I am older than you , and wiser - that of course . You are clever enough , and some day may be a great composer , who knows ? But in the meantime you must live - a vulgar necessity I grant ...
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... stand betwixt the good and bad . And men walked down as now , youth's smooth wide ways , Sowing thick seed upon the bearing days ; But few took store of white and wheaten grain , Grudging the slender weight and little pain , But plucked ...
... stand betwixt the good and bad . And men walked down as now , youth's smooth wide ways , Sowing thick seed upon the bearing days ; But few took store of white and wheaten grain , Grudging the slender weight and little pain , But plucked ...
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... stand Of Christ's great saints on right and on left hand , So let your prayers go all for such an hour . " But this he said in lust of spoil and power ; For evil men look somewhile for a glance From God , and are fain of his countenance ...
... stand Of Christ's great saints on right and on left hand , So let your prayers go all for such an hour . " But this he said in lust of spoil and power ; For evil men look somewhile for a glance From God , and are fain of his countenance ...
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... stand- ing erect on the threshold , and holding with both hands above the brightly bronzed face a tall , slender , white jar of ancient and exquisite shape , carefully painted , and having a glass sus- should penetrate the porous ...
... stand- ing erect on the threshold , and holding with both hands above the brightly bronzed face a tall , slender , white jar of ancient and exquisite shape , carefully painted , and having a glass sus- should penetrate the porous ...
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... stand this any longer ! " She would have liked to tell him more , and to question him . Was this really the same Harry Sutton ? And how strange that he should twice be so near her , and yet she could not see or speak to him ! Something ...
... stand this any longer ! " She would have liked to tell him more , and to question him . Was this really the same Harry Sutton ? And how strange that he should twice be so near her , and yet she could not see or speak to him ! Something ...
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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.
Page 245 - He was a scholar, and a ripe, and good one; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading: Lofty and sour, to them that loved him not; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting, (Which was a sin) yet in bestowing, madam, He was most princely: Ever witness for him Those twins of learning, that he raised in you, Ipswich and Oxford! One of which fell with him, Unwilling to outlive the good that d^id it; The other, though unfinished, yet so famous, So...
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.