The Head of the Family: A Novel, Band 1Chapman and Hall, 1852 |
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Seite 271 - Though at times her spirit sank ; Shaped her heart with woman's meekness To all duties of her rank : And a gentle consort made he, And her gentle mind was such That she grew a noble lady, And the people loved her much.
Seite 19 - Children," — he frequently called them " children," though not in an overbearing tone, with a sort of loving eldership — " there are a few things I want to talk to you about, or rather for us all to talk over together. Shall we do so now, or defer it until another time?
Seite 172 - Ay, Fazio, but there is ; and more than death — A death beyond the grave — a death of sin — A howling, hideous, and eternal death — Death the flesh shrinks from. No, thou must not see her! Nay, I'm imperative— thou'rt mine, and shalt not. : • FAZIO. Shalt not ! — Dost think me a thick-blooded slave, To say "Amen" unto thy positive
Seite 352 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do ; Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not...
Seite 173 - The fondest are most phrenetic : where the fire Burneth intensest, there the inmate pale Doth dread the broad and beaconing conflagration. If that ye cast us to the winds, the winds Will give us their unruly restless nature ; We whirl and whirl ; and where we settle, Fazio, But he that ruleth the...
Seite 204 - One hour, perhaps, your presence has captivated him, subdued him even to weakness ; the next, he will be in the world, working his way as a man among men, forgetting, for the time being, your very existence. Possibly, if you saw him, his outer self, so hard and stern, so different from the self you know, would strike you with pain. Or else his inner and diviner self, higher than you dream of, would turn coldly from your insignificant love.
Seite 204 - He does not — he can not ; nor is it right he should. One hour, perhaps, your presence has captivated him, subdued him even to weakness ; the next he will be in the world, working his way as a man among men, forgetting, for the time being, your very existence. Possibly, if you saw him, his outer self, hard and stern — so different to the self you know — would strike you with pain.
Seite 349 - Work — work — work! It is the iron ploughshare that goes over the field of the heart, rooting up all the pretty grasses, and the beautiful, hurtful weeds that we have taken such pleasure in growing, laying them all under, fair and foul together — making plain, dull-looking arable land for our neighbours to peer at ; until at night-time, down in the deep furrows the angels come and sow.
Seite 173 - But he that ruleth the mad winds can know. If ye do drive the love out of my soul, That is its motion, being, and its life, There'll be a conflict strange and horrible, Among all fearful and ill-visaged fiends, For the blank void ; and their mad revel there Will make me — oh, I know not what — hate thee...
Seite 317 - He knew he should continually hear it and shudder — aye, even on his wife's breast — as though it were a cry like that which haunted Cain: " Where are thy brethren ?" Six souls that loved and trusted him balanced against one ! Perhaps, even if the sacrifice had included not himself alone, but Hope, it ought to be made. Now, when Hope did not yet love him — when, if he kept firm to his iron will of self-renunciation, she never might love him — yes; the right course must lie there. ' " When...