De Clifford; or, The constant man, by the author of 'Tremaine'. |
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... present owners to visit it . What was left of it besides this tower were mere per- forated walls , held together only by the tough embraces of the ivy and caucus ; yet , there was a " sullen dig- nity " about this old place , which ...
... present owners to visit it . What was left of it besides this tower were mere per- forated walls , held together only by the tough embraces of the ivy and caucus ; yet , there was a " sullen dig- nity " about this old place , which ...
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... present decayed situation ; and grief at this produced in me a sensibility of disposition which operated in more ways than one . For I was keenly alive to every thing that partook of high character , and high man- ners ; and was quick ...
... present decayed situation ; and grief at this produced in me a sensibility of disposition which operated in more ways than one . For I was keenly alive to every thing that partook of high character , and high man- ners ; and was quick ...
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... present to her father at table , as the product of her own labour . And very plea sng was it to me , to observe her plea- sure in such natural tastes , and how playfully she would quote a letter of Gray to one of his friends : " And so ...
... present to her father at table , as the product of her own labour . And very plea sng was it to me , to observe her plea- sure in such natural tastes , and how playfully she would quote a letter of Gray to one of his friends : " And so ...
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... present , became , I thought , my only wish ; as to be hereafter , by some turn of fortune , something better , was my only ambition . O ! how sweetly do youth and hope deceive us , and how happy are we to be so deceived ! But an end ...
... present , became , I thought , my only wish ; as to be hereafter , by some turn of fortune , something better , was my only ambition . O ! how sweetly do youth and hope deceive us , and how happy are we to be so deceived ! But an end ...
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... present it to me , as a reward for my industry in French . It was richly bound , and with some arch- ness she said , " Mind , it is only as an encouragement to you to read it ; —but if it also puts you in mind of your teachers ...
... present it to me , as a reward for my industry in French . It was richly bound , and with some arch- ness she said , " Mind , it is only as an encouragement to you to read it ; —but if it also puts you in mind of your teachers ...
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Seite 163 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Seite 328 - ... uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules: within a month, Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her galled eyes, She married.
Seite 9 - As made the things more rich; their perfume lost, Take these again; for to the noble mind Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.
Seite 246 - True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise ; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self ; and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions...
Seite 329 - Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment?
Seite 19 - O how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ? The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields...
Seite 7 - Thou, nature, art my goddess ; to thy law My services are bound : Wherefore should I Stand in the plague of custom ; and permit The curiosity of nations to deprive me, For that I am some twelve or fourteen moon-shines Lag of a brother? Why bastard?
Seite 246 - ... it wants within itself, and receives no addition from multitudes of witnesses and spectators. On the contrary, false happiness loves to be in a crowd, and to draw the eyes of the world upon her. She does not receive any satisfaction from the applauses which she gives herself, but from the admiration which she raises in others.
Seite 353 - Methinks I should know you, and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant What place this is; and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me; For (as I am a man) I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Seite 88 - Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field ; Let us lodge in the villages. Let us get up early to the vineyards; Let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, And the pomegranates bud forth: There will I give thee my loves.