The Cassique of Kiawah: A Colonial Romance

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Redfield, 1859 - 600 Seiten
 

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Seite 213 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Seite 453 - How, if he will not stand ?"— " Why, then, take no note of him, and let him go, and thank God you are rid of a knave.
Seite 239 - Full fathom five thy father lies, Of his bones are coral made : Those are pearls that were his eyes, Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea change, Into something rich and strange.
Seite 363 - I dreamt my lady came and found me dead ( Strange dream that gives a dead man leave to think! ) And breathed such life with kisses in my lips That I revived and was an emperor. Ah me! how sweet is love itself possessed, When but love's shadows are so rich in joy!
Seite 56 - Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu', Which e'en to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowred, amazed and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious : The piper loud and louder blew ; The dancers quick and quicker flew ; They reeled, they set, they crossed, they cleekit. Till ilka carlin swat and reekit, And coost her duddies to the wark, And linket at it in her sark ! Now Tam, O Tam ! had they been queans, A' plump and strapping, in their teens ; Their sarks, instead o...
Seite 22 - QUICKSILVER with his hat, pumps, short sword and dagger, and a racket trussed up under his cloak. At the middle door, enter GOLDING, discovering a goldsmith's shop, and walking short turns before it.
Seite 98 - ... a pillar of fire by night, and of cloud by day ; and it 's amazing to see how he fattens on his vartues and religion.
Seite 239 - Hve thy father lies, Of his bones are coral made; These are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him doth fade, But doth suffer a sea change, Into something rich and strange; Sea-nymphs hourly ring his kiiell— Hark! now I hear them—ding-dong bell." Perd:—" The ditty does remind my drown'd father:— This is no mortal business, nor no sound That the earth owes.—
Seite 363 - David, in the mixed agonies of remorse and wo, lamenting the son torn from him as the punishment of his crime. The cloud, black with penal thunders, hangs over the dwelling; and from the midst of it issues a mighty hand, shaking out fiery bolts! Next door, they have a dinner and a guest to-day, and all the young ladies are agog with expectation. The coming visiter is a millionaire; and each one studies, in the pages of the siren, how best to fascinate and fix! Or, there is a ball to-night, and the...
Seite 382 - BO gently ? Pardon me, I pray you: I thought that all things had heen savage here, And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment. But whate'er you are, That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time ; If ever you have look'd on better days ; If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church ; If ever sat at any good man's feast ; If ever from your eyelids wiped...

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