English Country LifeR. Bentley, 1843 - 288 sider |
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... spot - many a delightful locality , snug hollow or sunny slope - if not , “ a region mild of calm and serene air , " in every part of this fair land - during the delightful youth of spring , the splendid beauty of summer , or the rich ...
... spot - many a delightful locality , snug hollow or sunny slope - if not , “ a region mild of calm and serene air , " in every part of this fair land - during the delightful youth of spring , the splendid beauty of summer , or the rich ...
Side 14
... spot of his boyhood , with the sleet of winter around his brow , what changes meet his eye ! His parents have gone down to the cold , cold grave : they are sleeping the sleep of death . His friends , the companions of his school - days ...
... spot of his boyhood , with the sleet of winter around his brow , what changes meet his eye ! His parents have gone down to the cold , cold grave : they are sleeping the sleep of death . His friends , the companions of his school - days ...
Side 35
... over the face of river or lake , or even beyond the wooded mountain , to scenes of gentle and unobtrusive snugness , and to spots of quiet and brooding security , amid the pleasures of domestic peace , the THE VILLAGE BELLS . 35.
... over the face of river or lake , or even beyond the wooded mountain , to scenes of gentle and unobtrusive snugness , and to spots of quiet and brooding security , amid the pleasures of domestic peace , the THE VILLAGE BELLS . 35.
Side 48
... its many more associations . No ! There are numerous spots on which , dove - like , she can yet rest her foot , and , furling her radiant wings , brood in peace and security . 1 If , by the operation of what is termed 48 THE VILLAGE STILE .
... its many more associations . No ! There are numerous spots on which , dove - like , she can yet rest her foot , and , furling her radiant wings , brood in peace and security . 1 If , by the operation of what is termed 48 THE VILLAGE STILE .
Side 49
... It stands as a mark which ages have recognized the spot of meeting and of fare- well - which has met the gaze of youth , when hope was bright and buoyant , and all objects D of earth had caught the hues of heaven . It THE VILLAGE STILE .
... It stands as a mark which ages have recognized the spot of meeting and of fare- well - which has met the gaze of youth , when hope was bright and buoyant , and all objects D of earth had caught the hues of heaven . It THE VILLAGE STILE .
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abounds amid ancient attired attractive Banker beams beauty behold beneath bird of night birds blessings bosom breath Bridle Road bright by-gone character charm Châteaubriand Chaucer cheerful clouds cottage countless course dark deep delightful distant drooping earth effeminacy enjoyment fair fair brow feeling Ferry flower foliage Footpaths gentle gloom gush hamlet hand harmonious heart heaven Hedger and Ditcher humble John Tomkins labours Lamennais land leaf localities matchless melody ment merry mind murmur mute night objects Old Ford Old Green Lanes onwards pass peaceful peculiar perfect pleasant Plutarch poor law unions possess quiet racter repose rill river rural scene seems sleep snug solemn song sorrow soul sound spirit splendour spot spread Stile stranger stream striking summer sweet thorn trees thou thought Thresher throw tion toil true truth uncon valley varied Village Bells voice waters weary winds wings wood woodland youth
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Side 146 - For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn.
Side 149 - Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world : now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on.
Side 182 - Not marble nor the gilded monuments Of princes shall outlive this powerful rhyme; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone besmear'd with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn. And broils root out the work of masonry.
Side 177 - I AM the rose of Sharon, And the lily of the valleys. As the lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
Side 232 - Merciful Heaven, Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle: but man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal.
Side 199 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Side 90 - Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars attend thee, And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee. No...
Side 33 - SWEET Day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. Sweet Rose, whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet Spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My Music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.
Side 149 - Such an act, That blurs the grace and blush of modesty; Calls virtue, hypocrite; takes off the rose From the fair forehead of an innocent love, And sets a blister there; makes marriage vows As false as dicers...
Side 244 - Time goes by turns, and chances change by course, From foul to fair, from better hap to worse. The sea of Fortune doth not ever flow ; She draws her favours to the lowest ebb ; Her tides have equal times to come and go; Her loom doth...