The Flowers of Literature: Consisting of Selections from History, Biography, Poetry, and Romance; Jeux D'esprit, Traditionary Relics, and Essays, with Translations from Approved Authors, Bind 1T. Tegg, 1824 |
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... mother welcomed her son as one that had arisen from the grave , and received his virgin bride with expressions of the deepest admiration . The evening before the intended nuptials , when the bridal festivity was preparing , and the ...
... mother welcomed her son as one that had arisen from the grave , and received his virgin bride with expressions of the deepest admiration . The evening before the intended nuptials , when the bridal festivity was preparing , and the ...
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... Mother Church will conjure her back again . " - - " But what shall purify the character of our house , " returned the pious matron , " that my son has for ever sullied ? A house that was prior to the flood , and was intimately ...
... Mother Church will conjure her back again . " - - " But what shall purify the character of our house , " returned the pious matron , " that my son has for ever sullied ? A house that was prior to the flood , and was intimately ...
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... mother that one consolation was still left- that her son would be damned for ever . " Why to be sure there is some satisfaction in that , " whimpered the good lady , and dried her tears , consoling herself in the meanwhile with the ...
... mother that one consolation was still left- that her son would be damned for ever . " Why to be sure there is some satisfaction in that , " whimpered the good lady , and dried her tears , consoling herself in the meanwhile with the ...
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... mother - of - pearl . It was supported by a camelion , formed of a single emerald . She was dressed in a light robe of changeable silk , which flut- tered about her in a profusion of fantastic folds , that imitated the form of clouds ...
... mother - of - pearl . It was supported by a camelion , formed of a single emerald . She was dressed in a light robe of changeable silk , which flut- tered about her in a profusion of fantastic folds , that imitated the form of clouds ...
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... mothers brought their children to be scourged at the altar of Diana , so do the mothers - here bring their children , and chiefly those whose ten- der sex , one would suppose , excused them from such exertions , and early inure them to ...
... mothers brought their children to be scourged at the altar of Diana , so do the mothers - here bring their children , and chiefly those whose ten- der sex , one would suppose , excused them from such exertions , and early inure them to ...
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Side 326 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blush'd at the praise of their own loveliness ; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs, Which ne'er might be repeated...
Side 59 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Side 93 - As we sat round the dull light of a lamp in the cabin, that made the gloom more ghastly, every one had his tale of shipwreck and disaster, I was particularly struck with a short one related by the captain.
Side 327 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms, — the day Battle's...
Side 326 - And there was mounting in hot haste : the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war ; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar ; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star ; While throng'd the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips — " The foe ! They come ! they come ! " And wild and high the "Cameron's gathering...
Side 184 - O'erthrew Osiris, Orus, Apis, Isis, And shook the pyramids with fear and wonder When the gigantic Memnon fell asunder...
Side 326 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, - alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall grow In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe And burning with high hope shall moulder cold and low.
Side 183 - Revisiting the glimpses of the moon, Not like thin ghosts, or disembodied creatures, But with thy bones and flesh, and limbs and features. Tell us, for doubtless thou canst recollect, To whom should we assign the Sphinx's...
Side 325 - As if the clouds its echo would repeat; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before! Arm! arm! it is— it is— the cannon's opening roar! Within a windowed niche of that high hall Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain; he did hear That sound, the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with Death's prophetic ear...
Side 325 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance ! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet...