Home and the WorldD. Appleton, 1857 - 408 sider |
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Side 34
... Hope , as she is represented in the ' Ode to the Passions , ' only that it would be in vain for us to choose the ' sweetest theme , ' as you would have to be silent ; the ' soft responsive voice ' would be out of place , and you would ...
... Hope , as she is represented in the ' Ode to the Passions , ' only that it would be in vain for us to choose the ' sweetest theme , ' as you would have to be silent ; the ' soft responsive voice ' would be out of place , and you would ...
Side 44
... hope , " said Mr. Melville , smiling , as in that case we should ap- prehend some belligerent purposes toward ourselves . But I trust that day is past , not soon to return . We have associations and friendships with the mother country ...
... hope , " said Mr. Melville , smiling , as in that case we should ap- prehend some belligerent purposes toward ourselves . But I trust that day is past , not soon to return . We have associations and friendships with the mother country ...
Side 51
... hope not , " said Mr. Melville in an absent manner , as if he were uttering his own reflections instead of answering the question , and he was in turn forced to join in the merriment on his side of the table . " But the Doctor , " he ...
... hope not , " said Mr. Melville in an absent manner , as if he were uttering his own reflections instead of answering the question , and he was in turn forced to join in the merriment on his side of the table . " But the Doctor , " he ...
Side 54
... hope we are not late , " said Mr. Melville , looking at his watch ; " our good pastor is always exact to a minute , and faithful to his motto of ' punctual minis- ters make a punctual congregation . ' I wish all our clocks and watches ...
... hope we are not late , " said Mr. Melville , looking at his watch ; " our good pastor is always exact to a minute , and faithful to his motto of ' punctual minis- ters make a punctual congregation . ' I wish all our clocks and watches ...
Side 57
... hope , " said Mr. Melville to him . " Yes , sir ; my mother , " for Johnson , though the only son of Mammy , thought it inconsistent with his usual elegant politeness to use the homely appella- tion bestowed on her by the family , " my ...
... hope , " said Mr. Melville to him . " Yes , sir ; my mother , " for Johnson , though the only son of Mammy , thought it inconsistent with his usual elegant politeness to use the homely appella- tion bestowed on her by the family , " my ...
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acquaintance Almeria Antoine appeared Avonmore Beatrice beautiful Belmont beneath Bois de Boulogne bright brilliant Captain Delamere carriage charms cheek Clair companion Comte de Visconti conversation costume dark daugh daughter dear door dress Dubourg Duke of Orleans elegant Evelyn exclaimed expression eyes fair fair brow fancy father favorite feeling flowers Fowler garden Genoese gentle give glance graceful hand happy heard heart honor hope horses hour imagined inquired La Superba laughing letter light little Alice looked Louis Quinze louis-d'or lovely Madame de St Madame Laval Melville ment metropolis Miss morning mother mysterious nald nature never Nina noble Palais Royal passed perceived person pleasure present princess promise received Reginald replied Constance rose scene seat seemed seen shade side smile soon supposed thing thought tion Tuileries Uncle Uncle Tom Vicomte Villiers Vivian voice walked words young lady youth
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Side 50 - I found him close with Swift— Indeed? no doubt (Cries prating Balbus) something will come out.' 'Tis all in vain, deny it as I will: 'No, such a genius never can lie still'; And then for mine obligingly mistakes The first lampoon Sir Will or Bubo makes.
Side 231 - I charm thy life From the weapons of strife, From stone and from wood, From fire and from flood, From the serpent's tooth, And the beasts of blood : From Sickness I charm thee, And Time shall not harm thee ; But Earth, which is mine, Its fruits shall deny thee ; And Water shall hear me, And know thee and fly thee ; And the Winds shall not touch thee When they pass by thee, And the Dews shall not wet thee When they fall nigh thee...
Side 101 - Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground ; long heath, brown furze, any thing : The wills above be done ! but I would fain die a dry death.
Side 167 - He is a gentleman, steady in his principles, of nice honour, with abundance of learning : brave as the sword he wears, and bold as a lion : a sure friend and an irreconcileable enemy : would lose his life readily to serve his country ; and would not do a base thing to save it.
Side 94 - ALAS ! how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain has tried, And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood the storm when waves were rough, Yet in a sunny hour fall off, Like ships, that have gone down at sea, When Heaven was all tranquillity! A something light as air — a look, A word unkind or wrongly taken — Oh ! love, that tempests never shook, A breath, a touch like this has shaken.
Side 41 - The parlor windows in the newer portion "commanded a view of the extensive lawn in front of the house. One side of it gave entrance to a conservatory filled with tropical fruit trees and flowering plants.
Side 17 - World, In it, she stated that "the house . . . like the grounds showed the work of successive generations. The original structure had received many additions, some of the latest claiming a title to architectural taste The more ancient portion of the building . . . always seemed to possess a special attraction for the family.
Side 298 - Beatrice recognized the Duke de Chartres, the eldest son of the Duke of Orleans.
Side 85 - Ay, ay, Mr. vach, you'll be here of a week day soon, for I saw a funeral last night." Upon one occasion the clergyman asked her, "Well, Molly, have you seen a funeral lately?" " Ay, ay, Mr. vach," was the reply, " I saw one a night or two ago, and I saw you as plainly as I see you now ; and you did what I never saw you do before.