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... never introduced more hap- pily his favourite Soracte . To the first landing , we passed over sands for nine miles . In the hollows , fishermen were collecting their prey . Towards the ter- mination of these first sands appeared the ...
... never introduced more hap- pily his favourite Soracte . To the first landing , we passed over sands for nine miles . In the hollows , fishermen were collecting their prey . Towards the ter- mination of these first sands appeared the ...
Side 10
... Never shall I forget when dining with a party amongst whom I was particularly anxi- ous to shine . a certain physician's making a forcible seizure of the best thing I ever said , and by mere jockey- ship passing it off as his own - a ...
... Never shall I forget when dining with a party amongst whom I was particularly anxi- ous to shine . a certain physician's making a forcible seizure of the best thing I ever said , and by mere jockey- ship passing it off as his own - a ...
Side 11
... never asked . And this is what , in all ages , mankind have understood by luck . It is the fate of Homer , the destiny that hunted down the house of Atreus - the necessity whose scythed chariot cuts down the hopes and prosperities of ...
... never asked . And this is what , in all ages , mankind have understood by luck . It is the fate of Homer , the destiny that hunted down the house of Atreus - the necessity whose scythed chariot cuts down the hopes and prosperities of ...
Side 13
... Never will I make one , " was my reply . " He who defends him- self under such an imputation , half admits it to be just . " The barrister , not entering into my refinements , shrugged up his shoulders , and went his way . I retired ...
... Never will I make one , " was my reply . " He who defends him- self under such an imputation , half admits it to be just . " The barrister , not entering into my refinements , shrugged up his shoulders , and went his way . I retired ...
Side 19
... never falter , Of doom to feudal Tarnaway ? — 3 . High - titled house ! when round thy rooms Red tapestry hung its silken blooms , Minstrel harps the dance entwining , Rubied cups and gold lamps shining , Did no warning demon say ...
... never falter , Of doom to feudal Tarnaway ? — 3 . High - titled house ! when round thy rooms Red tapestry hung its silken blooms , Minstrel harps the dance entwining , Rubied cups and gold lamps shining , Did no warning demon say ...
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Agnes Alsatian appeared arms arrived Astrolab beautiful beheld Blackwood's Magazine Bucharest called Captain castle Charles of Blois cried D'Assas dæmon Danube dark daugh daughter dear death door dress Dunbar Castle exclaimed eyes face father fear feeling fell fire followed Furness Abbey gazed gentleman girl hand happy head heard heart hessian boots honour Horace horse hour Jane Elliott John Chandos lady laugh length light look Lord master ment mind morning mother never night Parterre passed person Pierre poor Poultry Compter prentice racter replied returned Roger Kemble round rushed scene seemed shew side silent Skiddaw sleep smile soon spot stood strange stranger sword tears tell thee thing thou thought tion took turned Ulverston uttered voice walked whole wife window Wolmar words wretch young youth
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Side 396 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Side 293 - I'm sure you must be weary, dear, with soaring up so high; Will you rest upon my little bed?" said the Spider -to the Fly. " There are pretty curtains drawn around ; the sheets are fine and thin, And if you like to rest awhile, I'll snugly tuck you in!
Side 293 - At last, Up jumped the cunning Spider, and fiercely held her fast. He dragged her up his winding stair, into his dismal den Within his little parlor — but she ne'er came out again! And now, dear little children, who may this story read, To idle, silly, flattering words, I pray you ne'er give heed; Unto an evil counsellor close heart, and ear, and eye, And take a lesson from this tale of the Spider and the Fly.
Side 293 - Come hither, hither, pretty Fly, with the pearl and silver wing; Your robes are green and purple, there's a crest upon your head; Your eyes are like the diamond bright, but mine are dull as lead...
Side 46 - Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned and without any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.
Side 295 - If Thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young imagination have kept pure, Stranger ! henceforth be warned; and know, that pride*< Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness ; that he, who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used ; that thought with him Is in its infancy.
Side 286 - ... had swallowed them. The horrid noise of their closing jaws, their plunging amidst the broken banks of fish, and rising with their prey some feet upright above the water, the floods of water and blood rushing out of their mouths, and the clouds of vapour issuing from their wide nostrils, were truly frightful. This scene continued at intervals during the night, as the fish came to the pass.
Side 269 - The young who labour, and the old who rest. Is any sick ? the Man of Ross relieves, Prescribes, attends, the medicine makes and gives.
Side 46 - There is a man, whose moral character, deep learning, and superior parts, I acknowledge, admire, and respect ; but whom it is so impossible for me to love, that I am almost in a fever whenever I am in his company. His figure (without being deformed) seems made to disgrace or ridicule the common structure of the human body. Hij legs and arms are never in the position which, according...
Side 388 - ... down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...