The CheltonianNorman and Sons, 1867 |
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... head of hair , and slowly brought it up to the surface . Exhausted as he was , he could hardly have made way with it to the bank , had not Trelawney and Harvey instantly come to his assistance , and in a short time they had brought both ...
... head of hair , and slowly brought it up to the surface . Exhausted as he was , he could hardly have made way with it to the bank , had not Trelawney and Harvey instantly come to his assistance , and in a short time they had brought both ...
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... head masters would have no objection to giving a little extra time to accomplish so desirable an end . Unfortunately , the Eleven was unable to make its appearance in London . The " Old " match could not be changed of course , and so we ...
... head masters would have no objection to giving a little extra time to accomplish so desirable an end . Unfortunately , the Eleven was unable to make its appearance in London . The " Old " match could not be changed of course , and so we ...
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... head and scornful looks were never seen before , no one but a Justice Credulous could possibly have survived so many years of life with such a virago . Gambier looked very youthful and bewitching as Lauretta , and what acting fell to ...
... head and scornful looks were never seen before , no one but a Justice Credulous could possibly have survived so many years of life with such a virago . Gambier looked very youthful and bewitching as Lauretta , and what acting fell to ...
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... head of them all ! That she allowed twelve earls and forty noblemen to leave England , to forget their courtly manners amongst a people in rebellion against its lawful master ; that she allowed Willoughby to indulge his love for ...
... head of them all ! That she allowed twelve earls and forty noblemen to leave England , to forget their courtly manners amongst a people in rebellion against its lawful master ; that she allowed Willoughby to indulge his love for ...
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... head , and let us see no more of those tears , which make even us blush , though we are but as women ! What would young Maurice of Orange say , if he could see you now ? " Leicester , on hearing those words , started as if stung by a ...
... head , and let us see no more of those tears , which make even us blush , though we are but as women ! What would young Maurice of Orange say , if he could see you now ? " Leicester , on hearing those words , started as if stung by a ...
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Page 118 - Half-grown as yet, a child, and vain — She cannot fight the fear of death. What is she, cut from love and faith, But some wild Pallas from the brain Of demons ? fiery-hot to burst All barriers in her onward race For power. Let her know her place ; She is the second, not the first. A higher hand must make her mild, If all be not in vain, and guide Her footsteps, moving side by side With Wisdom, like the younger child ; For she is earthly of the mind, But Wisdom heavenly of the soul.
Page 305 - The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept. Were toiling upward in the night.
Page 165 - O FONS Bandusiae, splendidior vitro, Dulci digne mero non sine floribus, Cras donaberis haedo, Cui frons turgida cornibus Primis et venerem et proelia destinat; 5 Frustra: nam gelidos inficiet tibi Rubro sanguine rivos Lascivi suboles gregis.
Page 118 - WHO loves not Knowledge ? Who shall rail Against her beauty ? May she mix With men and prosper ! Who shall fix Her pillars ? Let her work prevail.
Page 230 - Du bist wie eine Blume So hold und schon und rein; Ich schau' dich an und Wehmuth Schleicht mir in's Herz hinein. Mir ist, als ob ich die Hande Auf's Haupt dir legen sollt', Betend, dass Gott dich erhalte So rein und schon und hold.
Page 165 - ... venerem et proelia destinat frustra: nam gelidos inficiet tibi rubro sanguine rivos lascivi suboles gregis. te flagrantis atrox hora Caniculae nescit tangere, tu frigus amabile 10 fessis vomere tauris praebes et pecori vago. fies nobilium tu quoque fontium, me dicente cavis impositam ilicem saxis, unde loquaces lymphae desiliunt tuae.
Page 116 - Thence to the famous orators repair, Those ancient, whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democratic, Shook the arsenal, and fulmined over Greece To Macedon and Artaxerxes...
Page 47 - I was sitting one morning very quietly at my breakfast-table doing nothing, and thinking of nothing, when I was startled by a singular shadowy appearance at the outside corner, of the field of vision of the left eye. It gradually advanced into the field of view, and then appeared to be a pattern in...
Page 62 - For one of us was born a twin, And not a soul knew which. One day, to make the matter worse, Before our names were fixed, As we were being washed by nurse, We got completely mixed ; And thus, you see, by fate's decree, Or rather nurse's whim, My brother John got christened me, And I got christened him. This fatal likeness...
Page 46 - A great many years ago, when recovering from fever, my chief amusement for two or three days consisted in the exercise of a power of calling up representations both of scenes and persons, which appeared with almost the distinctness of reality. One of these scenes I perfectly recollect. A crowd was assembled round a hole in the ice, into which a youth had fallen. His mother was standing in agony on the brink, and there were the floating fragments and something of a shadowy form under the blue transparent...