Temple Bar, 40. köideGeorge Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates Ward and Lock, 1874 |
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... round till it rests on the figure of Annie Dennison , drawing at the window , but looking up every now and then with a dreamy , abstracted air , suggestive of her occupation , and by no means unbecoming to a pretty woman . It has just ...
... round till it rests on the figure of Annie Dennison , drawing at the window , but looking up every now and then with a dreamy , abstracted air , suggestive of her occupation , and by no means unbecoming to a pretty woman . It has just ...
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... round , it seemed the beast kept everybody in alarm , and , according to the native's account , had eaten within the month seven children , a water - carrier , and a tough old Hindoo woman , the speaker's grandmother . My friend , who ...
... round , it seemed the beast kept everybody in alarm , and , according to the native's account , had eaten within the month seven children , a water - carrier , and a tough old Hindoo woman , the speaker's grandmother . My friend , who ...
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... round head as broad as a bull's . " I took the best aim I could at his mouth , and let him have an eleven - bore ball crash into the very middle of it . " " Oh , Mr. Dennison ! How could you ? " " How couldn't I , you mean . Instead of ...
... round head as broad as a bull's . " I took the best aim I could at his mouth , and let him have an eleven - bore ball crash into the very middle of it . " " Oh , Mr. Dennison ! How could you ? " " How couldn't I , you mean . Instead of ...
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... round , and slipped into the covert again . The corpse , sitting upright , was nodding at the tree on which the avenger had perched himself , and its friendly warning had not been in vain . The Hindoo then came down and fastened the ...
... round , and slipped into the covert again . The corpse , sitting upright , was nodding at the tree on which the avenger had perched himself , and its friendly warning had not been in vain . The Hindoo then came down and fastened the ...
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... round the world . We gave up Europe , after an unmistakable hint to leave Russia , for Egypt , India , Japan , Australia , South America , and New York . I played my treacherous sonatas , and my husband swindled his guests at whist ...
... round the world . We gave up Europe , after an unmistakable hint to leave Russia , for Egypt , India , Japan , Australia , South America , and New York . I played my treacherous sonatas , and my husband swindled his guests at whist ...
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Page 488 - He is made one with Nature: there is heard His voice in all her music, from the moan Of thunder, to the song of night's sweet bird; He is a presence to be felt and known In darkness and in light, from herb and stone, Spreading itself where'er that Power may move Which has withdrawn his being to its own; Which wields the world with never-wearied love, Sustains it from beneath, and kindles it above.
Page 11 - It were all one, That I should love a bright particular star, And think to wed it, he is so above me: In his bright radiance and collateral light Must I be comforted, not in his sphere.
Page 173 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite.
Page 174 - Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God, or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer...
Page 178 - Weave the warp, and weave the woof, The winding-sheet of Edward's race ; Give ample room, and verge enough, The characters of hell to trace...
Page 179 - That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage ; Lo ! Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age.
Page 491 - I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea.
Page 488 - If spring's voluptuous pantings when she breathes Her first sweet kisses, have been dear to me; If no bright bird, insect, or gentle beast I consciously have injured, but still loved And cherished these my kindred; then forgive This boast, beloved brethren, and withdraw No portion of your wonted favour now!
Page 183 - Thrice she looked back, and thrice the foe drew near. Just in that instant, anxious Ariel sought The close recesses of the Virgin's thought: As, on the nosegay in her breast reclined, He watched th...
Page 183 - The little engine on his fingers' ends; This just behind Belinda's neck he spread, As o'er the fragrant steams she bends her head. Swift to the lock a thousand sprites repair, A thousand wings, by turns, blow back the hair; And thrice they twitched the diamond in her ear; Thrice she looked back, and thrice the foe drew near.