The Metropolitan, 13. köideJames Cochrane, 1835 |
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... kind - hearted . I have overheard all that passed between your mistress and you , and that M'Dermott has stated that I am a tithe collector and an attorney , with a warrant . I am no such thing . I am a gentleman who wishes to speak to ...
... kind - hearted . I have overheard all that passed between your mistress and you , and that M'Dermott has stated that I am a tithe collector and an attorney , with a warrant . I am no such thing . I am a gentleman who wishes to speak to ...
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... kind and so obliging that quite made me lose sight of their impertinence . When he found that I had leave to remain on shore , and that my pocket- book was far from being ill - furnished , he expatiated very feelingly upon the exactions ...
... kind and so obliging that quite made me lose sight of their impertinence . When he found that I had leave to remain on shore , and that my pocket- book was far from being ill - furnished , he expatiated very feelingly upon the exactions ...
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... kind of valour . " The elements necessary to the composition of this invaluable unity are graphically defined ; but if we fully comprehend the meaning of " indif- ference to life , " we should be inclined to remove it from the first ...
... kind of valour . " The elements necessary to the composition of this invaluable unity are graphically defined ; but if we fully comprehend the meaning of " indif- ference to life , " we should be inclined to remove it from the first ...
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... kind . At the same time it pleased me to remark , even in these little things , the native goodness of his disposition . But since I have ob- served in general , that extreme simplicity is the most likely of all qualities to be seduced ...
... kind . At the same time it pleased me to remark , even in these little things , the native goodness of his disposition . But since I have ob- served in general , that extreme simplicity is the most likely of all qualities to be seduced ...
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... kind . To this proposal Timothy acceded with great readiness , saying that he was very glad the scholarships were open to the whole university , since he should despise getting a close scholarship . Accordingly he went in with the rest ...
... kind . To this proposal Timothy acceded with great readiness , saying that he was very glad the scholarships were open to the whole university , since he should despise getting a close scholarship . Accordingly he went in with the rest ...
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Page 375 - 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! Mother of this unfathomable world! Favour my solemn song, for I have loved Thee ever, and thee only...
Page 363 - He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Page 375 - Thee ever, and thee only ; I have watched Thy shadow, and the darkness of thy steps, And my heart ever gazes on the depth Of thy deep mysteries. I have made my bed In charnels and on coffins, where black death Keeps record of the trophies won from thee, Hoping to still these obstinate questionings Of thee and thine, by forcing some lone ghost, Thy messenger, to render up the tale Of what we are.
Page 92 - London, the town council of any borough for the time being subject to the act of the session of the fifth and sixth years of the reign of King William the Fourth, chapter seventy-six, intituled " An Act to provide for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in England and Wales...
Page 438 - Oh Grief, beyond all other griefs, when fate First leaves the young heart lone and desolate In the wide world...
Page 376 - The fountains of divine philosophy Fled not his thirsting lips, and all of great, Or good, or lovely, which the sacred past In truth or fable consecrates, he felt And knew.
Page 374 - ALASTOR,' may be considered as allegorical of one of the most interesting situations of the human mind. It represents a youth of uncorrupted feelings and adventurous genius led forth by an imagination inflamed and purified through familiarity with all that is excellent and majestic, to the contemplation of the universe.
Page 379 - Thoughts of great deeds were mine, dear Friend, when first The clouds which wrap this world from youth did pass.
Page 376 - Has shone within me, that serenely now And moveless, as a long-forgotten lyre Suspended in the solitary dome Of some mysterious and deserted fane, I wait thy breath, Great Parent, that my strain May modulate with murmurs of the air, And motions of the forests and the sea, And voice of living beings, and woven hymns Of night and day, and the deep heart of man.
Page 363 - He is the chief of the ways of God : he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.