Forty years in the world; or, Sketches and tales of a soldier's life, by the author of Fifteen years in India, 2. köide |
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... Edward : he was about two years older than his sister , and they were constant companions . You would see Edward climbing up the cottage wall , and nailing little pieces of scarlet on the rose - tendrils to which Margaret could not ...
... Edward : he was about two years older than his sister , and they were constant companions . You would see Edward climbing up the cottage wall , and nailing little pieces of scarlet on the rose - tendrils to which Margaret could not ...
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... Edward , you might depend that his sister was not far off . Indeed , they loved each other most dearly ; and their mother's affection was so equally divided , that she could not tell which had the greater share of her heart . " Poor ...
... Edward , you might depend that his sister was not far off . Indeed , they loved each other most dearly ; and their mother's affection was so equally divided , that she could not tell which had the greater share of her heart . " Poor ...
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... Edward away , and of thus breaking the chain which had consti- tuted the joy of her life for many years . " Edward , like most other boys at his age , was galloping on Hope's hobby after the rainbow of his wishes ; confident that he ...
... Edward away , and of thus breaking the chain which had consti- tuted the joy of her life for many years . " Edward , like most other boys at his age , was galloping on Hope's hobby after the rainbow of his wishes ; confident that he ...
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... Edward but as it were in a dream , floating on their memory , like the sweet silver sounds of music in sleep . " But I must introduce you to Edward's friend , Dash ; and happy should we all be in this world if we could find such ...
... Edward but as it were in a dream , floating on their memory , like the sweet silver sounds of music in sleep . " But I must introduce you to Edward's friend , Dash ; and happy should we all be in this world if we could find such ...
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... Edward loved Dash , it is impossible for me to tell you ; for , indeed , Dash slept at the foot of Edward's bed , and ate at the table with him . In fact , he was to him as a brother . If Edward said , Stay here now , Dash , till I come ...
... Edward loved Dash , it is impossible for me to tell you ; for , indeed , Dash slept at the foot of Edward's bed , and ate at the table with him . In fact , he was to him as a brother . If Edward said , Stay here now , Dash , till I come ...
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Page 135 - Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e'en those ills, that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Page 215 - O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace...
Page 217 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
Page 167 - It must not be; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established: 'Twill be recorded for a precedent; And many an error, by the same example, Will rush into the state: it cannot be.
Page 137 - When Heaven would kindly set us free, And earth's enchantment end ; It takes the most effectual means, And robs us of a friend.
Page 296 - Such is the powre of that sweet passion, That it all sordid basenesse doth expell, And the refyned mynd doth newly fashion Unto a fairer forme, which now doth dwell In his high thought, that would it selfe excell, Which he beholding still with constant sight, Admires the mirrour of so heavenly light.
Page 46 - Grace was in all her steps. Heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.
Page 127 - WE may roam through this world, like a child at a feast. Who but sips of a sweet, and then flies to the rest ; And, when pleasure begins to grow dull in the east, We may order our wings, and be off to the west...
Page 95 - BREATHES there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd, As home his footsteps he hath turn'd, From wandering on a foreign strand...
Page 38 - There's a bliss beyond all that the minstrel has told, When two, that are linked in one heavenly tie, With heart never changing, and brow never cold, Love on through all ills, and love on till they die...