The Parterre, Volume 2E. Wilson, 1835 |
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... once rich with cultivation , nature now riots in untamed luxuriance ; many a hill and plain , once enlivened by the cheerful voice of the husbandman , is hyacinth - a fragrant and flowery desert . now overrun by the wild thyme and the ...
... once rich with cultivation , nature now riots in untamed luxuriance ; many a hill and plain , once enlivened by the cheerful voice of the husbandman , is hyacinth - a fragrant and flowery desert . now overrun by the wild thyme and the ...
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... once been led to study contrast . This habit renders transitions quite natural to a writer , which the reader may be apt to think violent , until he has this key to the ope- rations of the writer's mind . In the pre- sent case ...
... once been led to study contrast . This habit renders transitions quite natural to a writer , which the reader may be apt to think violent , until he has this key to the ope- rations of the writer's mind . In the pre- sent case ...
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... once made a eonquest of the hearts of Ali and Hassan ; nor was the cadi unmoved by the power of her charms ; he was even more affected by them than the pachas , and was unable to take his eyes off Leonisa's lovely countenance . And such ...
... once made a eonquest of the hearts of Ali and Hassan ; nor was the cadi unmoved by the power of her charms ; he was even more affected by them than the pachas , and was unable to take his eyes off Leonisa's lovely countenance . And such ...
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... once more retreated , and Mrs. Maxwell , having selected a beauti- ful sheet of note paper , quickly penned the following effusion : 66 My dear Lady Crosby , permit me to request your acceptance of a solan goose , which has just been ...
... once more retreated , and Mrs. Maxwell , having selected a beauti- ful sheet of note paper , quickly penned the following effusion : 66 My dear Lady Crosby , permit me to request your acceptance of a solan goose , which has just been ...
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... once more made her appearance before her mistress , " if here be not our identical solan goose come back to us ... once distinctly surveyed . And when once the sea of smoke from a million of chimneys has begun to ascend for the day ...
... once more made her appearance before her mistress , " if here be not our identical solan goose come back to us ... once distinctly surveyed . And when once the sea of smoke from a million of chimneys has begun to ascend for the day ...
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Page 65 - When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray ; What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die.
Page 42 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Page 218 - Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Page 390 - He appears, by his modest and unaffected narration, to have described things as he saw them, to have copied nature from the life, and to have consulted his senses, not his imagination. He meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes; his crocodiles devour their prey without tears; and his cataracts fall from the rock without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants.
Page 275 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest : but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind : and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee ; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life...
Page 56 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God, (it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland...
Page 12 - Urania sings to thee. Oh, let me pierce thy secret cell, And in thy deep recesses dwell ! Perhaps from Norwood's oak-clad hill, When Meditation has her fill, I just may cast my careless eyes Where London's spiry turrets rise, Think of its crimes, its cares, its pain, Then shield me in the woods again.
Page 200 - ... coursing along the sands ; trains of ducks streaming over the surface ; silent and watchful cranes, intent and wading ; clamorous crows, and all the winged multitudes that subsist by the bounty of this vast liquid magazine of nature. " High over all these hovers one, whose action instantly arrests his attention.