Concealment [by lady M. Richardson]. |
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... scene of beauty around them , they proceeded to descend a winding path through a rocky and tangled copse wood , until they reached a sheltered and singularly picturesque bay . Here the white sands of Ocean met the sparkling green of ...
... scene of beauty around them , they proceeded to descend a winding path through a rocky and tangled copse wood , until they reached a sheltered and singularly picturesque bay . Here the white sands of Ocean met the sparkling green of ...
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... scene . " " It is indeed quite perfect , " replied her com- panion , " those boats seem to have been launched forth from the canvass of some old master , for our particular enjoyment ; they seem to me like familiar portraits , so real ...
... scene . " " It is indeed quite perfect , " replied her com- panion , " those boats seem to have been launched forth from the canvass of some old master , for our particular enjoyment ; they seem to me like familiar portraits , so real ...
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... scene as this . Dear Herbert ! what a noble creature he was when he left us twelve years ago ! He was quite above all ' skiey influences ' then , and I trust is so still ; yet I sometimes tremble to think that the world's praises and ...
... scene as this . Dear Herbert ! what a noble creature he was when he left us twelve years ago ! He was quite above all ' skiey influences ' then , and I trust is so still ; yet I sometimes tremble to think that the world's praises and ...
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... scene , or remembrance , to another ; he had no information , historical or literary , to make one country more interesting to him than another ; he did not " hang a thought on every thorn , " and he therefore escaped the pleasures , as ...
... scene , or remembrance , to another ; he had no information , historical or literary , to make one country more interesting to him than another ; he did not " hang a thought on every thorn , " and he therefore escaped the pleasures , as ...
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... She proceed- ed straight to the apartment of Theresa with the intention of being very decided ; but the scene that presented itself almost made her start . She found Theresa stretched on the floor , her head 60 CONCEALMENT .
... She proceed- ed straight to the apartment of Theresa with the intention of being very decided ; but the scene that presented itself almost made her start . She found Theresa stretched on the floor , her head 60 CONCEALMENT .
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Page 59 - O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, As is a winged messenger of heaven Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him, When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds And sails upon the bosom of the air.
Page 3 - If she come in, she'll sure speak to my wife : My wife ? my wife ? what wife ! I have no wife. O, insupportable ! O heavy hour ! Methinks it should be now a huge eclipse Of sun and moon, and that the affrighted globe Should yawn at alteration.
Page 21 - Each in his hidden sphere of joy or woe Our hermit spirits dwell, and range apart, Our eyes see all around in gloom or glow Hues of their own, fresh borrowed from the heart.
Page 181 - Within the soul a faculty abides, That with interpositions, which would hide And darken, so can deal that they become Contingencies of pomp ; and serve to exalt Her native brightness.
Page 29 - tis a thing impossible to frame Conceptions equal to the soul's desires; And the most difficult of tasks to keep Heights which the soul is competent to gain.
Page 244 - But she has treasured, and she loves them all ; When in her way she meets them, they appear Peculiar people — death has made them dear. He...
Page 167 - A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel 13 light. XV.— I WANDERED LONELY. 1804. I WANDERED lonely as a cloud...
Page 100 - And what, for this frail world, were all That mortals do or suffer, Did no responsive harp, no pen, Memorial tribute offer ? Yea, what were mighty Nature's self?
Page 166 - If Thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young imagination have kept pure, Stranger ! henceforth be warned ; and know that pride; Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness; that he, who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used; that thought with him Is in its infancy.
Page 1 - Well, so I did ; but yet I did not think To show to all the world my pen and ink In such a mode ; I only thought to make I knew not what ; nor did I undertake Thereby to please my neighbour ; no, not I ; I did it mine own self to gratify.