Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 54Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith Richard Bentley, 1863 - Literature |
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... heard of Mr. Maxwell , he is a steady , good son , and is likely to make a steady , good husband ; the more's the pity he should throw himself away upon Miss Angelina . But you did right , Bessie , and , whatever comes of it , there is ...
... heard of Mr. Maxwell , he is a steady , good son , and is likely to make a steady , good husband ; the more's the pity he should throw himself away upon Miss Angelina . But you did right , Bessie , and , whatever comes of it , there is ...
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... heard for many a day , " said Mrs. Maxwell ; " but if it's not Miss Angy , who , or what is it , makes you look as sour as two - days ' - old milk ? I declare it sets one's teeth on edge to sit near you ! Well , Phil , I don't wish to ...
... heard for many a day , " said Mrs. Maxwell ; " but if it's not Miss Angy , who , or what is it , makes you look as sour as two - days ' - old milk ? I declare it sets one's teeth on edge to sit near you ! Well , Phil , I don't wish to ...
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... heard the shrill sweet sound of infant voices singing , O praise the Lord in that blest place- From whence His goodness largely flows . The hymn over , the children dispersed to play until the bell summoned them to tea , and then two ...
... heard the shrill sweet sound of infant voices singing , O praise the Lord in that blest place- From whence His goodness largely flows . The hymn over , the children dispersed to play until the bell summoned them to tea , and then two ...
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... heard , and many a young face beamed with pleasure , as dolls , books , thimbles , and other gifts were liberally distributed amongst them . Little Mary Leigh was made perfectly happy by becoming the possessor of a real sharp - pointed ...
... heard , and many a young face beamed with pleasure , as dolls , books , thimbles , and other gifts were liberally distributed amongst them . Little Mary Leigh was made perfectly happy by becoming the possessor of a real sharp - pointed ...
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... heard without , and the door being opened by Dorcas , the Cardinal entered . " I have come to see you before you set out , daughter , " he said . " My own heart is sad . I have passed the night in vigil and prayer , yet I do not feel ...
... heard without , and the door being opened by Dorcas , the Cardinal entered . " I have come to see you before you set out , daughter , " he said . " My own heart is sad . I have passed the night in vigil and prayer , yet I do not feel ...
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Page 54 - Of pictures, I should like to own Titians and Raphaels three or four — I love so much their style and tone — One Turner, and no more. (A landscape, foreground golden dirt, The sunshine painted with a squirt). Of books but few — some fifty score For daily use, and bound for wear; The rest upon an upper floor; Some little luxury there . Of red morocco's gilded gleam, And vellum rich as country cream.
Page 491 - Action is transitory — a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that — 'Tis done, and in the after-vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.
Page 287 - And telling me, the sovereign'st thing on earth Was parmaceti, for an inward bruise; And that it was great pity, so it was, That villainous salt-petre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly ; and, but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier.
Page 50 - My whole life I have lived in pleasant thought, As if life's business were a summer mood ; As if all needful things would come unsought To genial faith...
Page 138 - Presently he told her that the motion of the boat upon the stream was lulling him to rest. How green the banks were now, how bright the flowers growing on them, and how tall the rushes ! Now the boat was out at sea, but gliding smoothly on. And now there was a shore before him.
Page 141 - The Danube to the Severn gave The darken'd heart that beat no more; They laid him by the pleasant shore, And in the hearing of the wave. There twice a day the Severn fills; The salt sea-water passes by, And hushes half the babbling Wye, And makes a silence in the hills.
Page 131 - It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the Sea: Listen! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A sound like thunder— everlastingly.
Page 486 - In truth, there is no such thing in man's nature, as a settled and full resolve, either for good or evil, except at the very moment of execution. Let us hope, therefore, that all the dreadful consequences of sin will not be incurred, unless the act have set its seal upon the thought.
Page 134 - Where, as to shame the temples deck'd By skill of earthly architect, Nature herself, it seem'd would raise A Minster to her Maker's praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches bend ; Nor of a theme less solemn tells That mighty surge that ebbs and swells, And still, between each awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody.
Page 131 - ... magnificence. And on the sandy shore, beside the verge Of Ocean, here and there, a rock-hewn fane Resisted in its strength the surf and surge That on their deep foundations beat in vain. In solitude the Ancient Temples stood, Once resonant with instrument and song, And solemn dance of festive multitude ; Now, as the weary ages pass along, Hearing no voice save of the Ocean flood. Which roars for ever on the restless shores ; Or, visiting their solitary caves, The lonely sound of winds, that moan...