Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 28Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith Richard Bentley, 1850 - Literature |
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... called aloud for the controlling hand of such a friend as herself . Nor was she long at a loss to penetrate the secret of his abstraction and heedless- ness ; but there was little merit in her divination on this subject , for it did not ...
... called aloud for the controlling hand of such a friend as herself . Nor was she long at a loss to penetrate the secret of his abstraction and heedless- ness ; but there was little merit in her divination on this subject , for it did not ...
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... called for , " he ordered a cab , and drove off to London Bridge to discharge the last act his warm zeal had undertaken . That duty concluded , he turned his face towards the city , and in ten minutes was bustling his way through a ...
... called for , " he ordered a cab , and drove off to London Bridge to discharge the last act his warm zeal had undertaken . That duty concluded , he turned his face towards the city , and in ten minutes was bustling his way through a ...
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... called in Duke Street to inquire after Henry Winston . Mrs. Stubbs thought this very odd . What could he expect to hear from her of Henry Winston , especially if that young gentleman had really gone to America ? He could hardly have ...
... called in Duke Street to inquire after Henry Winston . Mrs. Stubbs thought this very odd . What could he expect to hear from her of Henry Winston , especially if that young gentleman had really gone to America ? He could hardly have ...
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... called the fort of San Pietro , and I have good cause to remember it . It was one of the first spots visited , and an adventure occurred which might have terminated rather awk- wardly . Near the gun was a sentry - box , in which stood a ...
... called the fort of San Pietro , and I have good cause to remember it . It was one of the first spots visited , and an adventure occurred which might have terminated rather awk- wardly . Near the gun was a sentry - box , in which stood a ...
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... called the " Four Courts , " a cluster of buildings , on whose very threshold the foot of an Irish gentleman involuntarily trembles . The Tusculan retreat of Horace was not more secure when it pleased the poet to seek country air than ...
... called the " Four Courts , " a cluster of buildings , on whose very threshold the foot of an Irish gentleman involuntarily trembles . The Tusculan retreat of Horace was not more secure when it pleased the poet to seek country air than ...
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Page 208 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent. Then THY sun...
Page 571 - Twas Christmas told the merriest tale ; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year.
Page 576 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 646 - We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
Page 579 - There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distil it out, For our bad neighbour makes us early stirrers, Which is both healthful, and good husbandry...
Page 481 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Page 72 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Page 576 - And then it started like a guilty thing Upon a fearful summons; I have heard, The cock that is the trumpet to the morn Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat Awake the god of day...
Page 569 - COME, bring with a noise, My merry, merry boys, The Christmas log to the firing ; While my good dame, she Bids ye all be free ; And drink to your hearts
Page 316 - Life and Times of Titian, with some Account of hig Family, chiefly from new and unpublished records. With Portrait and Illustrations. 2 vols. Svo. 42s. GUMMING (R. GORDON). Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa.