Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 28Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith Richard Bentley, 1850 - Literature |
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... scenes , which he set in new frames , and animated with new actions and imaginary dialogues , more passionate and eloquent a hundred fold than any he had ever uttered in her actual presence ; and these memories , tricked out with ...
... scenes , which he set in new frames , and animated with new actions and imaginary dialogues , more passionate and eloquent a hundred fold than any he had ever uttered in her actual presence ; and these memories , tricked out with ...
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... scene witnessed one warm evening . My curiosity was excited by seeing a number of the commoner people roving about the sea - shore with sticks in their hands , which ever and anon they seemed to be poking into holes . On ap- proaching ...
... scene witnessed one warm evening . My curiosity was excited by seeing a number of the commoner people roving about the sea - shore with sticks in their hands , which ever and anon they seemed to be poking into holes . On ap- proaching ...
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... scene . After a hot and weary ride , the traveller instinctively pulls up on reaching the heights above the town , and contemplates the panorama before him as if the Happy Valley of " Rasselas " was opened to his view . His me ...
... scene . After a hot and weary ride , the traveller instinctively pulls up on reaching the heights above the town , and contemplates the panorama before him as if the Happy Valley of " Rasselas " was opened to his view . His me ...
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... scene . Methought , they looked down gravely and sternly from the canvas on the revellers below . It was , doubtless , imaginary , but to me their thoughtful , calm , and , in some cases , forbidding features , wore an air of reproach ...
... scene . Methought , they looked down gravely and sternly from the canvas on the revellers below . It was , doubtless , imaginary , but to me their thoughtful , calm , and , in some cases , forbidding features , wore an air of reproach ...
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... scene of festivity . Represent to yourself a large and long building , one story high , which would have looked like a barn , had it not been for the bold projecting eaves of its roof . On one side , the house touched the lane : on the ...
... scene of festivity . Represent to yourself a large and long building , one story high , which would have looked like a barn , had it not been for the bold projecting eaves of its roof . On one side , the house touched the lane : on the ...
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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.