Blacksmith and scholar, by Mortimer and Frances Collins. 1883Chatto and Windus, 1883 |
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... beauty . Steps descended from the terrace to a garden below , whence an avenue of splendid old oaks led to the lodge - gate . Up under that avenue walked a stalwart man between forty and fifty , with a spud in his hand , and a lordly ...
... beauty . Steps descended from the terrace to a garden below , whence an avenue of splendid old oaks led to the lodge - gate . Up under that avenue walked a stalwart man between forty and fifty , with a spud in his hand , and a lordly ...
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... beauty that no poet could describe , with a city of purple palaces saffron sea , " Dear me , the end of time ! the end of a day ; how do we know the rise to - morrow ? If not , it surely would be the end of time for all of us . And has ...
... beauty that no poet could describe , with a city of purple palaces saffron sea , " Dear me , the end of time ! the end of a day ; how do we know the rise to - morrow ? If not , it surely would be the end of time for all of us . And has ...
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... beauty of old port wine . They even prefer bitter ale . Ctill it does them good . Wherefore , drink . " Robert obeyed , nor did he regret his obedience . " Now , Robert , " went on the Squire , " why does your father , one of the best ...
... beauty of old port wine . They even prefer bitter ale . Ctill it does them good . Wherefore , drink . " Robert obeyed , nor did he regret his obedience . " Now , Robert , " went on the Squire , " why does your father , one of the best ...
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... beauty - but I don't want to be bound strictly by certain maxims . He who would thrive Must rise at five , is a fair example . Why not this ? He who'd avoid all earthly ills Must take Professor Someone's pills . One is as logical as the ...
... beauty - but I don't want to be bound strictly by certain maxims . He who would thrive Must rise at five , is a fair example . Why not this ? He who'd avoid all earthly ills Must take Professor Someone's pills . One is as logical as the ...
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... beauty in life ; it made her also see new terror . She had been a child ten minutes ago : she was now a woman . Her mother said very little to her when she came in , and they soon went to their rooms . Mrs. Lester's moods varied from ...
... beauty in life ; it made her also see new terror . She had been a child ten minutes ago : she was now a woman . Her mother said very little to her when she came in , and they soon went to their rooms . Mrs. Lester's moods varied from ...
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Page 193 - With gates of silver and bars of gold Ye have fenced my sheep from their Father's fold ; I have heard the dropping of their tears In heaven these eighteen hundred years.
Page 201 - EARTH has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
Page 195 - Ward has no heart, they say; but I deny it ; He has a heart, and gets his speeches by it.
Page 202 - Lord ! methought, what pain it was to drown ! What dreadful noise of waters in mine ears ! What ugly sights of death within mine eyes!
Page 27 - That orbed maiden with white fire laden, Whom mortals call the moon, Glides glimmering o'er my fleece-like floor, By the midnight breezes strewn ; And wherever the beat of her unseen feet, Which only the angels hear, May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind her and peer ; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees...
Page 17 - Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se quam quod ridiculos homines facit. "Exeat...