Blacksmith and scholar, by Mortimer and Frances Collins. 1883Chatto and Windus, 1883 |
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... talking to the wind , godson , for you are a headstrong lad , and will go your own way . ' Tis no matter , " con- tinued the Squire , with a half cynical laugh , " you'll have forgotten all I say before you have finished your glass of ...
... talking to the wind , godson , for you are a headstrong lad , and will go your own way . ' Tis no matter , " con- tinued the Squire , with a half cynical laugh , " you'll have forgotten all I say before you have finished your glass of ...
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... talk to the mater , and reconcile her to it quietly ? I know you will both be happier when I am away . I only cause you more trouble . I'm off to Erlingham to - morrow to have a final chat with old Crockford , who has taught me more ...
... talk to the mater , and reconcile her to it quietly ? I know you will both be happier when I am away . I only cause you more trouble . I'm off to Erlingham to - morrow to have a final chat with old Crockford , who has taught me more ...
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... talk and tattle and rates and taxes . Why , Lord bless you , I went there once , and was put in what they call the Strangers ' Gallery , as if I were a stranger in England , when we Crockfords have been in Erling- ham four hundred years ...
... talk and tattle and rates and taxes . Why , Lord bless you , I went there once , and was put in what they call the Strangers ' Gallery , as if I were a stranger in England , when we Crockfords have been in Erling- ham four hundred years ...
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... talk to , I chose to learn the blacksmith's art . When I have spent all my money I can shoe horses . " " Blacksmiths are odd fellows as a rule , " said the stranger . " They are generally politicians . I remember a very odd specimen I ...
... talk to , I chose to learn the blacksmith's art . When I have spent all my money I can shoe horses . " " Blacksmiths are odd fellows as a rule , " said the stranger . " They are generally politicians . I remember a very odd specimen I ...
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... talk of women like an enthusiast , " said Robert Fitz Roy . " I have been in love a dozen times , of course , but I never regarded the subject as you seem to do . " " Pope , or somebody , says that ' That the proper study of mankind is ...
... talk of women like an enthusiast , " said Robert Fitz Roy . " I have been in love a dozen times , of course , but I never regarded the subject as you seem to do . " " Pope , or somebody , says that ' That the proper study of mankind is ...
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Popular passages
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...