Blacksmith and scholar, by Mortimer and Frances Collins. 1883Chatto and Windus, 1883 |
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... turned to a misogynist . Oddly enough , he made no objection to lady visitors , and often had a party for croquet and lawn tennis and flirtation , and was as gay as a boy among the pretty young girls of the neighbourhood - so much so ...
... turned to a misogynist . Oddly enough , he made no objection to lady visitors , and often had a party for croquet and lawn tennis and flirtation , and was as gay as a boy among the pretty young girls of the neighbourhood - so much so ...
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... turning to the west , where the sunset was full of a 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 ...
... turning to the west , where the sunset was full of a 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 ...
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... turned out a few things like these , which I hope you will like , godfather . " Squire Fitz Roy sat for a few moments deli- berately examining the beeswing in his glass of port , and then he said- " Robert , you will probably be the ...
... turned out a few things like these , which I hope you will like , godfather . " Squire Fitz Roy sat for a few moments deli- berately examining the beeswing in his glass of port , and then he said- " Robert , you will probably be the ...
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... turned out , splashed into his cold bath , and dressed . What should he do , at that unearthly hour ? He was rather puzzled . Perhaps the best thing would be to take a long fast walk , and come back with a tremendous appetite for ...
... turned out , splashed into his cold bath , and dressed . What should he do , at that unearthly hour ? He was rather puzzled . Perhaps the best thing would be to take a long fast walk , and come back with a tremendous appetite for ...
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... turning him out . Indeed , they soon came to the conclusion that they had better be on friendly terms with him , seeing that Henry Fitz Roy was by no means likely to re- appear . But they took every means of finding him by advertisement ...
... turning him out . Indeed , they soon came to the conclusion that they had better be on friendly terms with him , seeing that Henry Fitz Roy was by no means likely to re- appear . But they took every means of finding him by advertisement ...
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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...