The Ladies' CompanionBradbury and Evans, 1861 - Women's periodicals, English |
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... picture der as to where such a quantity of nuts could of a figure bearing a cross , were the only other have been found , and was deep in a dream of a noticeable objects , save a jug of water which forest of nuts , with numberless ...
... picture der as to where such a quantity of nuts could of a figure bearing a cross , were the only other have been found , and was deep in a dream of a noticeable objects , save a jug of water which forest of nuts , with numberless ...
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... pictures in a solitary little way - will see , ere long , as he returns from his happy and innocent labour , the travelling - carriage , dire messenger of Doom . Next morning , the hats will be out and around him . As he sits sketch ...
... pictures in a solitary little way - will see , ere long , as he returns from his happy and innocent labour , the travelling - carriage , dire messenger of Doom . Next morning , the hats will be out and around him . As he sits sketch ...
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... picture speaks for itself . Driving cloud , high wind , and a furious sea - a vessel rolling and labouring in her extreme need ; and , cleaving through the waves with a strong , steady speed , the rough sailors , urging onwards to their ...
... picture speaks for itself . Driving cloud , high wind , and a furious sea - a vessel rolling and labouring in her extreme need ; and , cleaving through the waves with a strong , steady speed , the rough sailors , urging onwards to their ...
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... pictures , I am the man for you . As for being an artist , I may confess here ( nobody will know me ) that I had much rather not be an artist . I should be very much ashamed of myself if I turned out such disgraceful smudges as artists ...
... pictures , I am the man for you . As for being an artist , I may confess here ( nobody will know me ) that I had much rather not be an artist . I should be very much ashamed of myself if I turned out such disgraceful smudges as artists ...
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... picture , and I knew that I shouldn't get a better view of the church than that . " That view , " said the lady , " will not do . " She went on round the church , and by - and- bye stopped . " This is where it is to be taken from ...
... picture , and I knew that I shouldn't get a better view of the church than that . " That view , " said the lady , " will not do . " She went on round the church , and by - and- bye stopped . " This is where it is to be taken from ...
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Page 179 - Within thy airy shell By slow Meander's margent green, And in the violet-embroidered vale Where the lovelorn nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well: Canst thou not tell me of a gentle pair That likest thy Narcissus are?
Page 97 - And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Page 315 - That tell in homely phrase who lie below ; Sudden he starts ! and hears, or thinks he hears, The sound of something purring at his heels ; Full fast he flies, and dares not look behind him, Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows ; Who gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition tall and ghastly, That walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-open'd grave; and, strange to tell! Evanishes at crowing of the cock.
Page 49 - For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE ; And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE.
Page 221 - The best in this kind are but shadows ; and the worst are no worse, if imagination amend them.
Page 163 - Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated, and, recollecting his prejudice against the Scotch, of which I had heard much, I said to Davies, "Don't tell where I come from." "From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. "Mr. Johnson," said I, "I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.
Page 163 - I am willing to flatter myself that I meant this as light pleasantry to soothe and conciliate him, and not as an humiliating abasement at the expense of my country. But however that might be, this speech was somewhat unlucky; for, with that quickness of wit for which he was so remarkable, he seized the expression, "come from Scotland...
Page 198 - Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head...
Page 75 - And labours hard to store it well With the sweet food she makes. In works of labour or of skill I would be busy too: For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. In books, or work, or healthful play Let my first years be past, That I may give for every day Some good account at last.
Page 310 - I laboured," says he, in one of his letters*, " for a mere pittance, but it was sufficient. It was the fruit of my own resolution ; and, as I then flattered myself, the foretaste of more honourable rewards, — for I never thought of wealth.