 ... of two roads which diverged from the point where it was placed. A rock, with some dangling wild flowers, jutted out above where the soldier lay; on which grew the stump of a large tree, white with age, and a single twisted branch shaded his face as...  The Works of Henry Mackenzie - Page 139by Henry Mackenzie - 1808Full view - About this book
 | Henry Mackenzie - Benevolence - 1800 - 188 pages
...had the marks of manly comeliness impaired by time ; his forehead was not altogether bald, but his hairs might have been numbered ; while a few white...: I fear those silver hairs have not found shelter from thy country, though that neck has been bronzed in its service." The stranger waked. He looked... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - English fiction - 1800 - 254 pages
...impaired by time ; his forehead was not altogether bald but its hairs might have been numbered ; « hile a few white locks behind crossed the brown of his...; I fear those silver hairs have not found shelter from thy county,. 5iioujfh that neck has been bronzed inits service/' The stranger wakned. He looked... | |
 | Sydney Melmoth - English prose literature - 1805 - 368 pages
...behind crossed the brown of his neck with a contrast, to a mind like Harley's the most venerable. " Thou art old," said he to himself; " but age has not...: I fear those silver hairs have not found shelter from thy country, though that neck has been .bronzed in its service." The stranger waked. He looked... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - 1815 - 302 pages
...wildness of that painter's back-grounds. The banks on each side were covered with fantastic shrub-woodj and at a little distance, on the top of one of them,...; I fear those silver hairs have not found shelter from thy country, though that neck has been bronzed in its service. The stranger waked. He looked at... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - 1820 - 326 pages
...and a single twisted branch shaded his face as he slept. His face had the marks of manly comelmess impaired by time; his forehead was not altogether...infirmities; I fear those silver hairs have not found shelter from thy country, though that neck has been bronzed in its service." The stranger waked. He looked... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - 1820 - 294 pages
...time ; his forehead was not altogether bald, but its hairs might have been numbered ; VOL. XXIX. H while a few white locks behind crossed the brown of...like Harley's. Thou art old, said he to himself; but uge has not brought thee rest for its infirmities : I fear those silver hairs have not found shelter... | |
 | Decoration and ornament - 1825
...above where the soldier lay, on which grew the stump of a large tree, white with age, and a single branch shaded his face as he slept. His face had the...: I fear those silver hairs have not found shelter from thy country, though that neck has been bronzed in its service." The stranger waked. He looked... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...manly comeliness impaired by time ; his forehead was not altogether bald, but its hairs might hare been numbered ; while a few white locks behind crossed...: I fear those silver hairs have not found shelter from thy country, though that neck has been bronzed in its service. The stranger waked. He looked at... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 762 pages
...behind crossed the brown of his neck with a contrast the most venerable to a rnind like Harley 's. " d she, " what Olivia may be able to do ? The girl...subject, and to my knowledge is very well skilled in cont from thy country, though that neck has been bronzed in its service.' The stranger waked. He looked... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 pages
...behind crossed the brown of his neck with a contrast the most venerable to a mind like Harley 's. " Thou art old," said he to himself; " but age has not...: I fear those silver hairs have not found shelter from thy country, though that neck has been bronzed in its service." The stranger waked. He looked... | |
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