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Page vii
... and wrong in human cha- racter could supply . Such a candidate for public favour runs , I am confident , slender risk of being crushed at the outset , while against me no charge of presumption will be brought , ADVERTISEMENT . vii.
... and wrong in human cha- racter could supply . Such a candidate for public favour runs , I am confident , slender risk of being crushed at the outset , while against me no charge of presumption will be brought , ADVERTISEMENT . vii.
Page 5
... is in general that carelessness of ornament which betokens a confidence in the bounty of nature , and a reliance on her lavish profusion of the sub- lime and beautiful , superseding all that care and attention THE ONLY DAUGHTER . 5.
... is in general that carelessness of ornament which betokens a confidence in the bounty of nature , and a reliance on her lavish profusion of the sub- lime and beautiful , superseding all that care and attention THE ONLY DAUGHTER . 5.
Page 48
... than to obey , for confident as she was that her presence , by giving Helen some one on whom she could lay the burthen of her own helplessness , would only make her the more unequal to exertion , 48 THE ONLY DAUGHTER .
... than to obey , for confident as she was that her presence , by giving Helen some one on whom she could lay the burthen of her own helplessness , would only make her the more unequal to exertion , 48 THE ONLY DAUGHTER .
Page 196
... confident expectation which almost repaid the present misery of con- cealment . A feminine repugnance to violate the pure and sacred mysteries of her heart's still veiled shrine , sealed her lips in her father's presence , and though ...
... confident expectation which almost repaid the present misery of con- cealment . A feminine repugnance to violate the pure and sacred mysteries of her heart's still veiled shrine , sealed her lips in her father's presence , and though ...
Page 204
... confidence was withheld from him she seemed desirous of compensating the involuntary fraud by every watchful and anxious attention to his comfort , and Mr. Campbell , fancying that he could read in her careful con- sideration of his ...
... confidence was withheld from him she seemed desirous of compensating the involuntary fraud by every watchful and anxious attention to his comfort , and Mr. Campbell , fancying that he could read in her careful con- sideration of his ...
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Page 1 - She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love : A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky.
Page 3 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Page 212 - But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail...
Page 193 - And blushed and smiled the tale to hear, Poured from her dark-eyed cavalier ; And yet, I too must moralize, Albeit with gentler sympathies, Of all my own fond heart can tell Of love's despair, and love's farewell, — Its many miseries ; — its tears, Like lava, not like dew ; — its fears, That make hope painful ; — then its trust, So often trampled in the dust ; — Neglected, blighted, and betrayed, A sorrow and a mockery made ! Then change and adverse fortune, all That binds and keeps sweet...
Page 21 - give me to drink mandragora, " That I may sleep out this great gap of time
Page 244 - OVER the mountains And over the waves, Under the fountains And under the graves; Under floods that are deepest, Which Neptune obey ; Over rocks that are steepest, Love will find out the way.
Page 37 - Ch'io non son forte ad aspettar la luce Di questa donna, e non so fare schermi Di luoghi tenebrosi, o d
Page 247 - The Gods to their dear shelter take thee, maid, That rightly think'st and hast most rightly said.