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... never with those fiercer emotions , which have been too much dragged of late into public notice . A taste vitiated by a constant perusal of works constructed in the modern school of French ro- mance , will probably turn away from it as ...
... never with those fiercer emotions , which have been too much dragged of late into public notice . A taste vitiated by a constant perusal of works constructed in the modern school of French ro- mance , will probably turn away from it as ...
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... never hiding from him , her knowledge of the engage- ment that subsisted between them , had won his warmest approval of the character of her beloved Helen by her glowing des- cription of her beauty and excellence . She pourtrayed her ...
... never hiding from him , her knowledge of the engage- ment that subsisted between them , had won his warmest approval of the character of her beloved Helen by her glowing des- cription of her beauty and excellence . She pourtrayed her ...
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... never before been subjected , and Mr. Campbell turned his eyes uneasily to the door , and withdrew them with a frown each time the old man's ad- ditional duties imposed an exit or entrance upon him . At last the tea was discussed and ...
... never before been subjected , and Mr. Campbell turned his eyes uneasily to the door , and withdrew them with a frown each time the old man's ad- ditional duties imposed an exit or entrance upon him . At last the tea was discussed and ...
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... Never ! " was the unconscious but most emphatic reply . " I shall not give up my opinion that it is as fine as any I have seen in Italy ; if the atmosphere be less rarified and the firmament less intensely clear , surely those beautiful ...
... Never ! " was the unconscious but most emphatic reply . " I shall not give up my opinion that it is as fine as any I have seen in Italy ; if the atmosphere be less rarified and the firmament less intensely clear , surely those beautiful ...
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... never seen the sunset but upon her native hills , and very little value can be at tached to the judgment that embraces only one side of the case . " " I think nothing can possibly surpass the sunsets of my native hills , " said He- len ...
... never seen the sunset but upon her native hills , and very little value can be at tached to the judgment that embraces only one side of the case . " " I think nothing can possibly surpass the sunsets of my native hills , " said He- len ...
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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.