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... entered he was observed to regard Bruin very attentively . Animated with the hope of pleasing the royal spectator , our bear performed wonders : he danced , caressed his master , and played a variety of tricks to which the sultan paid ...
... entered he was observed to regard Bruin very attentively . Animated with the hope of pleasing the royal spectator , our bear performed wonders : he danced , caressed his master , and played a variety of tricks to which the sultan paid ...
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... entered the lists to contend likewise for that of poetry . One of them with a harp in his hand , after having played a prelude , proposed the subject of dispute , another advanced in his turn , and singing after the same air , answered ...
... entered the lists to contend likewise for that of poetry . One of them with a harp in his hand , after having played a prelude , proposed the subject of dispute , another advanced in his turn , and singing after the same air , answered ...
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... entered into a contest on the subject of singing . Each of them valued his own talent . What bird , says the cuckoo , is capable of a strain so easy , so simple , so natural , and so distinctly mea- sured as mine ? And what bird , said ...
... entered into a contest on the subject of singing . Each of them valued his own talent . What bird , says the cuckoo , is capable of a strain so easy , so simple , so natural , and so distinctly mea- sured as mine ? And what bird , said ...
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" " he pushed through the circle with his friend , and entered the booth . Here , in the midst of a great crowd of people , of the lower class , he found a boy about ten years old seated , pouring forth , in a most melodious voice , the ...
" " he pushed through the circle with his friend , and entered the booth . Here , in the midst of a great crowd of people , of the lower class , he found a boy about ten years old seated , pouring forth , in a most melodious voice , the ...
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... entered the chapel just as the curtain was drawn from the front of the vestal gallery . It had before concealed the nuns from the observation of the spectators below , and now one of these lovely victims attracted much of the public ...
... entered the chapel just as the curtain was drawn from the front of the vestal gallery . It had before concealed the nuns from the observation of the spectators below , and now one of these lovely victims attracted much of the public ...
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Page 146 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blush'd at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 146 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in beauty's circle proudly gay ; The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms — the day Battle's magnificently stern array ! The thunder-clouds close o'er it, which when rent The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which her own clay shall cover, heaped and pent, Rider and horse — friend, foe, — in one red burial blent...
Page 146 - Cameron's gathering" rose ! The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard too have her Saxon foes: — How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill ! But with the breath which fills Their...
Page 146 - Brunswick's fated chieftain; he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with Death's prophetic ear; And when they smiled because he deem'd it near His heart more truly knew that peal too well Which stretch'd his father on a bloody bier, And roused the vengeance blood alone could quell : He rushed into the field, and, foremost fighting, fell.
Page 146 - Cameron's gathering' rose! The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes: How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their mountain-pipe, so fill the mountaineers With the fierce native daring which instils The stirring memory of a thousand years, And Evan's, Donald's fame rings in each clansman's ears!
Page 146 - Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness. And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated : who could guess If ever more should meet those mutual eyes, Since upon night so sweet such awful morn could rise!
Page 146 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While thronged the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips - 'The foe! they come! they come!
Page 235 - His bow'd head on his hands, and shook as 'twere With a convulsion— then arose again, And with his teeth and quivering hands did tear What he had written, but he shed no tears. And he did calm himself, and fix his brow Into a kind of quiet: as he paused, The Lady of his love re-enter'd there; She was serene and smiling then, and yet She knew she was by him beloved...
Page 145 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance; let joy be unconfined ! No sleep till morn, when youth and pleasure meet To chase the glowing hours with flying feet...
Page 147 - But when I stood beneath the fresh green tree, Which living waves where thou didst cease to live, And saw around me the wide field revive With fruits and fertile promise, and the Spring Come forth her work of gladness to contrive, With all her reckless birds upon the wing, I turn'd from all she brought to those she could not bring.