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... Miss Fairfort ? Come now , be honest . " He turned to the others . " I assure you , Huntingdon danced with her the whole night . She certainly comes up to old Terence's description- " Voltu , Sosia ! Adeo modesto , adeo venusto , ut ...
... Miss Fairfort ? Come now , be honest . " He turned to the others . " I assure you , Huntingdon danced with her the whole night . She certainly comes up to old Terence's description- " Voltu , Sosia ! Adeo modesto , adeo venusto , ut ...
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... Miss Fairfort entered . His eyes , as he turned , fell with all an artist's frankness , yet all an artist's delicacy , upon a figure of moderate height , but so elegant and so finely proportioned that nothing could have enhanced , and ...
... Miss Fairfort entered . His eyes , as he turned , fell with all an artist's frankness , yet all an artist's delicacy , upon a figure of moderate height , but so elegant and so finely proportioned that nothing could have enhanced , and ...
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... Fairfort . " If I am to judge by appearances , Miss Fairfort , last night's exertions have not much trespassed upon the comfort of to- day . " " Appearances are right , for once , though it was my first dance this season , " she re ...
... Fairfort . " If I am to judge by appearances , Miss Fairfort , last night's exertions have not much trespassed upon the comfort of to- day . " " Appearances are right , for once , though it was my first dance this season , " she re ...
Page 52
... Miss Fairfort , " the world likes egotism in poets ? " " No doubt it does . It is pleased when a great man dissects his heart for its amuse- ment ; but then he must do it in a manner appreciable by them . Byron's name might ...
... Miss Fairfort , " the world likes egotism in poets ? " " No doubt it does . It is pleased when a great man dissects his heart for its amuse- ment ; but then he must do it in a manner appreciable by them . Byron's name might ...
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... Miss Fairfort ; but they are strikingly true , and will do as well noted down here as elsewhere . And again I say , that it is impossible to form any conjecture as to how long the above conversation would have lasted , had not Lord ...
... Miss Fairfort ; but they are strikingly true , and will do as well noted down here as elsewhere . And again I say , that it is impossible to form any conjecture as to how long the above conversation would have lasted , had not Lord ...
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Page 57 - SHUT, shut the door, good John! fatigued, I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide? They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land...
Page 190 - And shadows forth its glory. There is given Unto the things of earth, which Time hath bent, A Spirit's feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the Palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till Ages are its dower.
Page 132 - thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us - by that God we both adore Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.