Five Years of it, Volume 1 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 20
Page 25
... doubt not , bachelor friends usque ad nauseam , even to being bored , ask some of them if they know aught about chambers in this locality of which I write ; and if they be frank with you ( as why should they not ? ) , I doubt not you ...
... doubt not , bachelor friends usque ad nauseam , even to being bored , ask some of them if they know aught about chambers in this locality of which I write ; and if they be frank with you ( as why should they not ? ) , I doubt not you ...
Page 38
... doubt that , to an arrant idler , a certain kind of poetry is a great assistance . And many an hour , together , during their college life , did they spend in the perusal of page after page of the older poets : one seeking from them a ...
... doubt that , to an arrant idler , a certain kind of poetry is a great assistance . And many an hour , together , during their college life , did they spend in the perusal of page after page of the older poets : one seeking from them a ...
Page 52
... 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 appropriately be the heading of every one of his own pages ; but every ...
... 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 appropriately be the heading of every one of his own pages ; but every ...
Page 57
... doubt , All Bedlam or Parnassus is let out . ' Poetry has been the order of the day- and I am quite out of the field : Huntingdon glowing with eloquence , and Annette just catching fire as you entered . " " Miss Fairfort , " remarked ...
... doubt , All Bedlam or Parnassus is let out . ' Poetry has been the order of the day- and I am quite out of the field : Huntingdon glowing with eloquence , and Annette just catching fire as you entered . " " Miss Fairfort , " remarked ...
Page 61
... Fairfort had arrived at many conclusions , differing considerably from those upon which society has affixed its permit . Hence , at least , she gained whatever benefits ( and some are inclined to doubt their FIVE YEARS OF IT . 61.
... Fairfort had arrived at many conclusions , differing considerably from those upon which society has affixed its permit . Hence , at least , she gained whatever benefits ( and some are inclined to doubt their FIVE YEARS OF IT . 61.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Afrel Annette Fairfort answered asked Author beautiful Betty Bingham Catalina chambers Church of England companion confess dance daughter dear doubt Earl Earl of Glamorgan Edgar Huntingdon Edward Bingham Etheridge exclaimed eyes face Fairfort Park fancy father fear feel fellow fond Frank gazed gentle girl Glenbarton Glendover going hand happy heard heart hero hills Horace Cooper J. F. Hope King's Bench Walk knew lady least listened London looked Lord Fairfort Lordship Marlborough-street Mary Linwood melancholy Miss Fairfort morning Nestfield never night noble Pall Mall Pampesterra pardon perhaps poem poet poetry Polesworth Ponsonby poor Post 8vo PUBLISHED replied rose seemed sister smile soothing sorrow spoke STREET stupid suffer suppose sure sweet tears tell thing thought tically tion told took utter Whig wish woman Woofinden words young
Popular passages
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.