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Page 24
... seen two or three score of carriages , in the day , with no mean coronets , and with even strawberry - leaves on the panels ( and the world , not I , makes much of these things ) , put down noble ladies , who have come from the far and ...
... seen two or three score of carriages , in the day , with no mean coronets , and with even strawberry - leaves on the panels ( and the world , not I , makes much of these things ) , put down noble ladies , who have come from the far and ...
Page 38
... seen each other for eight months , until the dance of the preceding evening , alluded to by Cooper . A dinner at Verrey's was agreed to . " I was very much pleased , " said Edgar , " with your sister . Apart from her being the 38 FIVE ...
... seen each other for eight months , until the dance of the preceding evening , alluded to by Cooper . A dinner at Verrey's was agreed to . " I was very much pleased , " said Edgar , " with your sister . Apart from her being the 38 FIVE ...
Page 50
... by accident , and stupid things on much the same principle . He wants self - criticism . It is seen , too , I think , in ' In Memoriam , ' --but I hope you admire that ? " " The author of ' In Memoriam ' ought to 50 FIVE YEARS OF IT .
... by accident , and stupid things on much the same principle . He wants self - criticism . It is seen , too , I think , in ' In Memoriam , ' --but I hope you admire that ? " " The author of ' In Memoriam ' ought to 50 FIVE YEARS OF IT .
Page 51
... seen- " Do not notice him , Mr. Huntingdon : he is in a self - contented contradictory mood to - day . He is as poetical , in reality , as the silliest of us . " " Of that I am fully aware ; and I know , too , that he appreciates this ...
... seen- " Do not notice him , Mr. Huntingdon : he is in a self - contented contradictory mood to - day . He is as poetical , in reality , as the silliest of us . " " Of that I am fully aware ; and I know , too , that he appreciates this ...
Page 63
... ones . " " Thanks for your consolation ! It's as you say . Handsome men " ( with a mock air ) " are at a discount . " Edgar thought that , withal , Cooper was mortified . He was to be seen at almost every FIVE YEARS OF IT . 63.
... ones . " " Thanks for your consolation ! It's as you say . Handsome men " ( with a mock air ) " are at a discount . " Edgar thought that , withal , Cooper was mortified . He was to be seen at almost every FIVE YEARS OF IT . 63.
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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.