Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 57Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith Richard Bentley, 1865 - Literature |
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... King of Sardinia Facts and Fancies . . 256 . 268 The Bride of Leon . By Louisa Stuart Costello . . 278 Tasso . 289 Matthew Bramble . Typically considered . By Francis Jacox . 295 Specimens of German Humour The Albanian Lakes Antoine ...
... King of Sardinia Facts and Fancies . . 256 . 268 The Bride of Leon . By Louisa Stuart Costello . . 278 Tasso . 289 Matthew Bramble . Typically considered . By Francis Jacox . 295 Specimens of German Humour The Albanian Lakes Antoine ...
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... king and queen . Preceded by the Duc de Monbazon , bearing his wand of office , and walking backwards , the young ... king's notice , but not that of Marie de Medicis , who appeared much struck by their ap- pearance , and vouchsafed them ...
... king and queen . Preceded by the Duc de Monbazon , bearing his wand of office , and walking backwards , the young ... king's notice , but not that of Marie de Medicis , who appeared much struck by their ap- pearance , and vouchsafed them ...
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... king being as yet without issue by his union with Anne of Austria . Of an ambitious nature , and indis- posed to wait the due course of events , Gaston was ever conspiring against his royal brother , but his designs were invariably ...
... king being as yet without issue by his union with Anne of Austria . Of an ambitious nature , and indis- posed to wait the due course of events , Gaston was ever conspiring against his royal brother , but his designs were invariably ...
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... king's notice , for his majesty rarely troubles himself about strangers , but it is lucky that Cardinal Richelieu did not remark you . " " Under these circumstances , M. le Duc , will it be prudent to proceed to the Louvre ? " said ...
... king's notice , for his majesty rarely troubles himself about strangers , but it is lucky that Cardinal Richelieu did not remark you . " " Under these circumstances , M. le Duc , will it be prudent to proceed to the Louvre ? " said ...
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... king and a lovely queen were at the Louvre that night , and Charles and Bucking- ham were free to admit that they had never seen so many charm- ing dames and noble - looking cavaliers as were now met together . Something of this effect ...
... king and a lovely queen were at the Louvre that night , and Charles and Bucking- ham were free to admit that they had never seen so many charm- ing dames and noble - looking cavaliers as were now met together . Something of this effect ...
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Anne of Austria appearance arms arrived asked beautiful Buckingham Calle de Alcala called Calopulo Casilda Catharine Chambord Charles château Chevilly Clotilde Conde Cornaro Count countess court cried dinner Doge Doña door Duke de Cea exclaimed eyes father favour feeling Foxey Prowler France French Gneisenau Gondomar Graham hand heard heart Heaven honour horses hour Infanta Ismé Italy king lady laugh little Rosey look lord Louis Lucio Madame Madrid majesty Marco Marie de Medicis Matozinhos Melwood Michel Monbazon morning mother Nelly Neumann never night noble Olivarez once Oporto palace Paris party passed Philip present prince princess queen rejoined remarked replied returned round royal señor Signor Tomkins Sir Edgar Sir Richard Graham sister smile soon stood tell Theresa thou thought took turned wife wish words young
Popular passages
Page 410 - Of sun and moon, and that the affrighted globe Should yawn at alteration.
Page 71 - To those that wring under the load of sorrow, But no man's virtue nor sufficiency To be so moral when he shall endure The like himself. Therefore give me no counsel. My griefs cry louder than advertisement.
Page 619 - But I must also feel it as a man: I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me. Did heaven look on, And would not take their part? Sinful Macduff, They were all struck for thee!
Page 521 - When from the censer clouds of fragrance roll, And swelling organs lift the rising soul, One thought of thee puts all the pomp to flight, Priests, tapers, temples, swim before my sight : In seas of flame my plunging soul is drown'd, While altars blaze, and angels tremble round.
Page 523 - Soft shall be his pillow. There, through the summer day, Cool streams are laving ; There, while the tempests sway, Scarce are boughs waving ; There, thy rest shalt thou take, Parted for ever, Never again to wake, Never, O never.
Page 618 - If you do love old men, if your sweet sway Allow obedience, if yourselves are old, Make it your cause ; send down, and take my part...
Page 619 - If that the heavens do not their visible spirits Send quickly down to tame these vile offences, It will come, Humanity must perforce prey on itself, Like monsters of the deep.
Page 411 - The morning after my exit the sun will rise as bright as ever, the flowers smell as sweet, the plants spring as green, the world will proceed in its old course, people will laugh as heartily and marry as fast as they were used to do. " The memory of man," as it is elegantly expressed in the Book of Wisdom, " passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but one day.
Page 295 - He affects misanthropy, in order to conceal the sensibility of a heart, which is tender, even to a degree of weakness.
Page 78 - An acre in Middlesex is better than a principality in Utopia. The smallest actual good is better than the most magnificent promises of impossibilities. The wise man of the Stoics would, no doubt, be a grander object than a steamengine. But there are steam-engines. And the wise man of the Stoics is yet to be born.