Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 57Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith Richard Bentley, 1865 - Literature |
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... look around . Charles and his companions escaped the king's notice , but not that of Marie de Medicis , who appeared much struck by their ap- pearance , and vouchsafed them a gracious smile . Little did Louis XIII . deem that within a ...
... look around . Charles and his companions escaped the king's notice , but not that of Marie de Medicis , who appeared much struck by their ap- pearance , and vouchsafed them a gracious smile . Little did Louis XIII . deem that within a ...
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... look that vibrated to her heart , and awakened an emotion such as she had never previously experienced . A kind of ... looks have been fixed upon us . " 66 Amongst others , those of the princess , " replied Buckingham . " She has ...
... look that vibrated to her heart , and awakened an emotion such as she had never previously experienced . A kind of ... looks have been fixed upon us . " 66 Amongst others , those of the princess , " replied Buckingham . " She has ...
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... look down with such complacency - recognise and appreciate the state of affairs : they are contented with the instalment which circumstances offer , and refuse , by obstinately adhering to a glorious hope which is not easily realisable ...
... look down with such complacency - recognise and appreciate the state of affairs : they are contented with the instalment which circumstances offer , and refuse , by obstinately adhering to a glorious hope which is not easily realisable ...
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... look round . His errand was to the post - office , and , turning his back on the glorious pile , he soon found himself at the Bureau in the Contrada dei Rastrelli opposite , where he asked if any letters had arrived to his address ...
... look round . His errand was to the post - office , and , turning his back on the glorious pile , he soon found himself at the Bureau in the Contrada dei Rastrelli opposite , where he asked if any letters had arrived to his address ...
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... look into the street . " Ever yours ( not his ) , " CLOTILDE . " " P.S. I have found out where he keeps that paper . You shall have it ! " 66 " La fameuse largue ! " exclaimed Adolphe , folding up the note , after again referring to the ...
... look into the street . " Ever yours ( not his ) , " CLOTILDE . " " P.S. I have found out where he keeps that paper . You shall have it ! " 66 " La fameuse largue ! " exclaimed Adolphe , folding up the note , after again referring to the ...
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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.