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... knew my passion , and never expressed any disapprobation * Trapani - a city and port on the north- western coast of Sicily . It was anciently called Drepanum , from the form of its harbour , which was thought to resemble a sickle . of ...
... knew my passion , and never expressed any disapprobation * Trapani - a city and port on the north- western coast of Sicily . It was anciently called Drepanum , from the form of its harbour , which was thought to resemble a sickle . of ...
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... knew what they were engaged in ; nor should I , at that time , have understood the mode of the partition , had not Fetallah come up to me , and said in Italian , Christian , thou now art mine ; thou art given to me for the value of two ...
... knew what they were engaged in ; nor should I , at that time , have understood the mode of the partition , had not Fetallah come up to me , and said in Italian , Christian , thou now art mine ; thou art given to me for the value of two ...
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... knew me , on the thirtieth ultimo , as stated in the public journals . I am not sexton to half a dozen parishes ; and I know nothing about the keys of any engine whatever . I do not beat carpets , nor undertake porter's work ; I did not ...
... knew me , on the thirtieth ultimo , as stated in the public journals . I am not sexton to half a dozen parishes ; and I know nothing about the keys of any engine whatever . I do not beat carpets , nor undertake porter's work ; I did not ...
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... knew that they must at all events tian damsel , of that name , and of such. as , hands , considered how he might allay the discord which had arisen , and at the same time obtain possession of the desired object , without giving cause to ...
... knew that they must at all events tian damsel , of that name , and of such. as , hands , considered how he might allay the discord which had arisen , and at the same time obtain possession of the desired object , without giving cause to ...
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... knew in that city a gentleman of rich and noble parentage , named Ricardo . On hearing which , Leonisa heaved a deep sigh , and said , " Yes , I do know him , to my misfortune . " " How to your misfortune ? ” inquired Mahomet ...
... knew in that city a gentleman of rich and noble parentage , named Ricardo . On hearing which , Leonisa heaved a deep sigh , and said , " Yes , I do know him , to my misfortune . " " How to your misfortune ? ” inquired Mahomet ...
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Page 65 - When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray ; What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die.
Page 158 - My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound: 10 I grant I never saw a goddess go; My mistress, when she walks,...
Page 42 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Page 390 - He appears, by his modest and unaffected narration, to have described things as he saw them, to have copied nature from the life, and to have consulted his senses, not his imagination. He meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes; his crocodiles devour their prey without tears; and his cataracts fall from the rock without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants.
Page 56 - ... the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, and Mazarine, &c., a French boy singing love-songs,* in that glorious gallery, whilst about twenty of the great courtiers and other dissolute persons were at Basset round a large table, a bank of at least 2000 in gold before them ; upon which two gentlemen who were with me made reflections with astonishment. Six days after was all in the dust...
Page 12 - And rapt Urania sings to thee. Oh, let me pierce thy secret cell, And in thy deep recesses dwell ! Perhaps from Norwood's oak-clad hill, When Meditation has her fill, I just may cast my careless eyes Where London's spiry turrets rise, Think of its crimes, its cares, its pain, Then shield me in the woods again.
Page 56 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God, (it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland...
Page 200 - ... coursing along the sands ; trains of ducks streaming over the surface ; silent and watchful cranes, intent and wading ; clamorous crows, and all the winged multitudes that subsist by the bounty of this vast liquid magazine of nature. " High over all these hovers one, whose action instantly arrests his attention.