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... light from the west room , cheering the young way- farer ; and now Bauby Rodger's very real and unsentimental voice calls from a little side - entrance to Mally , one of the maids in the kitchen pected at present to be keep behind the ...
... light from the west room , cheering the young way- farer ; and now Bauby Rodger's very real and unsentimental voice calls from a little side - entrance to Mally , one of the maids in the kitchen pected at present to be keep behind the ...
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... light in her face , as she droops it , with a melancholy grace , over her graceful work . You can discern , at first , that there is any- thing living at all in the apartment , only by the soft lulling sound of the wheel ; and so she ...
... light in her face , as she droops it , with a melancholy grace , over her graceful work . You can discern , at first , that there is any- thing living at all in the apartment , only by the soft lulling sound of the wheel ; and so she ...
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... light comes in , and a few leading facts appear . To these I shall address myself , and leave you to draw your own deduc- tions . One of the prime questions of the day in most of the northern , and some of the southern States , has ...
... light comes in , and a few leading facts appear . To these I shall address myself , and leave you to draw your own deduc- tions . One of the prime questions of the day in most of the northern , and some of the southern States , has ...
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sprang from a swelling indignant the light pressure of that golden heart ; then he uttered an inarticu- late sound , and , finding his voice gone , moved away to the door , and left the house . CHAPTER XIV . CHAPTER XV . Leonard saw the ...
sprang from a swelling indignant the light pressure of that golden heart ; then he uttered an inarticu- late sound , and , finding his voice gone , moved away to the door , and left the house . CHAPTER XIV . CHAPTER XV . Leonard saw the ...
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... light through the open doorway , into the death - room . And there , near the extinguished fire , And love spoke loud in the awak- ened human heart 1852. ] 57 My Novel ; or , Varieties in English Life . — Part XXII .
... light through the open doorway , into the death - room . And there , near the extinguished fire , And love spoke loud in the awak- ened human heart 1852. ] 57 My Novel ; or , Varieties in English Life . — Part XXII .
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Page 132 - That with no middle flight intends to soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.
Page 382 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven...
Page 386 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Page 382 - Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new possessor; one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
Page 380 - Who, from the terror of this arm, so late Doubted his empire — that were low indeed; That were an ignominy and shame beneath This downfall; since by fate the strength of Gods, And this empyreal substance, cannot fail; Since, through experience of this great event, In arms not worse, in foresight much advanced, We may with more successful hope resolve To wage by force or guile eternal war, Irreconcilable to our grand Foe, Who now triumphs, and in th' excess of joy Sole reigning holds the tyranny...
Page 380 - Extort from me. To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee, and deify his power Who from the terror of this arm so late Doubted his empire - that were low indeed, That were an ignominy...
Page 132 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Page 386 - To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers: Attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth: at last Words, interwove with sighs, found out their way.
Page 386 - ... suage With solemn touches troubled thoughts, and chase Anguish, and doubt, and fear, and sorrow, and pain From mortal or immortal minds. Thus they, Breathing united force, with fixed thought...
Page 386 - A shout, that tore hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air With orient colours waving : with them rose A forest huge of spears ; and thronging helms Appear'd, and serried shields in thick array Of depth immeasurable...