Thornwell Abbas, by Grant Lloyd, Volume 1S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1876 |
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... sing again . 66 Very well , " said she ; " I'm like the harp in Jack and the Bean - stalk . You know the giant put him on the table , and said , ' Play , ' and so he did . But I suppose he only knew one tune . I wonder what it was ...
... sing again . 66 Very well , " said she ; " I'm like the harp in Jack and the Bean - stalk . You know the giant put him on the table , and said , ' Play , ' and so he did . But I suppose he only knew one tune . I wonder what it was ...
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... sing Scotch songs before Scotch people , " she said , turning to Lady Grizel . " More honoured in the breach ... singing it when he came home from Westminster , and how poor dear old Top - boots ( an old acquaint- ance of ours , Mrs ...
... sing Scotch songs before Scotch people , " she said , turning to Lady Grizel . " More honoured in the breach ... singing it when he came home from Westminster , and how poor dear old Top - boots ( an old acquaint- ance of ours , Mrs ...
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... sing it to us now . " " Oh , do , do ! " said everybody . 66 ' Accompaniment and all ? " " Poker obbligato , " said ... singing , in a more than bravura style " The sun sets in night , and the stars shun the day , But glory remains when ...
... sing it to us now . " " Oh , do , do ! " said everybody . 66 ' Accompaniment and all ? " " Poker obbligato , " said ... singing , in a more than bravura style " The sun sets in night , and the stars shun the day , But glory remains when ...
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... sing that to her baby ! " thought Miss Hooker . In another minute the music ceased . She entered , and found herself being in- troduced , and heard Lady Grizel saying , " If any of us are going to drive , THORNWELL ABBAS . 25.
... sing that to her baby ! " thought Miss Hooker . In another minute the music ceased . She entered , and found herself being in- troduced , and heard Lady Grizel saying , " If any of us are going to drive , THORNWELL ABBAS . 25.
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... Grizel's Scotch will be found throughout rather broader than probably was the case in reality . It must be remembered that the Scotch accent cannot be conveyed on paper . " Well , if singing were all that were necessary CHAPTER III. ...
... Grizel's Scotch will be found throughout rather broader than probably was the case in reality . It must be remembered that the Scotch accent cannot be conveyed on paper . " Well , if singing were all that were necessary CHAPTER III. ...
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Page 13 - She sketched ; the vale, the wood, the beach, Grew lovelier from her pencil's shading : She botanized; I envied each Young blossom in her boudoir fading : She warbled Handel ; it was grand ; She made the Catalani jealous : She touched the organ; I could stand For hours and hours to blow the bellows.
Page 190 - The hunting of that day. The stout Earl of Northumberland A vow to God did make, His pleasure in the Scottish woods Three summer days to take; The chiefest harts in Chevy-Chase To kill and bear away.
Page 203 - O spare me a little, that I may recover my strength : before I go hence, and be no more seen.
Page 113 - Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days. The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.
Page 23 - The sun sets in night, and the stars shun the day; But glory remains when their lights fade away! Begin, ye tormentors! your threats are in vain, For the son of Alknomook shall never complain.
Page 13 - Well fill'd with all an album's glories; Paintings of butterflies, and Rome, Patterns for trimmings, Persian stories; Soft songs to Julia's cockatoo, Fierce odes to Famine and to Slaughter, And autographs of Prince Leboo, And recipes for elder-water.
Page 29 - Yet is it a talent of trust, a loan to be rendered back with interest; A delight, but redolent of care ; honey-sweet, but lacking not the bitter.
Page 97 - ... unwithered cheek, Thy temples fringed with locks of gleaming white, And head that droops because the soul is meek, Thee with the welcome Snowdrop I compare ; That child of winter, prompting thoughts that climb From desolation toward the genial prime ; Or with the Moon conquering earth's misty air, And filling more and more with crystal light As pensive Evening deepens into night.
Page 147 - Your charms would make me true. To you no soul shall bear deceit, No stranger offer wrong; But friends in all the aged you'll meet, And lovers in the young. But when they learn that you have blest Another with your heart, They'll bid aspiring passion rest...
Page 205 - She loves her fire, her cottage-home : yet o'er the moorland will she roam in weather rough and bleak; and, when against the wind she strains, O might I kiss the mountain rains that sparkle on her cheek ! Take all that's mine beneath the moon...