The son of a geniusJ. Harris, 1817 - 172 pages |
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Page 1 - No jealousy their dawn of love o'ercast, Nor blasted were their wedded days with strife; Each season look'd delightful as it past, To the fond husband, and the faithful wife.
Page 72 - Keep innocency, and take heed to the thing that is right; for that will bring a man peace at the last.' " Sincerely I commended his choice ; and we had a most solemn discussion of happiness, not such as coincides with gaiety here, but hope of salvation hereafter. His mind has so religious a propensity, that it seems to me, whenever he leaves it to its natural bent, to incline immediately and instinctively...
Page 33 - But why should I his childish feats display? Concourse, and noise, and toil he ever fled; Nor cared to mingle in the clamorous fray Of squabbling imps; but to the forest sped, Or roam'd at large the lonely mountain's head, Or, where the maze of some bewilder'd stream To deep untrodden groves his footsteps led, There would he wander wild, till Phoebus' beam, Shot from the western cliff, released the weary team.
Page 153 - Ludovico would have assured his generous friend of all he felt ; but his heart was too full for utterance : — he cast his eye towards Mrs. Young. ' I see all you would say, my good boy,' said she, ' and feel assured that, for the first time in my life, I shall have an apprentice in my house whose conduct will be to his own honor and our satisfaction.
Page 165 - And now at length, to Edwin's ardent gaze The muse of history unrolls her page. But few, alas ! the scenes her art displays, To charm his fancy or his heart engage. Here chiefs their thirst of power in blood assuage, And straight their flames with tenfold fierceness burn: Here smiling virtue prompts the patriot's rage, But lo! ere long, is left alone to mourn...
Page 62 - To which she answered by complaining that she had only two left, and could get no more; at the same time lamenting she could not make them herself, as they were the most profitable articles she sold. Ludovico, after examining one, bought it of her ; as he did so, these words passed his mind, " silver and gold have I none, but such as I have give I unto thee.
Page 61 - Left in a great measure to his own management, Ludovico now worked incessantly, and when he had finished a little parcel of pictures took them out into the neighbouring villages of this populous district for sale, a circumstance of great utility to him, as the exercise he was thus obliged to take was of the greatest use to his health; and the country -women who bought his pictures frequently gave him a crust of bread and a bason of unadulterated milk, which •was far more nourishing than the unwholesome...
Page 129 - Dainties he heeded not, nor gaude, nor toy, Save one short pipe of rudest minstrelsy : Silent when glad ; affectionate, though shy ; And now his look was most demurely sad ; And now he laugh'd aloud, yet none knew why, The neighbours...
Page 147 - Mrs. Lewis was about to urge her necessities, when by a motion of his hand he entreated silence, and then proceeded to say — " This book of sketches is very valuable, and I will purchase it myself, that is, if you think your son has no inclination to become an engraver ; for if he has such an intention, I think it might be very beneficial to him, and I advise you to keep it for his use also if you are able to afford it.
Page 43 - I suppose in general people call a taste, or just having a liking for things, having a genius ; but if they think that will do, they are sadly mistaken ; I know that by myself. Why, mother, do you know I have been drawing your face and the baby's with pencil only...