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... soon after , he determined to visit Victoria for the purpose of paying to her the compli- ments of the season ; a custom which he had hitherto held in such aversion , that usually , at this period , he went into the country , that he ...
... soon after , he determined to visit Victoria for the purpose of paying to her the compli- ments of the season ; a custom which he had hitherto held in such aversion , that usually , at this period , he went into the country , that he ...
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... it has in common with the greater part of the trees and plants in this island ; though it is soon lost when the branches are separated from the NO . 1. N. s . с trunks or stems . The leaves of these trees also THE POCKET MAGAZINE . 13.
... it has in common with the greater part of the trees and plants in this island ; though it is soon lost when the branches are separated from the NO . 1. N. s . с trunks or stems . The leaves of these trees also THE POCKET MAGAZINE . 13.
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... soon sink in the ex- ertion of a hearty laugh . I ween we should think it rather quaint were a pun to pop its head out of some of the brilliant strains of the once majestic Byron , or to appear in the wild luxuriant minstrelsy of Walter ...
... soon sink in the ex- ertion of a hearty laugh . I ween we should think it rather quaint were a pun to pop its head out of some of the brilliant strains of the once majestic Byron , or to appear in the wild luxuriant minstrelsy of Walter ...
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... soon grow old in the service of the stage ; that the Trees have shot up amazingly , and are now become pop'lar ; that Kean is a sharp actor , & c . & c . & c . It is the frequent occurrence of these puns , which by their eternal ...
... soon grow old in the service of the stage ; that the Trees have shot up amazingly , and are now become pop'lar ; that Kean is a sharp actor , & c . & c . & c . It is the frequent occurrence of these puns , which by their eternal ...
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... soon as the wheat blossoms , it meets with a new enemy . It is then haunted by an orange - coloured gnat , which deposits its eggs in the centre of the corolla . When these eggs are hatched into larvæ , they effectually stop the ...
... soon as the wheat blossoms , it meets with a new enemy . It is then haunted by an orange - coloured gnat , which deposits its eggs in the centre of the corolla . When these eggs are hatched into larvæ , they effectually stop the ...
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Page 174 - He is made one with Nature. There is heard His voice in all her music, from the moan Of thunder to the song of night's sweet bird. He is a presence to be felt and known In darkness and in light, from herb and stone ; Spreading itself where'er that Power may move Which has withdrawn his being to its own, Which wields the world with never-wearied love, Sustains it from beneath, and kindles it above.
Page 223 - And this is in the night: — Most glorious night! Thou wert not sent for slumber! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight, — A portion of the tempest and of thee!
Page 174 - His part, while the one Spirit's plastic stress Sweeps through the dull dense world, compelling there, All new successions to the forms they wear; Torturing th' unwilling dross that checks its flight To its own likeness, as each mass may bear; And bursting in its beauty and its might From trees and beasts and men into the Heaven's light.
Page 350 - Are Erin's sons so good or so cold, As not to be tempted by woman or gold ? " " Sir Knight ! I feel not the least alarm, No son of Erin will offer me harm : — For though they love woman and golden store, Sir Knight ! they love honor and virtue more...
Page 50 - Oh the Shamrock, the green, immortal Shamrock ! Chosen leaf Of Bard and Chief, Old Erin's native Shamrock...
Page 170 - Oh ! still remember me. Then, should music, stealing All the soul of feeling, To thy heart appealing, Draw one tear from thee ; Then let...
Page 24 - I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Page 165 - It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale; look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east: Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops: I must be gone and live, or stay and die.
Page 390 - Tis sweet to hear At midnight on the blue and moonlit deep The song and oar of Adria's gondolier, By distance mellow'd, o'er the waters sweep ; Tis sweet to see the evening star appear ; 'Tis sweet to listen as the night-winds creep From leaf to leaf; 'tis sweet to view on high The rainbow, based on ocean, span the sky.
Page 91 - Yet faded from him; Sidney, as he fought And as he fell and as he lived and loved Sublimely mild, a Spirit without spot, Arose; and Lucan, by his death approved: Oblivion as they rose shrank like a thing reproved.