Literary recreations; or, Scenes from real lifeWhittaker & Company, 1833 - 323 pages |
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... fell upon my ear , and entered my very soul . I felt disposed to move from my seat , but an invisible chain bound me to the spot . The unexpectedness of the sounds had deprived me of the proper exercise of thought : I gazed , with ...
... fell upon my ear , and entered my very soul . I felt disposed to move from my seat , but an invisible chain bound me to the spot . The unexpectedness of the sounds had deprived me of the proper exercise of thought : I gazed , with ...
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... fell upon a paper which lay on the mantel - piece , which contained , in a neat hand - evidently a female's - some wri- ting of a metrical order . Although , as I have stated , I am no poet , nor have the happiness to be able to decide ...
... fell upon a paper which lay on the mantel - piece , which contained , in a neat hand - evidently a female's - some wri- ting of a metrical order . Although , as I have stated , I am no poet , nor have the happiness to be able to decide ...
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... fell a profusion of snow - white hair , which seemed to proclaim " his lengthened years . ' A cane , the mounted head of which , threw back a dazzling sheen , as the sun's rays occasionally glanced upon it , supported his trembling ...
... fell a profusion of snow - white hair , which seemed to proclaim " his lengthened years . ' A cane , the mounted head of which , threw back a dazzling sheen , as the sun's rays occasionally glanced upon it , supported his trembling ...
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... fell full on a man figure , prostrate on the ground . We rushed eagerly towards it , and beheld , covered with clot- ted blood , which had flowed from a deep wound on the left cheek and forehead , the youthful Alfred . But Egbert was no ...
... fell full on a man figure , prostrate on the ground . We rushed eagerly towards it , and beheld , covered with clot- ted blood , which had flowed from a deep wound on the left cheek and forehead , the youthful Alfred . But Egbert was no ...
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... fell ; -and as his eyes closed , as he supposed in death , he saw Egbert rush fearfully from him towards the river , —and , until he found himself in his bed , no recollection of what afterwards followed , was possessed by him . " The ...
... fell ; -and as his eyes closed , as he supposed in death , he saw Egbert rush fearfully from him towards the river , —and , until he found himself in his bed , no recollection of what afterwards followed , was possessed by him . " The ...
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abode Adolphus affection affectionate agony Alfred anxiety appeared arms attention awhile beauty became beheld Belmont beloved bosom bright eye brother Captain cation cerned character charms cheek cheerful child Chowanskoi circumstances conduct countenance dear death ears Egbert Emma engaged entered Eudocia Eustace exclaimed father favoured fear feelings fell felt Freeport frequently friendship furnished gazed gentle gentleman George O'Brien Wyndham Gibraltar Gilbert grief habit hand happy Harmer heard heart honour Hugglescote instantly Lake Erie Laura looked Lord Exmouth marriage mind morning mother nature never noble observed occasion Ohobyholio Olivia Overreach parents passed perceived period person pleasure possessed present racter reached received retired river Avon rose scarcely scenes seat seemed silent smile Sobiesky soon sorrow soul spirit stood stranger tale tears things thought threw town trafficker in human turned uncon Valdai voice walked Waltingham wife youth
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Page 86 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
Page 112 - The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, At the presence of the LORD of the whole earth.
Page 211 - Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Page 69 - A messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture ! — Is it like ? — Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again : pronounce a text, Cry, hem ! and, reading -what they never wrote Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene.
Page 72 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 209 - A blank, my lord : She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek : she pined in thought ; And, with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Page 205 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Page 14 - To set before your sight your glorious race, That this presaging joy may fire your mind To seek the shores by destiny design'd." — "O father, can it be, that souls sublime Return to visit our terrestrial clime, And that the gen'rous mind, releas'd by death, Can covet lazy limbs and mortal breath?
Page 309 - Farewell ! a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him . The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 197 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.