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Page 112
... maiden lady who now , well ad- vanced in life , occupied the highest post of authority in the household , which had , for several years past , been transferred to her by the demise of the second wife . His sons had all abandoned the ...
... maiden lady who now , well ad- vanced in life , occupied the highest post of authority in the household , which had , for several years past , been transferred to her by the demise of the second wife . His sons had all abandoned the ...
Page 124
... maidens gathered around Blanche as a May - day queen ; the matrons possessed in Mistress Alice a discreet and kind friend , and the more sedate part of the population found an agreeable host in the worthy official himself . The family ...
... maidens gathered around Blanche as a May - day queen ; the matrons possessed in Mistress Alice a discreet and kind friend , and the more sedate part of the population found an agreeable host in the worthy official himself . The family ...
Page 128
... maiden's praises which every where rang through the province , an almost maternal delight . Scarcely a day passed over without some manifestation of this concern . New patterns of embroidery , music brought by the last ship from home ...
... maiden's praises which every where rang through the province , an almost maternal delight . Scarcely a day passed over without some manifestation of this concern . New patterns of embroidery , music brought by the last ship from home ...
Page 131
... call it love it was the very humbleness of devo- tion . Meantime the maiden , unconscious of her own rare perfections and innocent of all thought of this secret homage , found Master Albert much the ROB OF THE BOWL . 131.
... call it love it was the very humbleness of devo- tion . Meantime the maiden , unconscious of her own rare perfections and innocent of all thought of this secret homage , found Master Albert much the ROB OF THE BOWL . 131.
Page 133
... maiden had left her couch as early as himself , and tend- ed her plants before the dew had left the leaves , and thus it chanced that she would find him in his vocation ; and , like him , she took pleasure in gazing on that bright scene ...
... maiden had left her couch as early as himself , and tend- ed her plants before the dew had left the leaves , and thus it chanced that she would find him in his vocation ; and , like him , she took pleasure in gazing on that bright scene ...
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Page 23 - TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind, — That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you, too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much. Loved I not honour more.
Page 3 - And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain.
Page 3 - And tires their echoes with unvaried cries. Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall; And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away, thy children leave the land.
Page 227 - She turned her right and round about, And she swore by the mold, " I would not be your love," said she, " For that church full of gold.
Page 146 - Tobacco's a Musician, And in a pipe delighteth ; It descends in a close, Through the organs of the nose, With a relish that inviteth.
Page 112 - He scant had twenty seen. But who the countless charms can draw, That grac'd his mistress true ; Such charms the old world seldom saw, Nor oft I ween the new. Her raven hair plays round her neck, Like tendrils of the vine ; Her cheeks red dewy rose buds deck, Her eyes like diamonds shine.
Page 248 - A Ranger, lady, winds his horn, And 'tis at peep of light; His blast is heard at merry morn, And mine at dead of night.
Page 112 - An old song, made by an aged old pate, Of an old worshipful gentleman who had a great estate, That kept a brave old house at a bountiful rate, And an old porter to relieve the poor at his gate.
Page 126 - Which seemly was to see: A hood to that so neat and fine In colour like the columbine, Ywrought full featously. Her...
Page 248 - I list no more the tuck of drum, No more the trumpet hear ; But when the beetle sounds his hum My comrades take the spear.