The Ladies' Companion, Volumes 11-12William W. Snowden, 1839 |
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... appeared a village , half hidden by trees and bedded in vineyards ; and about midway between that and the gorge , a small hostelry with rude stables and out - houses , || stood directly on the highway . The whole valley was evidently ...
... appeared a village , half hidden by trees and bedded in vineyards ; and about midway between that and the gorge , a small hostelry with rude stables and out - houses , || stood directly on the highway . The whole valley was evidently ...
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... appeared not to notice his emotion , but proceeded , as if carried away by the in- terest of his subject . " ' Sdeath ! how her haughty lip writhed - how eagerly those little fingers clutched the dagger ! " " And did she strike him ...
... appeared not to notice his emotion , but proceeded , as if carried away by the in- terest of his subject . " ' Sdeath ! how her haughty lip writhed - how eagerly those little fingers clutched the dagger ! " " And did she strike him ...
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... appeared so infatuated with ? " " The same . He grows more and more infatuated every hour ; he follows her every ... appearance , nor do I care much about his gentle- ness , and smoothness , and perseverance - they are all well enough in ...
... appeared so infatuated with ? " " The same . He grows more and more infatuated every hour ; he follows her every ... appearance , nor do I care much about his gentle- ness , and smoothness , and perseverance - they are all well enough in ...
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... appeared like pig- mies , and no doubt we appeared quite as much like Lilli- putians to them . I was struck , on landing , with the commercial noise and bustle , and the appearance of great business . The lower town had arisen from its ...
... appeared like pig- mies , and no doubt we appeared quite as much like Lilli- putians to them . I was struck , on landing , with the commercial noise and bustle , and the appearance of great business . The lower town had arisen from its ...
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... appeared not bright , ' Twas a scene no soul could shun . That morn a ship made sail for sea , And friends beheld it go Out of the bay - how silently- How noiselessly and slow ! Not a heart but bent in its prayer the knee That a ...
... appeared not bright , ' Twas a scene no soul could shun . That morn a ship made sail for sea , And friends beheld it go Out of the bay - how silently- How noiselessly and slow ! Not a heart but bent in its prayer the knee That a ...
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Page 214 - There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possessed of them.
Page 268 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator ! oft in bands While they keep watch, or nightly rounding walk, With heavenly touch of instrumental sounds, In full harmonic number join'd, their songs Divide the night,...
Page 195 - I say, that if one train of thinking be more desirable than another, it is that which regards the phenomena of nature with a constant reference to a supreme intelligent Author.
Page 147 - O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mony a vow and lock'd embrace Our parting was fu' tender; And pledging aft to meet again, We tore oursels asunder; But, Oh!
Page 298 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly : if the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, With his surcease, success ; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, — We'd jump the life to come.
Page 73 - Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
Page 242 - To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labour tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution. It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity ; for smiles and embroidery are alike occasional, and the mind is often dressed for show in painted honour and fictitious benevolence.
Page 147 - And mouldering now in silent dust, That heart that lo'ed me dearly ! But still within my bosom's core Shall live my Highland Mary.
Page 154 - Thou hast green laurel leaves, that twine Into so proud a wreath, For that resplendent gift of thine Heroes have smiled in death : Give me from some kind hand a flower, The record of one happy hour ! Thou hast a voice, whose thrilling tone Can bid each life-pulse beat...
Page 129 - There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the Hood, leads on to fortune ; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows, and in miseries.