The Album, Volume 3J. Andrews., 1823 - Great Britain |
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... seemed to forget that he was great also . The latter years of Mr. Kemble's life were passed abroad , which deprived his friends of his society - but still he was a reality to their hearts ; and his death wounds more , perhaps , instead ...
... seemed to forget that he was great also . The latter years of Mr. Kemble's life were passed abroad , which deprived his friends of his society - but still he was a reality to their hearts ; and his death wounds more , perhaps , instead ...
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... seemed to shake , and fear your looks , She loved them most . ОTH . And so she did . Is not this phrase , " And so she did , " mere " house- hold words ; " - and yet , who of our readers have not been thrilled to the marrow by their ...
... seemed to shake , and fear your looks , She loved them most . ОTH . And so she did . Is not this phrase , " And so she did , " mere " house- hold words ; " - and yet , who of our readers have not been thrilled to the marrow by their ...
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... seemed very readily to accept - for I now , by an effort of memory , can just recollect that it blew a storm , and rained torrents nearly the whole night long , till four o'clock in the morning ; at which time I , and a young Cantab who ...
... seemed very readily to accept - for I now , by an effort of memory , can just recollect that it blew a storm , and rained torrents nearly the whole night long , till four o'clock in the morning ; at which time I , and a young Cantab who ...
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... they were - the bustle in the house be- came universal - it thickened at a particular point which seemed to be over our heads - and suddenly , the door of our dormitory flying open , in rushed a tumultuous rout 40 FIGHTING REMINISCENCES .
... they were - the bustle in the house be- came universal - it thickened at a particular point which seemed to be over our heads - and suddenly , the door of our dormitory flying open , in rushed a tumultuous rout 40 FIGHTING REMINISCENCES .
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... seemed as certain about as if it had already taken place - indicated them to be no other than a party of Bristolians , come to share in the honours and profits of the day , and to laud themselves in the person of their hero : and such ...
... seemed as certain about as if it had already taken place - indicated them to be no other than a party of Bristolians , come to share in the honours and profits of the day , and to laud themselves in the person of their hero : and such ...
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Page 21 - I'll not shed her blood, Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow, And smooth as monumental alabaster. Yet she must die, else she'll betray more men. Put out the light, and then put out the light.
Page 298 - Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But, oh ! she dances such a way— No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.
Page 410 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Page 429 - Why, this is hell, nor am I out of it. Think'st thou that I, who saw the face of God And tasted the eternal joys of heaven, Am not tormented with ten thousand hells, In being depriv'd of everlasting bliss?
Page 388 - In a dramatic composition the imagery and the passion should interpenetrate one another, the former being reserved simply for the full developement and illustration of the latter. Imagination is as the immortal God which should assume flesh for the redemption of mortal passion.
Page 410 - She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay.
Page 153 - And falling and brawling and sprawling, And driving and riving and striving, And sprinkling and twinkling and wrinkling, And sounding...
Page 97 - Tis but as ivy-leaves around the ruin'd turret wreath, All green and wildly fresh without, but worn and grey beneath. Oh, could I feel as I have felt, — or be what I have been, Or weep as I could once have wept, o'er many a vanish'd scene ; As springs in deserts found seem sweet, all brackish though they be, So, midst the wither'd waste of life, those tears would flow to me.
Page 94 - My joy was in the Wilderness, to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build, nor insect's wing Flit o'er the herbless granite...
Page 153 - Sounds and motions forever and ever are blending, All at once and all o'er, with a mighty uproar, — And this way the water comes down at Lodore.