Friendship's OfferingPhillips and Sampson, 1850 - Gift books |
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Adelé Amelie arms beauty beneath Bernhard Blanche bosom Brahmins bright brow chamber child Cordelia courser Cousin Kate danger dark daughter dear death door dread dreams entered exclaimed eyes face fair father fear feeling felt Femme Noir Flora Macdonald flowers gaze gentle George Stanley girl hand happy hear heard heart heaven horse hour husband Julian Lady Somerton laugh light looked Madame le Croix Maitreya Marion Mary master Medwin merry Monsieur le Croix morning mother mountains never night Omad Omad's Palak pale passed passion Percival Phúr Phúr-Zadeh poor Prince racter Radamika replied Robert rose round SARTAIN scarcely scene seemed silence Sir Hugh Sir Pierre sister slave smile soldiers Somerton Park spoke stood stranger Susan sweet tears tender thee thou thought tion told tomb trembled turned Verona vile bands vizier voice waves white squall white wolf wife young youth
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Page 109 - Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick: with them the oars were silver; "Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It...
Page 112 - as this miserable hovel! — " And if it should not be Juliet's tomb after all ! " Out, sceptic ! The tradition goes far back. The dull Veronese themselves do not question it ! Why should we ? We all bear about us the prototype of that scene. That which made the passion and the glory of our youth, the Juliet of the heart, when once it has died and left us, lies not its tomb within us, forgotten and...
Page 124 - Come on, sir; here's the place: — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 155 - Ah, you may smile ; but in those days, and in those mountains, such men as ' the master ' did not trouble themselves or others with knowledge: but the master of Rohean read both Latin and Greek, and commanded THE BOOK he had never opened since his childhood to be brought him. It was taken out of its velvet case, and carried in forthwith; and we saw his shadow from without, like the shadow of a giant, bending over THE BOOK; and he read in it for some days; and we greatly hoped it would soften and...
Page 319 - They steered the giant cloud Through heaven at will, and with the meteor flash Came down in death or sport ; ay, when the storm Shook the old woods, they rode, on rainbow wings, The tempest ; and, anon, they reined its rage In its fierce mid career.
Page 141 - ... in broad daylight, when the sunbeams dance upon the grass, and the deepest forest glades are spotted and checkered only by the tender shadows of leafy trees ; when the rugged castle, that looked so mysterious and so stern in the looming night, seems suited for a lady's bower ; when the rushing waterfall sparkles in diamond showers, and the hum of bee and song of bird tune the thoughts to hopes of life and happiness ; people may laugh at ghosts then, if they like, but as for me, I never could...
Page 155 - Viva! les cannoniers!' and then he would pause, and clang his hands together like a pair of cymbals, and laugh. And once, as I was passing along, he pounced out upon me, and whirled me round in a waltz, roaring at me when he let me down, to practise that and break my embroidery frame. He formed a band of horns and trumpets, and insisted on the goatherds and shepherds sounding reveille's in the mountains, and the village children beating drums; — his only idea of joy and happiness was noise.
Page 34 - You are afraid of the stranger, whom, for the last three nights they have observed about the grounds," said Monsieur le Croix. " What harm have we to apprehend from him ? " " What brings him here, and at night? " " What mischief can he do, and alone?" "He may have associates, who are at hand;" said Madame le Croix, after a pause. " Did you not part in anger with Julian ? " added she. "Do you think 'tis Julian?" asked Monsieur le Croix. " Julian could not meditate any injury to us," said Madame le...
Page 115 - Then, lady, I must pay it before sunset ; so, by your leave, I will wait on him in an hour." Lady Somerton hurried to her chamber, where, casting one rapid glance around, to be certain that she was alone, she gave vent to her feelings in a flood of tears. But this was no hour for the indulgence of such feminine weakness ; and soon removing all outward signs of her emotion, she separated the two bouquets, although terrified in the midst of the task by the sound of a bell which proclaimed the quick...