Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 29Jno. R. Thompson, 1859 - Literature |
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... face wore the same cold and gloomy expres- sion which had characterized it on the night ride . 66 Falconbridge , " he said in a low , earnest tone , " have you any confidence in me - do you regard me as a true man , as an honest soldier ...
... face wore the same cold and gloomy expres- sion which had characterized it on the night ride . 66 Falconbridge , " he said in a low , earnest tone , " have you any confidence in me - do you regard me as a true man , as an honest soldier ...
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... face and believe for an in- stant that it masked a heart full of guile ? For the instant his possessing thought dis- appeared - he no longer doubted - he yielded to the enchantment of eye and lip and voice . But this change could not be ...
... face and believe for an in- stant that it masked a heart full of guile ? For the instant his possessing thought dis- appeared - he no longer doubted - he yielded to the enchantment of eye and lip and voice . But this change could not be ...
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... face . That face was raised , and the black eyes were rivetted upon his own with a sorrowful forgiveness , a tender melancholy which were inexpressibly beautiful . They swam in tears - but through the tears broke a sad smile which made ...
... face . That face was raised , and the black eyes were rivetted upon his own with a sorrowful forgiveness , a tender melancholy which were inexpressibly beautiful . They swam in tears - but through the tears broke a sad smile which made ...
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... face him ! ' I solemnly declare that these were her exact words . I leave the read- ers of this paper to decide if in many cases they would not have produced that awful tragedy , a mortal contest between brothers . I said nothing ...
... face him ! ' I solemnly declare that these were her exact words . I leave the read- ers of this paper to decide if in many cases they would not have produced that awful tragedy , a mortal contest between brothers . I said nothing ...
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... face of nature resembles some great hall , from which the gorgeous hangings have been torn , the trophies of banners removed - in which the lights are slowly going out , as after a great revel , when the guests have all departed . The ...
... face of nature resembles some great hall , from which the gorgeous hangings have been torn , the trophies of banners removed - in which the lights are slowly going out , as after a great revel , when the guests have all departed . The ...
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Page 143 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge ; And in the visitation of the winds, "Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deaf'ning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly * death itself awakes...
Page 144 - Sleepless! and soon the small birds' melodies Must hear, first uttered from my orchard trees; And the first cuckoo's melancholy cry. Even thus last night, and two nights more, I lay, And could not win thee, Sleep! by any stealth: So do not let me wear...
Page 224 - I myself thought good to imitate the Italian fashion by this forked cutting of meate, not only while I was in Italy, but also in Germany, and oftentimes in England since I came home...
Page 143 - Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And, in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king ? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Page 320 - She smiled on many just for fun ; I knew that there was nothing in it ; I was the first — the only — one Her heart had thought of for a minute : I knew it, for she told me so In phrase which was divinely moulded. She wrote a charming hand, and oh How sweetly all her notes were folded I Our love was like most other loves — A little glow, a little shiver, A rosebud and a pair of gloves, And
Page 328 - Where are my friends? I am alone; No playmate shares my beaker: Some lie beneath the churchyard stone, And some — before the Speaker; And some compose a tragedy, And some compose a rondo; And some draw sword for Liberty, And some draw pleas for John Doe. Tom Mill was used to blacken eyes Without the fear of sessions; Charles...
Page 143 - Seized on her sinless soul ? Must then that peerless form Which love and admiration cannot view Without a beating heart, those azure veins Which steal like streams along a field of snow, That lovely outline, which is fair As breathing marble, perish...
Page 271 - I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Page 143 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Page 263 - Excudent alii spirantia mollius aera, Credo equidem, vivos ducent de marmore vultus, Orabunt causas melius, caelique meatus Describent radio et surgentia sidera dicent; Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento : Hae tibi erunt artes, pacisque imponere morem, Parcere subiectis, et debellare superbos.