Friendly contributions, for the benefit of three infant schools, in the parish of Kensington [ed. by lady M. Fox, Volume 1 |
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... hope to one who needed both so much ? I bade her enter and ask if he were able to see me . She did as I desired , and I remained at the head of the stairs , awaiting his answer . Suddenly I heard her exclaim loudly ; and hurrying back ...
... hope to one who needed both so much ? I bade her enter and ask if he were able to see me . She did as I desired , and I remained at the head of the stairs , awaiting his answer . Suddenly I heard her exclaim loudly ; and hurrying back ...
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... hope ; and , after a long life of honest industry , and of laborious respect- ability , they were reduced to beggary , -for they had lost their all ; crops , furniture , clothes , the all of persons in their station . -- Poor souls ! in ...
... hope ; and , after a long life of honest industry , and of laborious respect- ability , they were reduced to beggary , -for they had lost their all ; crops , furniture , clothes , the all of persons in their station . -- Poor souls ! in ...
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... the image of her beloved in her heart of hearts ; and , when her race is run , may she not hope for a reunion of their spirits ? while I ! ** THIRD FRAGMENT OF MARGARET'S JOURNAL . - London , September MATILDA'S JOURNAL . 59.
... the image of her beloved in her heart of hearts ; and , when her race is run , may she not hope for a reunion of their spirits ? while I ! ** THIRD FRAGMENT OF MARGARET'S JOURNAL . - London , September MATILDA'S JOURNAL . 59.
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... hope I may be buried with them , —and , what to me is the dearest tie of all , the land which contains the remains of my poor Henry . It must , indeed , be a bitter necessity , which could induce me to emigrate . One might be contented ...
... hope I may be buried with them , —and , what to me is the dearest tie of all , the land which contains the remains of my poor Henry . It must , indeed , be a bitter necessity , which could induce me to emigrate . One might be contented ...
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... own ; and there is hope in the conviction that , if we bow in unre- pining submission to the decrees of Heaven , we shall surely have our reward . E FRAGMENT OF A TOUR IN THE YEAR 1834 . I Fourth Fragment of Margaret's Journal.
... own ; and there is hope in the conviction that , if we bow in unre- pining submission to the decrees of Heaven , we shall surely have our reward . E FRAGMENT OF A TOUR IN THE YEAR 1834 . I Fourth Fragment of Margaret's Journal.
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Page 6 - On the waved back of every swelling strain, Rising and falling in a pompous train; • And while she thus discharges a shrill peal Of flashing airs, she qualifies their zeal...
Page 8 - In th' empyreum of pure harmony. At length (after so long, so loud a strife Of all the strings, still breathing the best life Of blest variety, attending on His fingers...
Page 8 - With flash of high-born fancies, here and there Dancing in lofty measures, and anon Creeps on the soft touch of a tender tone, Whose trembling murmurs, melting in wild airs, Run to and fro, complaining his sweet cares...
Page 3 - His nimble hands' instinct then taught each string A cap'ring cheerfulness, and made them sing To their own dance ; now negligently rash He throws his arm, and with a long-drawn dash Blends all together ; then distinctly trips From this to that, then quick returning skips And snatches this again, and pauses there. She measures every measure, everywhere Meets art with art ; sometimes, as if in doubt, Not perfect yet, and fearing to be out, Trails her plain ditty in one...
Page 8 - At length (after so long, so loud a strife Of all the strings, still breathing the best life Of blest variety, attending on His fingers' fairest revolution, In many a sweet rise, many as sweet a fall) A full-mouth'd diapason swallows all.
Page 2 - Now westward Sol had spent the richest beams Of noon's high glory, when hard by the streams Of Tiber, on the scene of a green plat, Under protection of an oak, there sat I.
Page 5 - Mars to th' harvest of death's field, and woo Men's hearts into their hands : this lesson too She gives them back : her supple breast thrills out Sharp airs, and staggers in a warbling doubt Of dallying sweetness, hovers o'er her skill, And folds in...
Page 4 - The high-perch'd treble chirps at this, and chides, Until his finger (Moderator) hides And closes the sweet quarrel, rousing all, Hoarse, shrill at once; as when the trumpets call Hot Mars to th...
Page 2 - A sweet lute's-master ; in whose gentle airs He lost the day's heat, and his own hot cares. Close in the covert of the leaves there stood A nightingale, come from the neighbouring wood (The sweet inhabitant of each glad tree...
Page 4 - Blends all together ; then distinctly trips From this to that, then quick returning skips And snatches this again, and pauses there. She measures every measure, everywhere Meets art with art ; sometimes, as if in doubt, Not perfect yet, and fearing to be out, Trails her plain ditty in one long-spun note, Through the sleek passage of her open throat, A clear unwrinkled song...