Scenes and Songs of Social Life: A MiscellanySaxton & Kelt, 1846 - 336 pages |
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... stand sponsor at the fount . The Tales , such as they are , are his own creation , with two exceptions ; and they are , without exception , woven from the web of truth , with so much of embel- lishment in the texture , as the time and ...
... stand sponsor at the fount . The Tales , such as they are , are his own creation , with two exceptions ; and they are , without exception , woven from the web of truth , with so much of embel- lishment in the texture , as the time and ...
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... stands in front of St. Peter's Church ; and the associations awakened by it are peculiarly inter- esting and striking , as well for being connected with two of the most remarkable of the Roman Emperors Caligula and Nero - as for the ...
... stands in front of St. Peter's Church ; and the associations awakened by it are peculiarly inter- esting and striking , as well for being connected with two of the most remarkable of the Roman Emperors Caligula and Nero - as for the ...
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... employ your talents ! ' Eight days after Fontana was the happy hus- band of the beautiful Antonia . A long and brilliant prosperity was the price of the terrible trial he had undergone . The column still stands there OF SOCIAL LIFE . 25.
... employ your talents ! ' Eight days after Fontana was the happy hus- band of the beautiful Antonia . A long and brilliant prosperity was the price of the terrible trial he had undergone . The column still stands there OF SOCIAL LIFE . 25.
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A Miscellany Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard. trial he had undergone . The column still stands there , as it has stood through centuries , a silent , yet eloquent memorial of the incidents we have related , a mighty monument to the triumph of ...
A Miscellany Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard. trial he had undergone . The column still stands there , as it has stood through centuries , a silent , yet eloquent memorial of the incidents we have related , a mighty monument to the triumph of ...
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... stand at such a moment in the presence of a man who curses his God ! Let us go below . ' We moved away ; and as we passed by the captain , he turned and looked upon us with an expression that told he had both heard and felt the remark ...
... stand at such a moment in the presence of a man who curses his God ! Let us go below . ' We moved away ; and as we passed by the captain , he turned and looked upon us with an expression that told he had both heard and felt the remark ...
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Anatole angel Arthur Thornton Atherton beautiful beside blessing bosom Bremond brooklet brow cabriolet Cernay charm child circus of Nero clouds countenance cried dark daugh daughter dear death deep doctor door drunkard dwelling earth echoing Edward Bartlett Ellen Emeline entered eyes father fearful feeling fell flowers Fontana forest gaze gentle George Goodwin girl grave groom hand happy hear heard heart heaven Henry Frankland holy hour John Cary knew lady Leonie Leopold lips looked Lucilla marriage Mesumeh mind moral morning mother never night o'er obelisk Oh Laura once passed pledge pray prayer replied Sabbath Sambo scene seemed seraph silence smile solemn soul spirit Stella stood storm stranger sweet tears tell tempest thee thine Thornton thou thought tion told truth turned village voice weep woman young
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Page 302 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please...
Page 214 - 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 joined, their songs Divide the night, and lift our thoughts to Heaven.
Page 170 - Having little to divert attention, or diversify thought, they find themselves uneasy when they are apart, and therefore conclude that they shall be happy together. They marry, and discover what nothing but voluntary...
Page 333 - Because I have called and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded ; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity: I will mock when your fear cometh ; When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me...
Page 231 - I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord : I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people.
Page 9 - What th' unsearchable dispose Of highest Wisdom brings about, And ever best found in the close. Oft he seems to hide his face, But unexpectedly returns, And to his faithful champion hath in place Bore witness gloriously ; whence Gaza mourns, And all that band them to resist His...
Page 302 - Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endeared each scene; How often have I paused on every charm, The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm, The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topped the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made...
Page 214 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep...
Page 244 - The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise.
Page 195 - Would through the airy region stream so bright That birds would sing and think it were not night. See! how she leans her cheek upon her hand: O! that I were a glove upon that hand, That I might touch that cheek.