Belle Assemblée: Or, Court and Fashionable Magazine; Containing Interesting and Original Literature, and Records of the Beau-mondeJ. Bell, 1826 - Women |
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... crown of victory , unto him that dies , I ' th ' burning waste , for water ? If , in the deep workings of maternal affection , Elmina stands almost unrivalled , Ximena , in the development of the tender passion - in the sentiment of ...
... crown of victory , unto him that dies , I ' th ' burning waste , for water ? If , in the deep workings of maternal affection , Elmina stands almost unrivalled , Ximena , in the development of the tender passion - in the sentiment of ...
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... crowns this truly regal struc- ture . It is divided into several stories of chambers , all over the vast archway of entrance ; and the flights of steps which conduct to them are all of the most beauti- fully variegated porcelain . The ...
... crowns this truly regal struc- ture . It is divided into several stories of chambers , all over the vast archway of entrance ; and the flights of steps which conduct to them are all of the most beauti- fully variegated porcelain . The ...
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... crown with scrolls of Japanese gauze , edged with white satin rouleaux , and very slightly ornament- ed with Provence roses , one of which is placed under the left side of the brim : the strings are in a loop , and are of rich white ...
... crown with scrolls of Japanese gauze , edged with white satin rouleaux , and very slightly ornament- ed with Provence roses , one of which is placed under the left side of the brim : the strings are in a loop , and are of rich white ...
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... crown in wreaths of corn - flowers and field- daisies . The strings of the hat were in a long loose loop of shaded ribbon , green and jonquil , a bow of which ribbon was placed on each side of the hair just above the ears . Pink crape ...
... crown in wreaths of corn - flowers and field- daisies . The strings of the hat were in a long loose loop of shaded ribbon , green and jonquil , a bow of which ribbon was placed on each side of the hair just above the ears . Pink crape ...
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... crown ; it is puckered below , the upper part brought together in large flutings . White crape hats are often trimmed with plats of yellow straw , sewn very close together , on the brim as well as on the crown . A double aigrette of ...
... crown ; it is puckered below , the upper part brought together in large flutings . White crape hats are often trimmed with plats of yellow straw , sewn very close together , on the brim as well as on the crown . A double aigrette of ...
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Page 159 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER I REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn ; He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away ! I remember, I remember...
Page 85 - The Spanish fleet thou canst not see — because — It is not yet in sight !
Page 255 - And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep...
Page 117 - Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
Page 173 - He was the finest mule we had, and, on that account, had twice as much to carry as any of the others. With his nose to the ground, literally smelling his way, he walked gently on, often changing the position of his feet, if he found the ground would not bear, until he came to the bad part of the Pass, when he stopped ; but the peons threw stones at him, and he continued his path in safety, and several others followed.
Page 266 - Not there, not there, my child!" " Is it far away, in some region old, Where the rivers wander o'er sands of gold ? — Where the burning rays of the ruby shine, And the diamond lights up the secret mine, And the pearl gleams forth from the coral strand ? — Is it there, sweet mother! that better land?" — " Not there, not there, my child ! " Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy!
Page 302 - Its weleome music shed, And find within his lonely halls The silence of the dead ; To look, unconsciously, for her, The chosen and the chief Of earthly joys — and look in vain — THIS is a Father's grief. To stand beside the sufferer's couch, While life is ebbing fast ; To mark that once...
Page 173 - At last a young mule, carrying a portmanteau, with two large sacks of provisions, and many other things, in passing the bad point, struck his load against the rock, which knocked his two...
Page 266 - Mother, oh ! where is that radiant shore ? Shall we not seek it, and weep no more ? Is it where the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies dance through the myrtle boughs? Not there, not there, my child.
Page 173 - The drove of mules now came in sight, one following another: a few were carrying no burdens, but the rest were either mounted or heavily laden. As soon as the leading mule came to the commencement of the Pass, he stopped, evidently unwilling to proceed, and of course all the rest stopped also. " He was the finest mule we had, and, on that account, had twice as much to carry as any of the others. With his nose to the ground, literally smelling his way, he walked gently on, often changing the position...