Literary recreations; or, Scenes from real lifeWhittaker & Company, 1833 - 323 pagini |
Din interiorul cărții
Rezultatele 1 - 5 din 19
Pagina 9
... Leaving orders that a supper might be prepared for me by half - past nine , I sallied forth , like Milton's pair , when driven from paradise , " with the world all before me . " I had not pro- ceeded three steps from the door of my inn ...
... Leaving orders that a supper might be prepared for me by half - past nine , I sallied forth , like Milton's pair , when driven from paradise , " with the world all before me . " I had not pro- ceeded three steps from the door of my inn ...
Pagina 14
... leaving the face uncovered , presenting a countenance more in sorrow than in anger ; " while a long plain dress covered its slen- der form , and trailed carelessly upon the ground . As it receded from my view , I rose , scarcely con ...
... leaving the face uncovered , presenting a countenance more in sorrow than in anger ; " while a long plain dress covered its slen- der form , and trailed carelessly upon the ground . As it receded from my view , I rose , scarcely con ...
Pagina 34
... leaving , by coach , which passed my house , for Hampshire , on business of importance . " That evening was spent as Sabbath evenings should be spent . The father and mother of Alfred were present with us . The exercises of the day were ...
... leaving , by coach , which passed my house , for Hampshire , on business of importance . " That evening was spent as Sabbath evenings should be spent . The father and mother of Alfred were present with us . The exercises of the day were ...
Pagina 119
... leaving so much un- explained as to throw a mystery over the rest . ' One thing I may inform you of , Sobiesky , ' he says , ' I am not your father , you are of noble birth . ' I am then requested to stand in readiness for whatever may ...
... leaving so much un- explained as to throw a mystery over the rest . ' One thing I may inform you of , Sobiesky , ' he says , ' I am not your father , you are of noble birth . ' I am then requested to stand in readiness for whatever may ...
Pagina 131
... leaving their legs bare , excepting as they were de- fended by broad folds of the same description of material as that of which their vests were made . Their feet were adorned with high shoes , manufac- tured from the bark of the linden ...
... leaving their legs bare , excepting as they were de- fended by broad folds of the same description of material as that of which their vests were made . Their feet were adorned with high shoes , manufac- tured from the bark of the linden ...
Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate
Termeni și expresii frecvente
abode Adolphus affection affectionate agony Alfred anxiety appeared arms attention awhile beauty became beheld Belmont beloved bosom bright eye brother Captain cation cerned character charms cheek cheerful child Chowanskoi circumstances conduct countenance dear death ears Egbert Emma engaged entered Eudocia Eustace exclaimed father favoured fear feelings fell felt Freeport frequently friendship furnished gazed gentle gentleman George O'Brien Wyndham Gibraltar Gilbert grief habit hand happy Harmer heard heart honour Hugglescote instantly Lake Erie Laura looked Lord Exmouth marriage mind morning mother nature never noble observed occasion Ohobyholio Olivia Overreach parents passed perceived period person pleasure possessed present racter reached received retired river Avon rose scarcely scenes seat seemed silent smile Sobiesky soon sorrow soul spirit stood stranger tale tears things thought threw town trafficker in human turned uncon Valdai voice walked Waltingham wife youth
Pasaje populare
Pagina 86 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
Pagina 112 - The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, At the presence of the LORD of the whole earth.
Pagina 211 - Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Pagina 69 - A messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture ! — Is it like ? — Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again : pronounce a text, Cry, hem ! and, reading -what they never wrote Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene.
Pagina 72 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Pagina 209 - A blank, my lord : She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek : she pined in thought ; And, with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Pagina 205 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Pagina 14 - To set before your sight your glorious race, That this presaging joy may fire your mind To seek the shores by destiny design'd." — "O father, can it be, that souls sublime Return to visit our terrestrial clime, And that the gen'rous mind, releas'd by death, Can covet lazy limbs and mortal breath?
Pagina 309 - Farewell ! a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him . The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Pagina 197 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.