Literary recreations; or, Scenes from real lifeWhittaker & Company, 1833 - 323 pagini |
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Pagina 24
... occasion , for the welfare of Egbert Harlow and his lovely bride . " The summer sky of prosperity was flatteringly bright above and around them ; they did not even dream of ever knowing a sadder day than their wedding - day , and a ...
... occasion , for the welfare of Egbert Harlow and his lovely bride . " The summer sky of prosperity was flatteringly bright above and around them ; they did not even dream of ever knowing a sadder day than their wedding - day , and a ...
Pagina 33
... occasion . It was determined that the house in which Alfred first drew the breath of life , should be their dwelling- place , while I was to be their happy inmate . One week only , one little week , intervened between the consummation ...
... occasion . It was determined that the house in which Alfred first drew the breath of life , should be their dwelling- place , while I was to be their happy inmate . One week only , one little week , intervened between the consummation ...
Pagina 45
... occasion , not to feel the force of Montgomery's beautiful lines , - ' Majestic o'er the sparkling tide , See the tall vessel sail ; With swelling wings , in shadowy pride , - A swan before the gale . ' " The object which the ship ...
... occasion , not to feel the force of Montgomery's beautiful lines , - ' Majestic o'er the sparkling tide , See the tall vessel sail ; With swelling wings , in shadowy pride , - A swan before the gale . ' " The object which the ship ...
Pagina 62
... occasion- ally used as such , on which to rest her weak frame . There Laura took her seat with her companion , while Eustace drew a chair close to the youthful sufferer , and strove to instruct and comfort her . The sinfulness of human ...
... occasion- ally used as such , on which to rest her weak frame . There Laura took her seat with her companion , while Eustace drew a chair close to the youthful sufferer , and strove to instruct and comfort her . The sinfulness of human ...
Pagina 68
... occasion required its exhibition , of Christian heroism . By integrity , and consistency of char- acter , he had lived down the taunts of the witling , and the snear of the infidel . - His equanimity of spirit had accomplished what ...
... occasion required its exhibition , of Christian heroism . By integrity , and consistency of char- acter , he had lived down the taunts of the witling , and the snear of the infidel . - His equanimity of spirit had accomplished what ...
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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
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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.