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Pagina 14
... Saul's little post - boy " Shawneen , " riding on his donkey at full canter down the avenue towards the house . I stepped forward to intercept him , but he flew past me with unabated speed , notwithstanding his utmost exertions to bring ...
... Saul's little post - boy " Shawneen , " riding on his donkey at full canter down the avenue towards the house . I stepped forward to intercept him , but he flew past me with unabated speed , notwithstanding his utmost exertions to bring ...
Pagina 15
... Saul , in the midst of all whom I love . But the home - sickness has of late grown so strong upon me that I can no longer sup- port it , and so I am winding up my affairs , and will leave the firm to younger hands , while I haste away ...
... Saul , in the midst of all whom I love . But the home - sickness has of late grown so strong upon me that I can no longer sup- port it , and so I am winding up my affairs , and will leave the firm to younger hands , while I haste away ...
Pagina 18
... Saul Slingsby . If there is any zoological specimen more worthy than another of being hermetically sealed in a glass case , or corked up in a bottle of spirts of wine , it is an old bachelor without bile or bitterness - one who is at ...
... Saul Slingsby . If there is any zoological specimen more worthy than another of being hermetically sealed in a glass case , or corked up in a bottle of spirts of wine , it is an old bachelor without bile or bitterness - one who is at ...
Pagina 19
... Saul Slingsby - the delight of all who know him for miles round - the grand projector of pic - nics and steeple - chases — a steward at every subscription ball , and crou- pier at every club dinner . How Saul escaped matrimony is a ...
... Saul Slingsby - the delight of all who know him for miles round - the grand projector of pic - nics and steeple - chases — a steward at every subscription ball , and crou- pier at every club dinner . How Saul escaped matrimony is a ...
Pagina 21
... Saul's domestic chap- lain on all occasions , and the friend and counsellor of every Slingsby . He has christened every boy and girl of the present generation . He has ministered consolation by the bed - side of all of those who have ...
... Saul's domestic chap- lain on all occasions , and the friend and counsellor of every Slingsby . He has christened every boy and girl of the present generation . He has ministered consolation by the bed - side of all of those who have ...
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amongst Anacreon angels apparitor art thou Asterius beautiful blessed bosom bowed bright brother received Callistus chimes chimes at midnight Christ Christian Christmas cried darkness dear divine door Dumbarton rock earth eyes face Father Denis festival flowers Freke gentle girl give thee rest glory Go hence godfather hand Hännschen head hear heard heart heaven Herbert holy honour hour Irish Jack Bishop Jonathan lady light listen look Lord Lysippus Mamertine prison memory midnight rang morning Naomi Nerea niche night o'er parson passed away back Patrick priest Render thy account Roman Forum round saint Saint Patrick Saint Patrick's Day Saint Valentine sigh sing Slingsby smile solemn song soul Spirit of Eternity Spirit passed stood stroke of midnight Subura sure sweet Temoria Temple things thou gavest Thou hast thou Old thought trees turned Uncle Saul Valentine voice wind wine words young
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Pagina 116 - Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Pagina 40 - And the hooded clouds, like friars, Tell their beads in drops of rain, And patter their doleful prayers ; — But their prayers are all in vain, All in vain...
Pagina 87 - I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
Pagina 69 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears; soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold.
Pagina 87 - Why art thou so heavy, O my soul? and why art thou so disquieted within me? 6 O put thy trust in GOD ; for I will yet give him thanks, which is the help of my countenance, and my GOD.
Pagina 40 - He was full of joke and jest, But all his merry quips are o'er. To see him die, across the waste His son and heir doth ride post-haste, But he'll be dead before.
Pagina 69 - The moon shines bright : — In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise ; in such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan walls, And sigh'd his soul toward the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night.
Pagina 70 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
Pagina 87 - OUT of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
Pagina 81 - Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away; for lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.