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Pagina 22
... Saul , coupled with the name of a once fair belle , to whom he was supposed , according to a tradition in the family , to have paid almost particular attentions , now a buxom widow of two defunct husbands , and as many comfortable ...
... Saul , coupled with the name of a once fair belle , to whom he was supposed , according to a tradition in the family , to have paid almost particular attentions , now a buxom widow of two defunct husbands , and as many comfortable ...
Pagina 23
... Saul's eccentric oration . After he had sat down , and taken breath for a few moments , he was on his legs again , glass in hand . " Come , lads , " said he , waving the replenished glass , " fill up ! As master of the revels , I will ...
... Saul's eccentric oration . After he had sat down , and taken breath for a few moments , he was on his legs again , glass in hand . " Come , lads , " said he , waving the replenished glass , " fill up ! As master of the revels , I will ...
Pagina 24
... Saul's song was as well received as his speech ; indeed , we had all from habit learned to praise it , and I doubt if a newer or a better composition would have been as acceptable . " And now , " said our host , seeing 24 24 THE ...
... Saul's song was as well received as his speech ; indeed , we had all from habit learned to praise it , and I doubt if a newer or a better composition would have been as acceptable . " And now , " said our host , seeing 24 24 THE ...
Pagina 26
... Saul , after a pause of a few minutes , " what have you got for us this Christmas in the way of a carol ? You must know , my dear Freke , that your godson is the laureate of the family ; and I can assure you , between festivals and ...
... Saul , after a pause of a few minutes , " what have you got for us this Christmas in the way of a carol ? You must know , my dear Freke , that your godson is the laureate of the family ; and I can assure you , between festivals and ...
Pagina 27
... Saul , too , having a taste for rhyming himself , stood to me manfully , and my godfather , not being a man much given to verbal con- tentions , speedily gave way , and was effectively silenced . For myself , I maintained a neutrality ...
... Saul , too , having a taste for rhyming himself , stood to me manfully , and my godfather , not being a man much given to verbal con- tentions , speedily gave way , and was effectively silenced . For myself , I maintained a neutrality ...
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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.