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... Nature still presenting us with a different aspect , and from rocks , woods , and water , forming endless combinations . In short , from its mountainous situation , the depth and profound gloom of its scat- tered woods , the noise of ...
... Nature still presenting us with a different aspect , and from rocks , woods , and water , forming endless combinations . In short , from its mountainous situation , the depth and profound gloom of its scat- tered woods , the noise of ...
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... hold both by legs and arms ; and as to being drowned , why , with all your learning , Agnes , I am sure you should know that all animals learn how , from nature , to swim ; and this being the case , how the 18 THE CASTLE CHAPEL .
... hold both by legs and arms ; and as to being drowned , why , with all your learning , Agnes , I am sure you should know that all animals learn how , from nature , to swim ; and this being the case , how the 18 THE CASTLE CHAPEL .
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... Nature intended to place her , are to be found . " Miss Agnes Flora Judith was as good as her word - novels were absolutely ta- booed at the castle of St. Doulagh's ; and Grace , suddenly deprived of the works that , from the excitement ...
... Nature intended to place her , are to be found . " Miss Agnes Flora Judith was as good as her word - novels were absolutely ta- booed at the castle of St. Doulagh's ; and Grace , suddenly deprived of the works that , from the excitement ...
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... nature of the bones of which it is formed ; and it is equally well ascertained , that several tribes of sa- vages take their distinctive mark from the form of the skull . It is fashionable , for instance , among one tribe , to wear ...
... nature of the bones of which it is formed ; and it is equally well ascertained , that several tribes of sa- vages take their distinctive mark from the form of the skull . It is fashionable , for instance , among one tribe , to wear ...
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... natural than for a man to marry to please his eye ? and I'd be glad to know how any thing that's natural can be bla- mable ? " " Ah ! fine doctriné ! a fine way of teach- ing your son ! Brother , I am astonished at you ! I shouldn't ...
... natural than for a man to marry to please his eye ? and I'd be glad to know how any thing that's natural can be bla- mable ? " " Ah ! fine doctriné ! a fine way of teach- ing your son ! Brother , I am astonished at you ! I shouldn't ...
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Page 170 - I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, — I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Page 258 - 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.
Page 245 - Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard. And whelm him o'er! Such fate to suffering Worth is giv'n.
Page 172 - Yet more, the Depths have more ! — What wealth untold Far down, and shining through their stillness lies ! Thou hast the starry gems, the burning gold, Won from ten thousand royal Argosies. — Sweep o'er thy spoils, thou wild and wrathful Main...
Page 173 - Give back the lost and lovely! — those for whom The place was kept at board and hearth so long, The prayer went up through midnight's breathless gloom, And the vain yearning woke midst festal song ! Hold fast thy buried isles, thy towers o'erthrown — But all is not thine own. To...
Page 41 - Sad is my fate ! said the heart-broken stranger ; The wild deer and wolf to a covert can flee, But I have no refuge from famine and danger, A home and a country remain not to me.
Page 120 - Made vocal for the amusement of the rest ; The sprightly lyre, whose treasure of sweet sounds The touch from many a trembling chord shakes out ; And the clear voice symphonious, yet distinct, And in the charming strife triumphant still ; Beguile the night, and set a keener edge On female industry : the threaded steel Flies swiftly, and unfelt the task proceeds.
Page 138 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen ; But, seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 258 - For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind...