My Life, Volume 1Harper & brothers, 1835 |
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... late hour . My friend was leaving London next day , but promised to find me out on his return . We separated , he having presented me with his card , on which was engraven " Captain John Blake . " Spring came , and I had heard nothing ...
... late hour . My friend was leaving London next day , but promised to find me out on his return . We separated , he having presented me with his card , on which was engraven " Captain John Blake . " Spring came , and I had heard nothing ...
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... late hour , to retire fasting . A consultation ensued . To re- turn up - stairs was determined to be " infra dignitatem , " to de- part supperless a thing not to be tolerated . The course of action was soon decided — one seized a ham ...
... late hour , to retire fasting . A consultation ensued . To re- turn up - stairs was determined to be " infra dignitatem , " to de- part supperless a thing not to be tolerated . The course of action was soon decided — one seized a ham ...
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... late , the wild youths discovered that his successor was one of different mould . To some , the consequences of the mad exploit would have been ruin- ous ; and , undervaluing the result , or calculating with false security on superior ...
... late , the wild youths discovered that his successor was one of different mould . To some , the consequences of the mad exploit would have been ruin- ous ; and , undervaluing the result , or calculating with false security on superior ...
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... late foray against the spinster . True , that by this course he exposed himself to the wrath of Antony O ' Dogherty , with every asthmatic loo - player in the town ; but this was of minor import to one who more than once had " burned ...
... late foray against the spinster . True , that by this course he exposed himself to the wrath of Antony O ' Dogherty , with every asthmatic loo - player in the town ; but this was of minor import to one who more than once had " burned ...
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... late hour . But hark ! I hear the keeper's voice in the kitchen , and from him I may probably ascertain how the folks at the hall are occupied . " So saying , she left the room . Nor was she long absent ; and on her return there was an ...
... late hour . But hark ! I hear the keeper's voice in the kitchen , and from him I may probably ascertain how the folks at the hall are occupied . " So saying , she left the room . Nor was she long absent ; and on her return there was an ...
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Page 41 - Let it be so! thy truth then be thy dower! For, by the sacred radiance of the sun, The mysteries of Hecate and the night; By all the operation of the orbs From whom we do exist and cease to be...
Page 186 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms - the day Battle's magnificently stern array...
Page 32 - It is the hour when lovers' vows Seem sweet in every whisper'd word; And gentle winds and waters near Make music to the lonely ear. Each flower the dews have lightly wet, And in the sky the stars are met, And on the wave is deeper blue, And on the leaf a browner hue, And in the heaven that clear obscure, So softly dark, and darkly pure, Which follows the decline of day, As twilight melts beneath the moon away.
Page 146 - Upon my soul, Jack, thou art a very impudent fellow ! to do you justice, I think I never saw a piece of more consummate assurance ! Abs.
Page 117 - Oh! too convincing — dangerously dear — In woman's eye the unanswerable tear ! That weapon of her weakness she can wield, To save, subdue — at once her spear and shield: Avoid it — Virtue ebbs and Wisdom errs, Too fondly gazing on that grief of hers ! What lost a world, and hade a hero fly ? The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
Page 144 - There is a dangerous silence in that hour, A stillness which leaves room for the full soul To open all itself, without the power Of calling wholly back its self-control; The silver light which, hallowing tree and tower, Sheds beauty and deep softness o'er the whole Breathes also to the heart, and o'er it throws A loving languor, which is not repose.
Page 163 - Come, no excuses. Jack; — why, your father, you rogue, was so before you: — the blood of the Absolutes was always impatient.— Ha!
Page 79 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed. The mustering squadron, and the clattering car. Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While thronged the citizens with terror dumb. Or whispering with white lips — "The foe! They come! they come ! " And wild and high the "Cameron's gathering
Page 171 - A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye Could reach, with here and there a sail just skipping In sight, then lost amidst the forestry Of masts; a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through their sea-coal canopy; A huge, dun cupola, like a foolscap crown On a fool's head - and there is London Town!