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... turned against the Emperor . Enzio was taken pri- soner in an unsuccessful battle near Modena , by the Bolognese , and was , though handsomely treated , detained captive twenty years , during which all the members of his family quitted ...
... turned against the Emperor . Enzio was taken pri- soner in an unsuccessful battle near Modena , by the Bolognese , and was , though handsomely treated , detained captive twenty years , during which all the members of his family quitted ...
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... his presumption , arose from under the shady wild olive , and saying to the surprised spectators , ' we have spoken , and done justice , ' saluted them and turned towards their homes . But one of 1849. ] 41 The Island of Sardinia .
... his presumption , arose from under the shady wild olive , and saying to the surprised spectators , ' we have spoken , and done justice , ' saluted them and turned towards their homes . But one of 1849. ] 41 The Island of Sardinia .
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them and turned towards their homes . But one of his nearest relations , who was leaning against the knotted trunk ... turning to his nephew , with a determined and resolute countenance , and placing his right hand upon his chest , he ...
them and turned towards their homes . But one of his nearest relations , who was leaning against the knotted trunk ... turning to his nephew , with a determined and resolute countenance , and placing his right hand upon his chest , he ...
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... turned his look fiercely to me , and with a sullen bitterness to his father , and then , as if resigning his former prayer , he said— “ Well then , be it so ; even in the presence of those who judge me so severely , I will speak at ...
... turned his look fiercely to me , and with a sullen bitterness to his father , and then , as if resigning his former prayer , he said— “ Well then , be it so ; even in the presence of those who judge me so severely , I will speak at ...
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... turned towards the door , and Fanny with him . Meanwhile the louder sounds below had been silenced for some moments , but I heard a step in the hall . Vivian started , and placed himself before us . " No , no , you cannot leave me thus ...
... turned towards the door , and Fanny with him . Meanwhile the louder sounds below had been silenced for some moments , but I heard a step in the hall . Vivian started , and placed himself before us . " No , no , you cannot leave me thus ...
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Page 605 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off...
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Page 614 - She should have died hereafter ; There would have been a time for such a word. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death.
Page 607 - Infirm of purpose ! Give me the daggers: the sleeping and the dead Are but as pictures; 'tis the eye of childhood That fears a painted devil.
Page 237 - THE CURFEW tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Page 366 - To the broad column which rolls on, and shows More like the fountain of an infant sea Torn from the womb of mountains by the throes Of a new world, than only thus to be Parent of rivers, which flow gushingly, With many windings, through the vale!
Page 287 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Page 246 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Page 597 - Cannot be ill, cannot be good : — if ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature ? Present fears Are less than horrible imaginings : My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man, that function Is smother'd in surmise, and nothing is But what is not.
Page 287 - But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future fate of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.