Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 16Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith Richard Bentley, 1844 |
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Page 443 - For time at last sets all things even — And if we do but watch the hour, There never yet was human power Which could evade, if unforgiven, The patient search and vigil long Of him who treasures up a wrong.
Page 36 - DEAR native regions, I foretell, From what I feel at this farewell, That, wheresoe'er my steps may tend, And whensoe'er my course shall end, If in that hour a single tie Survive of local sympathy, My soul will cast the backward view, The longing look alone on you.
Page 37 - A stranger yet to pain ? I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Page 307 - When in a wood we leave the certain way, One error fools us, though we various stray, Some to the left, and some to t'other side.
Page 295 - The next time Mr. Selwyn calls, show him up. If I am alive, I shall be delighted to see him ; and if I am dead, he will be glad to see me.
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Page 498 - Ond' io per lo tuo me' penso e discerno, Che tu mi segui, ed io sarò tua guida, E trarrotti di qui per luogo eterno, Ov...
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Page 486 - Here's to you, old boy," he said, as he took a pull at its contents. As he did so a bullet went through the canteen, and perforating his brain, killed him in a moment. Another man fell close to him almost immediately, struck by a ball in the thigh. Indeed we caught it severely just here, and the old iron was also playing its part amongst our poor fellows very merrily.