Compton Audley; or, Hands not heartsRichard Bentley, 1841 - 281 من الصفحات |
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... feeling of veneration , and produce an influence on the mind , ap- proaching to sublimity . A spirit of holiness cast over every soul a glow of patriotism , and the service of the nation's thanksgiving was , on this great occasion ...
... feeling of veneration , and produce an influence on the mind , ap- proaching to sublimity . A spirit of holiness cast over every soul a glow of patriotism , and the service of the nation's thanksgiving was , on this great occasion ...
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... feeling , and exquisitely pre- cise in all the forms of life ( never having herself swerved the millionth fraction of an inch from the rectilinear routine of exact propriety ) ; selfish and narrow - minded , her charity was entirely ...
... feeling , and exquisitely pre- cise in all the forms of life ( never having herself swerved the millionth fraction of an inch from the rectilinear routine of exact propriety ) ; selfish and narrow - minded , her charity was entirely ...
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... feeling . Radiant with beauty , and over- flowing with natural spirits , Constance Graham enjoyed an equanimity of temper à toute épreuve . VOL . I. C Constance possessed an animated vivacity of disposition , breathing life COMPTON ...
... feeling . Radiant with beauty , and over- flowing with natural spirits , Constance Graham enjoyed an equanimity of temper à toute épreuve . VOL . I. C Constance possessed an animated vivacity of disposition , breathing life COMPTON ...
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... feeling which served to retain that admiration which mere beauty so often fails to secure . Hers was that species of beauty which it is difficult to describe , and which sets at defiance the powers of the painter and the sculptor ; it ...
... feeling which served to retain that admiration which mere beauty so often fails to secure . Hers was that species of beauty which it is difficult to describe , and which sets at defiance the powers of the painter and the sculptor ; it ...
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... feelings . Her father had soon recovered from his grief , severe as it had been ; her mother had latterly begun to con- sole herself in planning new schemes of ambi- tion in favour of Constance herself . In Dud- ley , however , the ...
... feelings . Her father had soon recovered from his grief , severe as it had been ; her mother had latterly begun to con- sole herself in planning new schemes of ambi- tion in favour of Constance herself . In Dud- ley , however , the ...
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الصفحة 110 - Tumultuous grandeur crowds the blazing square, The rattling chariots clash, the torches glare. Sure scenes like these no troubles e'er annoy ! Sure these denote one universal joy!
الصفحة 12 - May the great God whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it, and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet!
الصفحة 133 - ... tis where the ice appears. Though wit may flash from fluent lips, and mirth distract the breast, Through midnight hours that yield no more their former hope of rest; "Tis but as ivy-leaves around the ruin'd turret wreath, All green and wildly fresh without, but worn and grey beneath.
الصفحة 205 - A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast And fills the white and rustling sail And bends the gallant mast ; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While like the eagle free Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind...
الصفحة 189 - SOLDIER'S DREAM Our bugles sang truce — for the night-cloud had lowered, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky ; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpowered, The weary to sleep and the wounded to die.
الصفحة 110 - And pinch'd with cold, and shrinking from the shower, With heavy heart deplores that luckless hour, When idly first, ambitious of the town, She left her wheel and robes of country brown.
الصفحة 16 - There was a day when they were young and proud, Banners on high, and battles pass'd below ; But they who fought are in a bloody shroud, And those which waved are shredless dust ere now, And the bleak battlements shall bear no future blow.
الصفحة 128 - Ah me! for aught that ever I could read. Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth: But, either it was different in blood; Her.
الصفحة 113 - Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes; At every word a reputation dies.
الصفحة 70 - It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so; A gentlemanly distance, not too near, If you have got a former friend or foe ; But, after being fired at once or twice, The ear becomes more Irish, and less nice.