English Country LifeR. Bentley, 1843 - 288 páginas |
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Página 16
... course in the wrong direction . It is the afternoon ; and as the hours are waning away with a mild , harmonious gentle- ness , the busy hum of day partly ceases ; and that calmer but still delightful period is approaching— " What time ...
... course in the wrong direction . It is the afternoon ; and as the hours are waning away with a mild , harmonious gentle- ness , the busy hum of day partly ceases ; and that calmer but still delightful period is approaching— " What time ...
Página 17
... course from the feeding ground , where they occupied the greater portion of the day , to their snug and secure nightly aerie , on noiseless wing , here in small parties , and there in larger num- bers . The cattle , which have been ...
... course from the feeding ground , where they occupied the greater portion of the day , to their snug and secure nightly aerie , on noiseless wing , here in small parties , and there in larger num- bers . The cattle , which have been ...
Página 18
... course , a merry song to charm the ear of both man and horse , as did also the merry - hearted driver as he resumed his journey , thus : - SONG OF THE PACK - HORSE DRIVER . I. " Far over the hill top and through the deep dale , Through ...
... course , a merry song to charm the ear of both man and horse , as did also the merry - hearted driver as he resumed his journey , thus : - SONG OF THE PACK - HORSE DRIVER . I. " Far over the hill top and through the deep dale , Through ...
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... course . What a space is spanned by this glorious arch , -grange and homestead , village and spire , corn- field and meadow ! One foot rests upon the dark mass of the distant and apparently impe- netrable wood ; the other is placed upon ...
... course . What a space is spanned by this glorious arch , -grange and homestead , village and spire , corn- field and meadow ! One foot rests upon the dark mass of the distant and apparently impe- netrable wood ; the other is placed upon ...
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... course - if they afford the means of riveting the attention to past scenes of youth and joyousness - if the old thorn tree is still the same as it was in former years , and the old stunted and gnarled oak wears the same aspect as in our ...
... course - if they afford the means of riveting the attention to past scenes of youth and joyousness - if the old thorn tree is still the same as it was in former years , and the old stunted and gnarled oak wears the same aspect as in our ...
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abounds amid ancient attired attractive Banker beams beauty behold beneath bird of night birds blessings bosom breath Bridle Road bright by-gone character charm Châteaubriand Chaucer cheerful clouds cottage countless course dark deep delightful distant drooping earth effeminacy enjoyment fair fair brow feeling Ferry flower foliage Footpaths gentle gloom gush hamlet hand harmonious heart heaven Hedger and Ditcher humble John Tomkins labours Lamennais land leaf localities matchless melody ment merry mind murmur mute night objects Old Ford Old Green Lanes onwards pass peaceful peculiar perfect pleasant Plutarch poor law unions possess quiet racter repose rill river rural scene seems sleep snug solemn song sorrow soul sound spirit splendour spot spread Stile stranger stream striking summer sweet thorn trees thou thought Thresher throw tion toil true truth uncon valley varied Village Bells voice waters weary winds wings wood woodland youth
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Página 146 - For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn.
Página 149 - Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world : now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on.
Página 182 - Not marble nor the gilded monuments Of princes shall outlive this powerful rhyme; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone besmear'd with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn. And broils root out the work of masonry.
Página 177 - I AM the rose of Sharon, And the lily of the valleys. As the lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
Página 232 - Merciful Heaven, Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle: but man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal.
Página 199 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Página 90 - Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars attend thee, And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee. No...
Página 33 - SWEET Day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. Sweet Rose, whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet Spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My Music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.
Página 149 - Such an act, That blurs the grace and blush of modesty; Calls virtue, hypocrite; takes off the rose From the fair forehead of an innocent love, And sets a blister there; makes marriage vows As false as dicers...
Página 244 - Time goes by turns, and chances change by course, From foul to fair, from better hap to worse. The sea of Fortune doth not ever flow ; She draws her favours to the lowest ebb ; Her tides have equal times to come and go; Her loom doth...