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... servant to an English gentleman of large fortune , about to set out on a tour through the more interesting parts of Egypt . This foreign expedition was exactly the sort of thing which jumped with the erratic humour of the lad , and he ...
... servant to an English gentleman of large fortune , about to set out on a tour through the more interesting parts of Egypt . This foreign expedition was exactly the sort of thing which jumped with the erratic humour of the lad , and he ...
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... servant came to take her home , she would observe , in the phraseology of the magazines , " the story to be continued in our next . " In 1830 , an English gentleman , who had been strongly interested by perusing the biography and ...
... servant came to take her home , she would observe , in the phraseology of the magazines , " the story to be continued in our next . " In 1830 , an English gentleman , who had been strongly interested by perusing the biography and ...
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... servant . At first they seemed somewhat surprised , but asked no questions except such as regarded our wants , frequently exclaiming , " Pauvres conscrits ! " We dried our clothes , when the sudden transition from cold to heat split ...
... servant . At first they seemed somewhat surprised , but asked no questions except such as regarded our wants , frequently exclaiming , " Pauvres conscrits ! " We dried our clothes , when the sudden transition from cold to heat split ...
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... servant to fry more ham and eggs . We assured her it was use- less ; nevertheless we remained , knowing there could be little danger , as Whitehurst and Mansell were on the look- out . During our most comfortable regale , she talked of ...
... servant to fry more ham and eggs . We assured her it was use- less ; nevertheless we remained , knowing there could be little danger , as Whitehurst and Mansell were on the look- out . During our most comfortable regale , she talked of ...
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... servant - maid , named Cocher , and the dog Fox , being placed at the front- door to watch , we descended to partake of some broth ; anxiously waiting the return of a messenger sent by Madame Derikre to Blankenberg for her confidential ...
... servant - maid , named Cocher , and the dog Fox , being placed at the front- door to watch , we descended to partake of some broth ; anxiously waiting the return of a messenger sent by Madame Derikre to Blankenberg for her confidential ...
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afterwards Ahmednuggur amongst animal appeared beautiful became Bellarmine Ben Lomond brought Bruntfield Cæsar called Captain cave Chantrey child Chillingham circumstances clarichord course daughter death Denbigh Earl Earl of Stirling Edinburgh endeavour entered escape eyes father favour feelings feet felt fortune gave gentleman George Dale girl give Glenaladale Glenmorriston hand head heard heart honour hope husband kind knew lady Lavalette length lived Llyr look Lord Mowbray Lucy Major Eastlake Malloch manner Margaret Davidson matter miles mind morning mother never night once Paget party passed Patrick Grant perhaps person poor possession present Prince Rajeb received remarkable respect returned Rhoda round Rowardennan scene Scotland seemed seen servant shew soon Stirling Tardy thing thought tion Tom Davis took Troelle walk Wandering Jew whole wife wish young
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Página 8 - Away! away! for I will fly to thee, Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards, But on the viewless wings of Poesy, Though the dull brain perplexes and retards: Already with thee! tender is the night, And haply the Queen-Moon is on her throne, Clustered around by all her starry Fays; But here there is no light, Save what from heaven is with the breezes blown Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways.
Página 6 - Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for Heaven's grace and boon; Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory, like a saint...
Página 8 - I cannot see what flowers are at my feet, Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs, But,' in embalmed darkness, guess each sweet Wherewith the seasonable month endows The grass, the thicket, and the fruit-tree wild...
Página 9 - Forlorn ! the very word is like a bell To toll me back from thee to my sole self ! Adieu ! the fancy cannot cheat so well As she is famed to do, deceiving elf. Adieu ! adieu ! thy plaintive anthem fades Past the near meadows, over the still stream, Up the hill-side; and now 'tis buried deep In the next valley-glades : Was it a vision, or a waking dream? Fled is that music: — do I wake or sleep?
Página 7 - MY HEART aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk...
Página 7 - Saturn, quiet as a stone, Still as the silence round about his lair; Forest on forest hung about his head Like cloud on cloud. No stir of air was there, Not so much life as on a summer's day Robs not one light seed from the feather'd grass, But where the dead leaf fell, there did it rest.
Página 8 - O for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene, With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, And purple-stained mouth ; That I might drink, and leave the world unseen, And with thee fade away into the forest dim...
Página 6 - Of fruits, and flowers, and bunches of knot-grass, And diamonded with panes of quaint device, Innumerable of stains and splendid dyes, As are the tiger-moth's deep-damask'd wings; And in the midst, 'mong thousand heraldries, And twilight saints, and dim emblazonings, A shielded scutcheon blush'd with blood of queens and kings.
Página 9 - ... they are flushed all over with the rich lights of fancy; and so coloured and bestrewn with the flowers of poetry, that even while perplexed and bewildered in their labyrinths, it is impossible to resist the intoxication of their sweetness, or to shut our hearts to the enchantments they so lavishly present.
Página 8 - Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget What thou among the leaves hast never known, The weariness, the fever, and the fret...