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The first sound that struck my ears was that unearthly scream , which I had heard
a few hours before . It was repeated : it came from the window : the casement
flapped as if shaken by a strong wind ; and though my very sinews seemed
shrunk ...
The first sound that struck my ears was that unearthly scream , which I had heard
a few hours before . It was repeated : it came from the window : the casement
flapped as if shaken by a strong wind ; and though my very sinews seemed
shrunk ...
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a metal so musical and sonorous , that whenever it was struck the sounds were
barmonious . ... the sound which the instrument then emitted , was said to be so
loud and terrible , that , vibrating through the city , making houses shake and men
...
a metal so musical and sonorous , that whenever it was struck the sounds were
barmonious . ... the sound which the instrument then emitted , was said to be so
loud and terrible , that , vibrating through the city , making houses shake and men
...
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Of a sudden a sound was heard - to ring through the air like the clashing of
thousands of metallic meteors , a sound that seemed to make the mountains
shake , which reverberated in echoes through the valleys , and drove the
impending rocks ...
Of a sudden a sound was heard - to ring through the air like the clashing of
thousands of metallic meteors , a sound that seemed to make the mountains
shake , which reverberated in echoes through the valleys , and drove the
impending rocks ...
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The words had scarcely left his mouth , before the sound , the awful sound , of the
great gong on the turret , so well known to the ears of Azbeaz , was heard , which
rung throughout the mountain with the same portentous reverberations as ...
The words had scarcely left his mouth , before the sound , the awful sound , of the
great gong on the turret , so well known to the ears of Azbeaz , was heard , which
rung throughout the mountain with the same portentous reverberations as ...
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The transit of every other kind of conveyance had been in . tercepted , so that the
only sound of wheels came from those of the cart bearing the culprit to the place
of execution . Every one I am sure , will remember the descriptions given of this ...
The transit of every other kind of conveyance had been in . tercepted , so that the
only sound of wheels came from those of the cart bearing the culprit to the place
of execution . Every one I am sure , will remember the descriptions given of this ...
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Página 201 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice ; To be imprison'd in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendent world...
Página 6 - Lords and Commons of England, consider what nation it is whereof ye are and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to.
Página 202 - Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Página 202 - Above them all the arch-angel: but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched; and care Sat on his faded cheek, but under brows Of dauntless courage, and considerate pride Waiting revenge...
Página 205 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Página 202 - Archangel: but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched, and care Sat on his faded cheek, but under brows Of dauntless courage, and considerate* pride Waiting revenge. Cruel his eye, but cast Signs of remorse and passion to behold The fellows of his crime, the followers rather (Far other once beheld in bliss), condemned For ever now to have their lot in pain...
Página 433 - Who would have thought the old man had so much blood in him...
Página 200 - Darke, dolefull, dreary, like a greedy grave, That still for carrion carcases doth crave : On top whereof ay dwelt the ghastly Owle, Shrieking his balefull note, which ever drave Far from that haunt all other chearefull fowle, And all about it wandring ghostes did wayle and howle.
Página 536 - Only Dick Christian,';}; answers Lord Forester, ' and it is nothing new to him.' ' But he'll be drowned,' exclaims Lord Kinnaird. ' I shouldn't wonder,
Página 6 - ... and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to. Therefore the studies of learning in her deepest sciences have been so ancient, and so eminent among us, that writers of good antiquity, and ablest judgment have been persuaded that even the school of Pythagoras, and the Persian wisdom took beginning from the old philosophy of this island.