Tales, Viz. Meredith, Strathern, Femme de Chambre, Marmaduke Herbert, Country Quarters, Volume 3 |
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Página 129 - Lo di e' han detto a' dolci amici addio; E che lo nuovo peregrin d'amore Punge, se ode squilla di lontano, Che paia '1 giorno pianger che si muore: Quand' io incominciai a render vano L'udire, ed a mirar una dell'alme Surta, che l'ascoltar chiedea con mano.
Página 37 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made, When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! — Scarce were the piteous accents said, When, with the Baron's casque, the maid To the nigh streamlet ran.
Página 308 - I know of no man who stands in higher estimation at—'s Club than you do, and for this change in the feelings of its members you may thank the gale of last evening, which verifies the truth of the old adage that 'it is an ill wind that blows nobody good.
Página 95 - A thousand thanks," said the count, "your invitation is most gracious, and I regret exceedingly that it is not in my power to accept it. I am not so much at liberty as you suppose; on the contrary, I have a most important engagement.
Página 197 - Though averse to borrowing, Strathern consented, for the nonce, to be guided by Mr. Papworth, and that gentleman, pledging himself that the loan could be effected in a very short time, his client left the office in anything but a pleasant frame of mind. On returning to his hotel he found a letter from Lord Francis Musgrove, an old college friend, whom he had not seen for some years, requesting a loan of six thousand pounds fora few months, or, if that was inconvenient, asking him to join him in security...
Página 224 - Yesterday evening, Sir, he seemed more comfortable, "said the man; "this morning he complained of a spasm in his left side. I wanted to go for the doctor, but he wouldn't hear of it, as he said he 'd be better after he had been to Richmond to see Mrs. and Miss Sydney, about whom he was continually speaking during the last week. We had got so far on our way, when I, who was sitting on the box with the coachman, felt the check-string pulled violently, and when I turned round I saw my poor master in...
Página 115 - Look, dearest, at those modest but pretty dwellings. We should search in vain for such in any country save ours. Other lands may show us more stately palaces than England can boast, but these clean, inviting houses, where the clerks of public or private offices and artizans have made their homes, and to which they return every evening when released from their daily task, can be met with only in ours. These very abodes are what most strike foreigners when they first visit England, and I now find myself,...