The Portfolio of Entertaining & Instructive Varieties in History, Literature, Fine Arts, Etc. ..., Volume 4Duncombe., 1827 |
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... scene , that changed every in- stant ; looking now at some lazy vessel , that came floating down the stream , with its great sails flapping idly about , in quest of the breeze ; and now at some half - ruined tower , or dismantled ...
... scene , that changed every in- stant ; looking now at some lazy vessel , that came floating down the stream , with its great sails flapping idly about , in quest of the breeze ; and now at some half - ruined tower , or dismantled ...
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... - my present feelings , and the habits of my past life . They perceived it , and were not long in manifesting their sense of it . Friendship's Offering . ( To be continued . ) A PRISON SCENE . WERE you ever in prison ? 54 THE PORTFOLIO .
... - my present feelings , and the habits of my past life . They perceived it , and were not long in manifesting their sense of it . Friendship's Offering . ( To be continued . ) A PRISON SCENE . WERE you ever in prison ? 54 THE PORTFOLIO .
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... scene is as familiar to her as an opera - box , or a pew at Saint George's . Neither the lady nor the gentleman , ( begging the pardon of each ) knows any thing about the matter . This is no question of ar- chitecture . The lightest ...
... scene is as familiar to her as an opera - box , or a pew at Saint George's . Neither the lady nor the gentleman , ( begging the pardon of each ) knows any thing about the matter . This is no question of ar- chitecture . The lightest ...
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... scene as a joke , and pronounced a panegyric upon the lady for her maternal care of her subjects , and the resolute spirit which she had maintained . He begged her not to trouble herself at what had happen- ed ; and he undertook to ...
... scene as a joke , and pronounced a panegyric upon the lady for her maternal care of her subjects , and the resolute spirit which she had maintained . He begged her not to trouble herself at what had happen- ed ; and he undertook to ...
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... scenes my lonely thoughts ponder , I Ye Ye sweep my lute strings with a trembling hand , And sing of thy groves where my child- hood did wander . Oh , Araby , Araby , land of my sires , " Land of fair freedom , of virtue , and bravery ...
... scenes my lonely thoughts ponder , I Ye Ye sweep my lute strings with a trembling hand , And sing of thy groves where my child- hood did wander . Oh , Araby , Araby , land of my sires , " Land of fair freedom , of virtue , and bravery ...
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Página 380 - Annual for me, the grape, the rose renew The juice nectareous, and the balmy dew; For me, the mine a thousand treasures brings; For me, health gushes from a thousand springs; Seas roll to waft me, suns to light me rise; My foot-stool earth, my canopy the skies.
Página 43 - That very time I saw (but thou couldst not), Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Página 270 - And wait the approaching sign to strike, at once, Into the general choir. Even Mountains, Vales, And Forests seem, impatient, to demand The promised sweetness. Man superior walks Amid the glad Creation, musing praise, And looking lively gratitude. At last, The Clouds consign their treasures to the fields, And, softly shaking on the dimpled pool Prelusive drops, let all their moisture flow, In large effusion, o'er the freshened world.
Página 97 - Earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man! Some had expired in fight — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities had no sound nor tread ; And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb! Yet, prophet-like, that lone one stood, With dauntless words and high...
Página 449 - Let me not burst in ignorance ! but tell, Why thy canonized bones, hearsed in death, Have burst their cerements ! why the sepulchre. Wherein we saw thee quietly in-urn'd. Hath oped his ponderous and marble jaws, To cast thee up again...
Página 184 - Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
Página 43 - Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western flower, — Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound, — And maidens call it love-in-idleness.
Página 172 - Except a man be born again, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God,
Página 103 - Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.
Página 98 - I am weary in yon skies To watch thy fading fire; Test of all sumless agonies, Behold not me expire. My lips that speak thy dirge of death — Their rounded gasp and gurgling breath To see thou shall not boast. The eclipse of Nature spreads my pall — The majesty of darkness shall Receive my parting ghost!