The Indicator, and the Companion: A Miscellany for the Fields and the Fire-side, Band 2H. Colburn, 1834 |
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... fear they were trespassing at last upon somebody's property . It had a large garden wall at the back , as much covered with ivy as if it had been built of it . Fruit - trees looked over the wall with an unpruned thickness ; and neither ...
... fear they were trespassing at last upon somebody's property . It had a large garden wall at the back , as much covered with ivy as if it had been built of it . Fruit - trees looked over the wall with an unpruned thickness ; and neither ...
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... fear itself made them move slowly . Their legs seemed melting from under them . Gualtier tried to rally his voice . " They say , " said he , " it is a gentle creature . The hares that feed right in front of the house are a proof of it ...
... fear itself made them move slowly . Their legs seemed melting from under them . Gualtier tried to rally his voice . " They say , " said he , " it is a gentle creature . The hares that feed right in front of the house are a proof of it ...
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... fear still more lively , and he was preparing to follow the others with all the ex- pedition he could contrive , when a fierce rustling took place in the trees behind him , and in an instant the serpent's head was at his feet ...
... fear still more lively , and he was preparing to follow the others with all the ex- pedition he could contrive , when a fierce rustling took place in the trees behind him , and in an instant the serpent's head was at his feet ...
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... fear was still uppermost in his mind , when he looked upon the mouth that was to be kissed ; and he held fast round a tree with one hand , and his sword as fast in the other , watching the movements of her neck as he con- versed . " How ...
... fear was still uppermost in his mind , when he looked upon the mouth that was to be kissed ; and he held fast round a tree with one hand , and his sword as fast in the other , watching the movements of her neck as he con- versed . " How ...
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... fear what he might think of myself ; it made me stand in the pas- sage , and lean my head against the wall , and weep such bitter , and yet such sweet tears ! —But he did not hear them . No , Madam , he did not know , indeed , how much ...
... fear what he might think of myself ; it made me stand in the pas- sage , and lean my head against the wall , and weep such bitter , and yet such sweet tears ! —But he did not hear them . No , Madam , he did not know , indeed , how much ...
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Seite 59 - Round-hoofd, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide, High crest, short ears, straight legs and passing strong, Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock, tender hide : Look, what a horse should have he did not lack, Save a proud rider on so proud a back.
Seite 87 - Thus may we gather honey from the weed, And make a moral of the devil himself.
Seite 135 - Singing of Mount Abora. Could I revive within me Her symphony and song, To such a deep delight 'twould win me, That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air, That sunny dome ! those caves of ice ! And all who heard should see them there, And all should cry, Beware ! Beware ! His flashing eyes, his floating hair ! Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread, For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise.
Seite 110 - At whose approach the soul of Petrarch wept, And from thenceforth those graces were not seen, For they this Queen attended ; in whose stead Oblivion laid him down on Laura's hearse.
Seite 332 - To Hounslow Heath I point, and Banstead Down ; Thence comes your mutton, and these chicks my own.
Seite 136 - ... in the old Law did save, And such, as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in Heaven without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure as her mind: Her face was veiled, yet to my fancied sight, Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined So clear, as in no face with more delight. But O as to embrace me she inclined, I waked, she fled, and day brought back my night.
Seite 201 - He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls of Elysian gardens.
Seite 183 - ... among my books, and walled round with all the comfort and protection which they and my fireside could afford me ; to wit, a table of high-piled books at my back, my writing-desk on one side of me, some shelves on the other, and the feeling of the warm fire at my feet; I began to consider how I loved the authors of those books ; how I loved them, too, not only for the imaginative pleasures they afforded me, but for their making me love the very books themselves and delight to be in contact with...
Seite 45 - Cicely went off with a gentleman's purse ; And as to my sister, so mild and so dear, She has lain in the churchyard full many a year.
Seite 163 - ... toilet is ancient, carved at the edges, and tied about with a snow-white drapery of muslin. Beside it are various boxes, mostly japan; and the set of drawers are exquisite things for a little girl to rummage, if ever little girl be so...