Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 61Richard Bentley, 1867 - Literature |
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... called upon to explain the cause of my silence , " said La Hogue , " but I had no particular motive for revealing the secret . I have no grudge against your uncle . But I have a hold upon him - a tremendous hold - and must turn it to ...
... called upon to explain the cause of my silence , " said La Hogue , " but I had no particular motive for revealing the secret . I have no grudge against your uncle . But I have a hold upon him - a tremendous hold - and must turn it to ...
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... called out of the room a short time previously , returned whilst her husband was still talking , and , draw- ing him aside , expressed a wish to impart to him something which had much annoyed her . It appeared that a young woman had called ...
... called out of the room a short time previously , returned whilst her husband was still talking , and , draw- ing him aside , expressed a wish to impart to him something which had much annoyed her . It appeared that a young woman had called ...
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... called their attention to it by striking eight , in which it was briskly seconded by the lively bird near the fireplace . " Wherever is Marie ? " said Mrs. Robson , breaking the silence which the warning strokes of the clock had cast ...
... called their attention to it by striking eight , in which it was briskly seconded by the lively bird near the fireplace . " Wherever is Marie ? " said Mrs. Robson , breaking the silence which the warning strokes of the clock had cast ...
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... called out , and recognised the girl Marie by her voice , for I could hardly discern her features . " She began by pouring out a heap of abuse against me for not ac- knowledging her as my wife , and made use of all sorts of threats . I ...
... called out , and recognised the girl Marie by her voice , for I could hardly discern her features . " She began by pouring out a heap of abuse against me for not ac- knowledging her as my wife , and made use of all sorts of threats . I ...
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... called her to his side , and , testifying a strong desire to speak to her , said at last in a low tone , and bringing out the words with difficulty , " Sybella , I have something to say to you , but it must be said as briefly as ...
... called her to his side , and , testifying a strong desire to speak to her , said at last in a low tone , and bringing out the words with difficulty , " Sybella , I have something to say to you , but it must be said as briefly as ...
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Page 81 - Go, hang yourselves all ! you are idle, shallow things : I am not of your element : you shall know more hereafter. [Exit. Sir To. Is't possible ? Fab. If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction.
Page 81 - How now, Horatio? you tremble and look pale; Is not this something more than fantasy? What think you on 't? Hor. Before my God, I might not this believe Without the sensible and true avouch Of mine own eyes.
Page 171 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
Page 389 - Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen in some high lonely tower...
Page 387 - The Housewife plied her own peculiar work, Making the cottage through the silent hours Murmur as with the sound of summer flies. This light was famous in its neighbourhood, And was a public symbol of the life , That thrifty Pair had lived.
Page 384 - Sanchez of Segovia and made the same inquiry. By the time the latter had ascended the roundhouse the light had disappeared. They saw it once or twice afterwards in sudden and passing gleams, as if it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves, or in the hand of some person on shore, borne up and down as he walked from house to house. So transient and uncertain were these gleams that few attached any importance to them. Columbus, however, considered them as certain...
Page 385 - Universe ; or indissolubly joined to the whole ? Thou fool, that smithyfire was (primarily) kindled at the Sun; is fed by air that circulates from before Noah's Deluge, from beyond the Dogstar; therein, with Iron Force, and Coal Force, and the far stranger Force of Man, are cunning affinities and battles and victories of Force brought about; it is a little ganglion, or nervous centre, in the great vital system of Immensity.
Page 385 - The Man said, No. Then said the other, Do you see yonder shining light? He said, I think I do. Then said Evangelist, Keep that light in your eye, and go up directly thereto, so shalt thou see the Gate; at which when thou knockest, it shall be told thee what thou shalt do.
Page 650 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet...
Page 173 - When, in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ;Then lies him down the lubber fiend. And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.