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Page 11
... king- dom of fountains and flowers . It was very wrong to meet Mr. Lansdell ; but I doubt if the happiness of those meetings would have had quite such an exquisite flavour to Isabel had that faint soupçon of wickedness been wanting . Is ...
... king- dom of fountains and flowers . It was very wrong to meet Mr. Lansdell ; but I doubt if the happiness of those meetings would have had quite such an exquisite flavour to Isabel had that faint soupçon of wickedness been wanting . Is ...
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... King wasn't in the theatre : indeed , the poor creature was lying demented at Charlottenburg , neither was or had been any member of the royal family present ; but it is , so it would seem , a rule of the preposterous Prussian etiquette ...
... King wasn't in the theatre : indeed , the poor creature was lying demented at Charlottenburg , neither was or had been any member of the royal family present ; but it is , so it would seem , a rule of the preposterous Prussian etiquette ...
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... kings ; and the whole process entirely agreed with certain of the dicta of Mr. Owen Meredith , who , as has been explained , was poet - laureate at the Schröder court . And Alice called on Barbara , and petted her and praised her , and ...
... kings ; and the whole process entirely agreed with certain of the dicta of Mr. Owen Meredith , who , as has been explained , was poet - laureate at the Schröder court . And Alice called on Barbara , and petted her and praised her , and ...
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... King William overcome the prejudices of his parliament against his new scheme of military reform , the period of five years would be extended to seven ; but his House of Commons is stubborn and resentful , and will have none of his ...
... King William overcome the prejudices of his parliament against his new scheme of military reform , the period of five years would be extended to seven ; but his House of Commons is stubborn and resentful , and will have none of his ...
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... King of Prussia on Neuchâtel was the last occasion on which the Swiss spirit was roused ; but a show of popular indigna- tion sufficed to puff out the ambition of a Pourtales and the pretensions of the crowned Hohenzollern . Last upon ...
... King of Prussia on Neuchâtel was the last occasion on which the Swiss spirit was roused ; but a show of popular indigna- tion sufficed to puff out the ambition of a Pourtales and the pretensions of the crowned Hohenzollern . Last upon ...
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Page 81 - THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea. When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.
Page 84 - O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.
Page 145 - MINE be a cot beside the hill; A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear; A willowy brook that turns a mill, With many a fall shall linger near. The swallow oft beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest. Around my ivied porch shall spring Each fragrant flower that drinks the dew ; And Lucy at her wheel shall sing In russet gown and apron blue.
Page 193 - Thus this brook has conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over.
Page 341 - Let them be free, marry them to your heirs? Why sweat they under burdens? let their beds Be made as soft as yours, and let their palates Be season'd with such viands? You will answer The slaves are ours.
Page 147 - O that I had wings like a dove : for then would I flee away, and be at rest.
Page 151 - BARD'S EPITAPH. Is there a whim-inspired fool, Owre fast for thought, owre hot for rule, Owre blate to seek, owre proud to snool, Let him draw near ; And owre this grassy heap sing dool, And drap a tear. Is there a Bard of rustic song, Who, noteless, steals the crowds among, That weekly this area throng, O, pass not by ! But, with a frater-feeling strong, Here, heave a sigh. Is there a man whose judgment clear, Can others teach the course to steer...
Page 152 - Here pause— and, through the starting tear, Survey this grave. The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn, and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name...
Page 154 - ALL through the sultry hours of June, From morning blithe to golden noon, And till the star of evening climbs The gray-blue East, a world too soon, There sings a Thrush amid the limes.
Page 246 - Retirement then might hourly look Upon a soothing scene, Age steal to his allotted nook Contented and serene ; With heart as calm as lakes that sleep, In frosty moonlight glistening ; Or mountain rivers, where they creep Along a channel smooth and deep, To their own far-off murmurs listening.