The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, Volume 9Joseph Shackell, 1832 - English periodicals |
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... rich , delicate lips ; the slight and swan - like neck , shadow- ed only by the long and clustering ringlets of dark brown glossy hair ; the clear brunette complexion ( heightened by the rich roses of her cheek ) , and the nymph - like ...
... rich , delicate lips ; the slight and swan - like neck , shadow- ed only by the long and clustering ringlets of dark brown glossy hair ; the clear brunette complexion ( heightened by the rich roses of her cheek ) , and the nymph - like ...
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... rich and power- ful voice with the lute , and poured forth- THE LAY OF THE FALCON . There are crests in merry England On their banners fair and free , But the proudest and the gallantest Is the one that's dear to me ! It is the first in ...
... rich and power- ful voice with the lute , and poured forth- THE LAY OF THE FALCON . There are crests in merry England On their banners fair and free , But the proudest and the gallantest Is the one that's dear to me ! It is the first in ...
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... rich , but that he had not the heart to spend his money , which year after year accumulated , and would make a splendid fortune for his daughter at his death . With this advantage , Em- ma , who was really a handsome girl , did not want ...
... rich , but that he had not the heart to spend his money , which year after year accumulated , and would make a splendid fortune for his daughter at his death . With this advantage , Em- ma , who was really a handsome girl , did not want ...
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... rich - why , I know not ; you know I live in a dangerous neighbourhood , and all my care will be necessary to prevent my losing either my child or my reputed wealth ; therefore , to avoid all accidents , I will take care you do not ...
... rich - why , I know not ; you know I live in a dangerous neighbourhood , and all my care will be necessary to prevent my losing either my child or my reputed wealth ; therefore , to avoid all accidents , I will take care you do not ...
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... rich blackbird - the loud and cheerful thrush , the linnet , lark and goldfinch , whither have they crept ? The squirrel that played his antics on the forest tree ; and all the showy and varied tribes of butterflies , moths , dra ...
... rich blackbird - the loud and cheerful thrush , the linnet , lark and goldfinch , whither have they crept ? The squirrel that played his antics on the forest tree ; and all the showy and varied tribes of butterflies , moths , dra ...
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Page 330 - And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight, than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air.
Page 454 - Therefore it is good to consider of deformity, not as a sign, which is more deceivable; but as a cause, which seldom faileth of the effect. Whosoever hath any thing fixed in his person that doth induce contempt, hath also a perpetual spur in himself to rescue and deliver himself from scorn.
Page 330 - DUKE'S PALACE. [Enter DUKE, CURIO, LORDS; MUSICIANS attending.] DUKE. If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken and so die.— That strain again;— it had a dying fall; O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour.— Enough; no more; 'Tis not so sweet now as it was before.
Page 64 - Eve, Young virgins might have visions of delight, And soft adorings from their loves receive Upon the honey'd middle of the night If ceremonies due they did aright; As, supperless to bed they must retire, And couch supine their beauties, lily white; Nor look behind, nor sideways, but require Of Heaven with upward eyes for all that they desire.
Page 330 - I speak not, because they are field flowers ; but those which perfume the air most delightfully, not passed by as the rest, but being trodden upon and crushed, are three, that is, burnet, wild thyme, and watermints ; therefore you are to set whole alleys of them, to have the pleasure when you walk or tread.
Page 232 - When all is done, (he concludes,) human life is at the greatest and the best but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.
Page 183 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Page 490 - I saw also that he looked this way, and that way, as if he would run; yet he stood still, because, as I perceived, he could not tell which way to go. I looked then, and saw a man named Evangelist coming to him, and asked, Wherefore dost thou cry?
Page 101 - Strike in, strike in, the sparks begin to dull their rustling red! Our hammers ring with sharper din, our work will soon be sped; Our anchor soon must change his bed of fiery rich array For a hammock at the roaring bows, or an oozy couch of clay; Our anchor soon must change the lay of merry craftsmen here, For the Yeo-heave-o...
Page 492 - Now I saw in my dream that just as they had ended this talk they drew near to a very miry slough that was in the midst of the plain; and they, being heedless, did both fall suddenly into the bog. The name of the slough was Despond.