Jane Bouverie; or, Prosperity and adversity, Volume 577 |
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Catherine Sinclair. our nature is the best and greatest . Those who seek enjoyment only in the daylight and sunshine , lose a different , but far more sublime delight , which might be found in contemplating , even though surrounded by ...
Catherine Sinclair. our nature is the best and greatest . Those who seek enjoyment only in the daylight and sunshine , lose a different , but far more sublime delight , which might be found in contemplating , even though surrounded by ...
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... enjoyment to the charm of her plants and her flowers . The bee , murmuring as it wandered from leaf to leaf , the flow and fall of the tumbling stream , the song of birds , the lowing of cattle , and even the howling of the tempest ...
... enjoyment to the charm of her plants and her flowers . The bee , murmuring as it wandered from leaf to leaf , the flow and fall of the tumbling stream , the song of birds , the lowing of cattle , and even the howling of the tempest ...
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... enjoyment to my parents as their beautiful garden , to the decoration of which they jointly devoted many a leisure hour . That one acre might have passed for the work of a fairy's wand , so successfully had it been adorned with rare and ...
... enjoyment to my parents as their beautiful garden , to the decoration of which they jointly devoted many a leisure hour . That one acre might have passed for the work of a fairy's wand , so successfully had it been adorned with rare and ...
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... enjoyment in society is when my friends frankly and freely turn their minds inside out to me , ' said Lord Charles , jestingly . Not like Talleyrand , who thought language was given to conceal our thoughts . Let them tell me all the ...
... enjoyment in society is when my friends frankly and freely turn their minds inside out to me , ' said Lord Charles , jestingly . Not like Talleyrand , who thought language was given to conceal our thoughts . Let them tell me all the ...
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... enjoyment . For mere happiness , I believe that the middle - classes of intellect , as well as of fortune , are the happiest . ' ' I am quite satisfied to think so , ' replied Lord Charles . When I saw my brother the Duke to- day ...
... enjoyment . For mere happiness , I believe that the middle - classes of intellect , as well as of fortune , are the happiest . ' ' I am quite satisfied to think so , ' replied Lord Charles . When I saw my brother the Duke to- day ...
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Page 145 - As a beam o'er the face of the waters may glow, While the tide runs in darkness and coldness below, So the cheek may be tinged with a warm sunny smile, Though the cold heart to ruin runs darkly the while.
Page 272 - Whom the gods love die young' was said of yore, And many deaths do they escape by this: The death of friends, and that which slays even more — The death of friendship, love, youth, all that is, Except mere breath ; and since the silent shore Awaits at last even those who longest miss The old archer's shafts, perhaps the early grave Which men weep over may be meant to save.
Page 37 - Resign the honours of their form at Winter's stormy blast, And leave the naked leafless plain a desolated waste. 8 Yet soon reviving plants and flow'rs anew shall deck the plain ; The woods shall hear the voice of Spring, and flourish green again.
Page 238 - The churchyard bears an added stone, The fireside shows a vacant chair ! Here sadness dwells and weeps alone, And death displays his banner there ; The life has gone, the breath has fled, And what has been no more shall be ; The well-known form, the welcome tread, Oh ! where are they ? and where is he ? HENRY NEELE.
Page 61 - No where by thee my steps shall be, For ever and for ever. But here will sigh thine alder tree, And here thine aspen shiver; And here by thee will hum the bee, For ever and for ever. A thousand suns will stream on thee, A thousand moons will quiver; But not by thee my steps shall be, For ever and for ever.
Page 238 - OFT o'er my brain does that strange fancy roll Which makes the present (while the flash doth last) Seem a mere semblance of some unknown past Mixed with such feelings, as perplex the soul Self-questioned in her sleep ; and some have said We lived, ere yet this robe of flesh we wore.