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... human life has been peculiarly forced upon the Author's mind of late , when during one melancholy fortnight she was doomed to lament , amidst three generations of her own family , the loss in each of its brightest or- nament . The ...
... human life has been peculiarly forced upon the Author's mind of late , when during one melancholy fortnight she was doomed to lament , amidst three generations of her own family , the loss in each of its brightest or- nament . The ...
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... human life , that if the most penniless of younger brothers will only set himself up on a certain scale of expense , it goes flourishingly on to the end of time , by some magical process , quite of itself . ' " Yes ! By that mysterious ...
... human life , that if the most penniless of younger brothers will only set himself up on a certain scale of expense , it goes flourishingly on to the end of time , by some magical process , quite of itself . ' " Yes ! By that mysterious ...
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... human dwelling , one countenance , and one only , wore an aspect of real heart - felt sorrow . It was a very humble friend , whose tears consecrated the memory of her now slowly carried to her last retreat . An aged maid- servant , clad ...
... human dwelling , one countenance , and one only , wore an aspect of real heart - felt sorrow . It was a very humble friend , whose tears consecrated the memory of her now slowly carried to her last retreat . An aged maid- servant , clad ...
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... human life are worth studying . The wise to instruct , the gay to divert us , the imprudent teach us what to shun , the absurd cure the spleen . ' MRS . MONTtague . How often is nature most lovely in decay . The brightest and most ...
... human life are worth studying . The wise to instruct , the gay to divert us , the imprudent teach us what to shun , the absurd cure the spleen . ' MRS . MONTtague . How often is nature most lovely in decay . The brightest and most ...
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... human life becomes more gloomy as it advances ; and in this world no following spring succeeds — yet a revival , which man in his mortal state never can witness , shall at last awaken him to life , and shall yet adorn him with ...
... human life becomes more gloomy as it advances ; and in this world no following spring succeeds — yet a revival , which man in his mortal state never can witness , shall at last awaken him to life , and shall yet adorn him with ...
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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.