Jane Bouverie; or, Prosperity and adversity, Volume 577 |
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... remarking on the marvellous cheapness of the work - we have here nearly 500 pages of letter - press for the trifle of 2s . If the book shall not attain to a universal circulation the public will deny themselves the substantial benefit ...
... remarking on the marvellous cheapness of the work - we have here nearly 500 pages of letter - press for the trifle of 2s . If the book shall not attain to a universal circulation the public will deny themselves the substantial benefit ...
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... remarked , All outward demon- strations of emotion show , not the greatness of the feelings , but the smallness of the mind ' ; and where the affections of this life and the hopes of another are founded as much on principle as on ...
... remarked , All outward demon- strations of emotion show , not the greatness of the feelings , but the smallness of the mind ' ; and where the affections of this life and the hopes of another are founded as much on principle as on ...
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... remarked , that , if it be one of the greatest pleasures in life to see the portrait of a lovely woman , how much better it is to behold the reality . He wished the youngest and prettiest girl in the room always to be placed beside him ...
... remarked , that , if it be one of the greatest pleasures in life to see the portrait of a lovely woman , how much better it is to behold the reality . He wished the youngest and prettiest girl in the room always to be placed beside him ...
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... remarked one day that it cramped the genius of young people often to be corrected or found fault with for what they said , and that we ought to have a perfect confidence of our opinions being received with the same attention as those of ...
... remarked one day that it cramped the genius of young people often to be corrected or found fault with for what they said , and that we ought to have a perfect confidence of our opinions being received with the same attention as those of ...
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... remarked Lady Laura , turning towards us . We should compare our thoughts and feelings on subjects mutually interesting , recall entertaining facts in history and science , establish each other's religious impressions , clear up each ...
... remarked Lady Laura , turning towards us . We should compare our thoughts and feelings on subjects mutually interesting , recall entertaining facts in history and science , establish each other's religious impressions , clear up each ...
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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.