The flowers of literature, or, Encyclopędia of anecdote, a coll. by W. Oxberry, Volume 3William Oxberry 1821 |
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... smile opened his lips . But he lowered both his eyes and voice as he replied , " What did this fair vision promise ? " " Safety and release , if I would trust her , and be pledged to obey her . " - There was a long pause before the ...
... smile opened his lips . But he lowered both his eyes and voice as he replied , " What did this fair vision promise ? " " Safety and release , if I would trust her , and be pledged to obey her . " - There was a long pause before the ...
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... smile- " but the dead man's land will be free enough for the blue - eyed witch - she cannot buy a husband without it . " - And stealing a look at Ravenstone , the Chancellor - bishop departed . * John of Leyden , a butcher , and ...
... smile- " but the dead man's land will be free enough for the blue - eyed witch - she cannot buy a husband without it . " - And stealing a look at Ravenstone , the Chancellor - bishop departed . * John of Leyden , a butcher , and ...
Page 22
... smiling , " does my queen- mistress licence me to give it by her own manual sign ? " Ravenstone looked again , and saw his own name entered , and himself described as the husband chosen for her maid of honour by Queen Mary . " Has she ...
... smiling , " does my queen- mistress licence me to give it by her own manual sign ? " Ravenstone looked again , and saw his own name entered , and himself described as the husband chosen for her maid of honour by Queen Mary . " Has she ...
Page 71
... smiles too profusely on their husbands . Here , on the contrary , the stranger has the first place in female regard ; and so far do they carry their hospitality , that I have seen a fine lady slight a dozen tried friends and real ...
... smiles too profusely on their husbands . Here , on the contrary , the stranger has the first place in female regard ; and so far do they carry their hospitality , that I have seen a fine lady slight a dozen tried friends and real ...
Page 88
... smiling sorrowfully , but with great sweetness , she placed on the centre of the table a basket of white roses , and retired . Valamour was surprised , and touched by her last words , and still more when , by drawing out a branch of the ...
... smiling sorrowfully , but with great sweetness , she placed on the centre of the table a basket of white roses , and retired . Valamour was surprised , and touched by her last words , and still more when , by drawing out a branch of the ...
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Page 90 - Lo! the poor Indian, whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Page 295 - LAWRENCE, of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that the fields are dank, and ways are mire, Where shall we sometimes meet, and by the fire Help waste a sullen day, what may be won From the hard season gaining? Time will run On smoother, till Favonius reinspire The frozen earth, and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose, that neither sowed nor spun.
Page 12 - Veritate; if it be for Thy glory, I beseech Thee give me some sign from heaven ; if not, I shall suppress it.
Page 12 - I had no sooner spoken these words, but a loud, though yet gentle noise came from the heavens, (for it was like nothing on earth,) which did so comfort and cheer me, that I took my petition as granted, and that I had the sign demanded, whereupon also I resolved to print my book.
Page 189 - He is the most diligent preacher of all other; he is never out of his diocese; he is never from his cure; ye shall never find him unoccupied; he is ever in his parish; he keepeth residence at all times; ye shall never find him out of the way: call for him when you will, he is ever at home; the diligentest preacher in all the realm; he is ever at his plough...
Page 12 - ... as granted, and that I had the sign I demanded, whereupon also I resolved to print my book. This, how strange soever it may seem, I protest before the eternal God is true, neither am I any way superstitiously deceived herein, since I did not only clearly hear the noise, but in the serenest sky that ever I saw, being without all cloud, did to my thinking see the place from whence it came...
Page 90 - His soul, proud Science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way; Yet simple Nature to his hope has given, Behind the cloud-topt hill, an humbler heaven; Some safer world in depth of woods embraced, Some happier island in the watery waste, Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear...
Page 92 - States. I sent you the pipe — it resembled this— and I sent it by the Missouri, that the Indians of the Mississippi might not know what we were doing. You received it I then told you that your friends should be my friends — that your enemies should be my enemies — and that I only awaited your signal to make war. If this be the conduct of an enemy, I shall never be your friend.
Page 103 - Instead of being covered with a cloud of sorrow — my warriors would have felt the sunshine of joy in their hearts. To me it would have been a most glorious occurrence. Hereafter, when I die at home, instead of a noble grave and a grand procession, the rolling music and the thundering cannon, with a...
Page 226 - The gentry and citizens had little learning of any kind, and their way of breeding up their children was suitable to the rest. They were as severe to their children as their schoolmasters, and their schoolmasters as...