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Pagina 10
... turned over as to put him at the bottom ! Sterling , in the struggle , found himself in close contact with a woman , face to face ; and his mouth , though in pleasant proximity to a very soft cheek , was severely bruised : it seemed to ...
... turned over as to put him at the bottom ! Sterling , in the struggle , found himself in close contact with a woman , face to face ; and his mouth , though in pleasant proximity to a very soft cheek , was severely bruised : it seemed to ...
Pagina 17
... turning to his companion , said , " Colonel Walker , this is General Sterling , a mem- ber of congress from " Col. Walker opened his eyes a little at this an- nouncement , and remarked , very innocently , " I have had the pleasure of ...
... turning to his companion , said , " Colonel Walker , this is General Sterling , a mem- ber of congress from " Col. Walker opened his eyes a little at this an- nouncement , and remarked , very innocently , " I have had the pleasure of ...
Pagina 22
... turned to a modest gaze , By the sweet power of music . ” Not only are men and brutes charmed by music , but fable gives ears to trees and rocks , and even the ocean wakes from its repose under the muttering thunder , and its habitants ...
... turned to a modest gaze , By the sweet power of music . ” Not only are men and brutes charmed by music , but fable gives ears to trees and rocks , and even the ocean wakes from its repose under the muttering thunder , and its habitants ...
Pagina 39
... turned suddenly from her con- templations , she lifted up her arms and almost shouted — “ oh ! moss Judge ! " then suppressing her ejaculation into a mechanical whisper , she said " Miss Maggy go crazy to see you : - " and she darted ...
... turned suddenly from her con- templations , she lifted up her arms and almost shouted — “ oh ! moss Judge ! " then suppressing her ejaculation into a mechanical whisper , she said " Miss Maggy go crazy to see you : - " and she darted ...
Pagina 62
... turned the key of her wardrobe as softly as you would dip a pencil into a mug of oil . Her little bureau drawers moved in and out , as if slid upon velvet . There was no rustling of silks ; upsetting of wash - bowls , or clinking of ...
... turned the key of her wardrobe as softly as you would dip a pencil into a mug of oil . Her little bureau drawers moved in and out , as if slid upon velvet . There was no rustling of silks ; upsetting of wash - bowls , or clinking of ...
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bank Beatrice beautiful bells are ringing Belvedere Belvedere's bets Blunderbuss bright eyes cards chamber CHAPTER charmed child cigar Clodhead cologne Colonel countenance curls Curtis Dash dealer dear delight devil doctor dollars a day door Ernest exclaimed eyes face favorite felt fingers friends Ganymede gentle graceful guitar hair hand head heart Helen hundred dollars Jump-up kissed knew laugh leaning leave lifted Lily Lily's ling lips long watching looked lost Maggie Miss Pembroke morning Mozart neck never night Paganini parlor paused Placid play Plunket pocket politicians prince Pustleponch remarked replied retired rosy Rozzin seat seemed Senator Burton sleep smiles speaker spirit Ster Sterling Sterling's sweet Tar River Thimblerigg thing thought thousand dollars tion tones touched tremulous Tristram Shandy turned Vereprompt violin voice walked Wiregrass young
Populaire passages
Pagina 28 - And strike to dust th' imperial tow'rs of Troy; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph! thy hairs should feel The conqu'ring force of unresisted steel?
Pagina 180 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
Pagina 32 - For honour travels in a strait so narrow, W'here one but goes abreast: keep then the path; For emulation hath a thousand sons, That one by one pursue: If you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost...
Pagina 32 - For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast ; keep, then, the path ; For Emulation hath a thousand sons That one by one pursue ; if you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost.
Pagina 156 - Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold. There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubims : Such harmony is in immortal souls ; But whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close it in, we cannot hear it.
Pagina 22 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Pagina 21 - Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground ; long heath, brown furze, any thing : The wills above be done ! but I would fain die a dry death.
Pagina 196 - ... it is that feigning notable images of virtues, vices, or what else, with that delightful teaching, which must be the right describing note to know a poet by.
Pagina 227 - Whosoever hath anything fixed in his person that doth induce contempt hath also a perpetual spur in himself to rescue and deliver himself from scorn.
Pagina 22 - If they but hear perchance a trumpet sound, Or any air of music touch their ears, You shall perceive them make a mutual stand, Their savage eyes turn'd to a modest gaze, By the sweet power of music...