London Society, Volume 44James Hogg, Florence Marryat William Clowes and Sons, 1883 |
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Pagina 5
... course on great occasions all their relations , and are pestered by every acquaintance for cards of admission , so that not less than near three thousand people as a rule are present . The names are balloted , and doubtful characters ...
... course on great occasions all their relations , and are pestered by every acquaintance for cards of admission , so that not less than near three thousand people as a rule are present . The names are balloted , and doubtful characters ...
Pagina 16
... course , ' he thought , and my pony has gone with the rest . As for keeping my appointment with him , it is out of the question ; for I can't show myself in this state ; besides , it is long past the hour , and he can be of no use to me ...
... course , ' he thought , and my pony has gone with the rest . As for keeping my appointment with him , it is out of the question ; for I can't show myself in this state ; besides , it is long past the hour , and he can be of no use to me ...
Pagina 20
... course included -was running itself down , and would come to a standstill , like a clock with nobody to wind it up . Recently we have been comforted by Dr. Siemens , who assures us that the Sun is self - sustaining by a process which ...
... course included -was running itself down , and would come to a standstill , like a clock with nobody to wind it up . Recently we have been comforted by Dr. Siemens , who assures us that the Sun is self - sustaining by a process which ...
Pagina 29
... course it is . No , I shall be very sorry , to leave Italy , and yet I shall be glad , for some things , to get back . It will feel so much like home after all this travelling , and seeing all these things . ' ' Yes , no doubt you will ...
... course it is . No , I shall be very sorry , to leave Italy , and yet I shall be glad , for some things , to get back . It will feel so much like home after all this travelling , and seeing all these things . ' ' Yes , no doubt you will ...
Pagina 37
... course , be my daughter . If she charms you , nothing more is necessary . ' ' She is charming , ' Gérard re- peated rather absently . It was no use beginning the old arguments over again . If Fate would have it , if that poor little ...
... course , be my daughter . If she charms you , nothing more is necessary . ' ' She is charming , ' Gérard re- peated rather absently . It was no use beginning the old arguments over again . If Fate would have it , if that poor little ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 474 - His poetry acts like an incantation. Its merit lies less in its obvious meaning than in its occult power. There would seem, at first sight, to be no more in his words than in other words. But they are words of enchantment.
Pagina 548 - Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed ; Teach me to die, that so I may Rise glorious at the awful day.
Pagina 474 - Nor do we envy the man who can study either the life or the writings of the great poet and patriot, without aspiring to emulate, not indeed the sublime works with which his genius has enriched our literature, but the zeal with which he...
Pagina 608 - I have seen it performed at different periods in other countries, and well too, but no more to compare with its original performance than light is to darkness. All the original performers had the advantage of the instruction of the composer, who transfused into their minds his inspired meaning. I never shall forget his little animated countenance, when lighted up with the glowing rays of genius ; — it is as impossible to describe it, as it would be. .to paint sun-beams.
Pagina 473 - 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.
Pagina 473 - ... and which are visibly stamped with the image and superscription of the Most High. These great men we trust that we know how to prize ; and of these was Milton.
Pagina 247 - Of pirates coasting the Spanish Main, And ships that never came back again. The chance and change of a sailor's life, Want and plenty, rest and strife, His roving fancy, like the wind, That nothing can stay and nothing can bind...
Pagina 357 - There is still another place, built in the form of a Theatre, which serves for the baiting of Bulls and Bears ; they are fastened behind, and then worried by great English bull-dogs; but not without great...
Pagina 473 - ... stamped with the image and superscription of the Most High. These great men we trust that we know how to prize; and of these was Milton. The sight of his books, the sound of his name, are refreshing to us.
Pagina 358 - tis over! Gay dwellings no longer are gay; The courtier, the gambler, the lover, Are scattered like swallows away; There's nobody left to invite one, Except my good uncle and spouse; My mistress is bathing at Brighton, My patron is sailing at...