Life scenes and social sketchesW. Kent & Company, 1861 - 155 pages |
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... language . Mount the tall hill that rises so gently a little way beyond , and , in the lone churchyard of that ruined church , you can indulge in extemporaneous meditations among the tombs - that is , if the bracing 28 A BEREAVED HEART .
... language . Mount the tall hill that rises so gently a little way beyond , and , in the lone churchyard of that ruined church , you can indulge in extemporaneous meditations among the tombs - that is , if the bracing 28 A BEREAVED HEART .
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... hill , diversifying the landscape , and exercis- ing the wondering faculties of the rustic population . Indeed , it is the theme of all the extravagant tales and Baron Munchausen's stories of the neighbourhood . Many affirm it is the ...
... hill , diversifying the landscape , and exercis- ing the wondering faculties of the rustic population . Indeed , it is the theme of all the extravagant tales and Baron Munchausen's stories of the neighbourhood . Many affirm it is the ...
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... hill , till the whole scene smiles as it listens to the lark , carolling its matin hymn , greeting the arrival of another day . You feel chill , the dew hangs heavy on the grass , and it occasionally drops from the overhanging trees ...
... hill , till the whole scene smiles as it listens to the lark , carolling its matin hymn , greeting the arrival of another day . You feel chill , the dew hangs heavy on the grass , and it occasionally drops from the overhanging trees ...
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... hill , his heart has warmed to you , and he invites you to his home . You are scarcely at the bottom of the hill , when you arrive at a rustic gate - rude , indeed , but over which honeysuckles have twined , embracing the wattled twigs ...
... hill , his heart has warmed to you , and he invites you to his home . You are scarcely at the bottom of the hill , when you arrive at a rustic gate - rude , indeed , but over which honeysuckles have twined , embracing the wattled twigs ...
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... hills . I passed on . Low , straggling huts — the poorest of the poor - gave indications of a village I was approaching . I turned down a by - road , for I felt a feeling of solitariness which made me avoid meeting any person - for I ...
... hills . I passed on . Low , straggling huts — the poorest of the poor - gave indications of a village I was approaching . I turned down a by - road , for I felt a feeling of solitariness which made me avoid meeting any person - for I ...
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Page 21 - Past, But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast And the days are dark and dreary. Be still, sad heart ! and cease repining ; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining ; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary.
Page 2 - DARK is the night ! how dark ! no light — no fire ! Cold, on the hearth, the last faint sparks expire ! Shivering she watches by the cradle side For him who pledged her love — last year a bride ! " Hark ! 'tis his footstep ! No — 'tis past ; 'tis gone.
Page 42 - They know not of the scanty meal With small pale faces round ; No fire upon the cold, damp hearth, When snow is on the ground.
Page 67 - Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought ; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
Page 60 - Will ye let a demon bind ye In the chain of Helot thrall ? Will ye let the last hour find ye In the lowest pit of all ? Oh ! stand back in godly terror, When Temptation's joys begin ; "Tis such wily maze of Error, Few get out who once go in. Shun the " dram" that can but darken, When its vapour-gleam has fled.
Page 46 - Royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle. This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men— this little world. This precious stone set In the silver sea, This blessed spot, this earth, this realm, this England.
Page 127 - ... misery stared him in the face. In the midst of his dilemma, he stopped to ask a question from an old man selling blacking ; for Day and Martin, or the immortal Warren, had not then commenced their labours, and itinerant blacking merchants were common. " You are from Ireland, I believe ?" said the old man. , " Sorra the day's luck I 've seen since I left it,
Page 127 - There is not a cranny in the ruined churches or dilapidated castles that stud the hill -sides, or adorn the valleys of the garden-land of Erin, but that, in addition to the legends of " good people," leprocauns, or other traditionary, but somewhat visionary inhabitants of the place, a tale of hidden treasure is sure to be appended. Now Mickleen was a " small " farmer, and a very neglectful one. He was too much of a dreamer to be otherwise. He had gloated over the tales of treasure-troves, which were...
Page 66 - Yes, there surely was, as my eye glanced over the scene — there was my ci-devant friend, Burnthe-Wind, as big and as burly as ever. There he stood, at the old corner, with his old fustian jacket, and a great bar of iron in his hand ; just as he was years ago, holding forth on the advantages of total abstinence. He had kept steady to the cause ; he had faltered not ; when all deserted the standard, he stood by it. Honest Jackl your faults may be many.