A Month in EnglandRedfield, 1853 - 243 pagina's |
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Pagina 16
... beauty to the mind . Here I looked down on an old ropewalk , there on an umbrageous grange ; now paused to ad- mire the vast and smooth expanse of the unrivalled race - course , which struck the imagination as a Ro- man amphitheatre ...
... beauty to the mind . Here I looked down on an old ropewalk , there on an umbrageous grange ; now paused to ad- mire the vast and smooth expanse of the unrivalled race - course , which struck the imagination as a Ro- man amphitheatre ...
Pagina 26
... beauty distinguishes the interior ; indeed , the greater part of the edifice has been re- stored , and forty years ago the old spire was taken down on account of its ruinous condition . But I went thither because it is the burial ...
... beauty distinguishes the interior ; indeed , the greater part of the edifice has been re- stored , and forty years ago the old spire was taken down on account of its ruinous condition . But I went thither because it is the burial ...
Pagina 31
... beauty , one summer afternoon , on the greensward , under the classic trees of the college - lawn , when a fair lady hung entranced above the sleeper , and left a scroll in his nerveless hand . I saw him in his prime , conversing with ...
... beauty , one summer afternoon , on the greensward , under the classic trees of the college - lawn , when a fair lady hung entranced above the sleeper , and left a scroll in his nerveless hand . I saw him in his prime , conversing with ...
Pagina 32
... beauty ; his " high argument " remains in all its original significance ; his mighty song wakes the soul to - day as when first its eternal symphony burst forth ; his intact career , unwavering faith , and sus- tained elevation ...
... beauty ; his " high argument " remains in all its original significance ; his mighty song wakes the soul to - day as when first its eternal symphony burst forth ; his intact career , unwavering faith , and sus- tained elevation ...
Pagina 50
... beauty and the memory of genius . The groups of poets , artists , and wits , whose commune had filled this room with the electric glow of intellectual life , with gems of art , glimpses of nature , and the charm of intelligent ...
... beauty and the memory of genius . The groups of poets , artists , and wits , whose commune had filled this room with the electric glow of intellectual life , with gems of art , glimpses of nature , and the charm of intelligent ...
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American amid ancient Anne Boleyn antique Apsley house ARSENE HOUSSAYE artist bard beauty behold Ben Jonson castle chapel character charm cheerful Chester church Clovernook court crowded Daily dark delight domestic duke edition effigies eloquent England English escutcheon Eton College expression familiar fancy fresh gaze genius George's chapel graceful heart HENRY WILLIAM HERBERT human idea illustrated imagination intellectual interest Italy John Bull Journal labor landscape light lion literary literature lofty London look memory ment mind modern muse nature noble Oliver Twist once painter picture picturesque poet portraits quaint reader realize recognised romance rural scene seemed sentiment Shakspere social specimens spirit stranger street style taste temple thought tion Titian towers triumphs trophies truth Uncle Uncle Tom vast venerable vivid volume walk walls Warwick castle window Windsor Windsor castle wonderful
Populaire passages
Pagina 216 - No longer mourn for me when I am dead Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world that I am fled From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell : Nay, if you read this line, remember not The hand that writ it ; for I love you so That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot, If thinking on me then should make you woe.
Pagina 153 - This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honour. From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer...
Pagina 26 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Pagina 109 - Thy Forests, Windsor! and thy green Retreats, At once the Monarch's and the Muse's Seats, Invite my Lays. Be present, Sylvan Maids! Unlock your Springs, and open all your Shades.
Pagina 109 - Ye distant spires, ye antique towers, That crown the watery glade, Where grateful Science still adores Her Henry's holy shade ; And ye, that from the stately brow Of Windsor's heights th...
Pagina 112 - There is an old tale goes, that Herne the hunter, Sometime a keeper here in Windsor forest, Doth all the winter time, at still midnight, Walk round about an oak, with great ragg'd horns; And there he blasts the tree, and takes the cattle ; And makes milch-kine yield blood, and shakes a chain In a most hideous and dreadful manner...
Pagina 110 - A stranger yet to pain! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they seem to...
Pagina 205 - Ah, what a life were this ! how sweet ! how lovely ! Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To shepherds, looking on their silly sheep, Than doth a rich embroider'd canopy To kings, that fear their subjects
Pagina 217 - Lest the wise world should look into your moan And mock you with me after I am gone.
Pagina 48 - I never shall forget the tremulous earnestness with which he pronounced the awful petition in the Litany : — "In the hour of death, and at the day of judgment, good Lord deliver us.