De Clifford; or, The constant man, by the author of 'Tremaine'. |
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... thank me . SONNET TO THE MOON . The moon is sailing o'er the sky , But lonely all , as if she pined For something of companionship , And felt it was in vain she shined . Earth is her mirror , and the stars Are as a court around her ...
... thank me . SONNET TO THE MOON . The moon is sailing o'er the sky , But lonely all , as if she pined For something of companionship , And felt it was in vain she shined . Earth is her mirror , and the stars Are as a court around her ...
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... thank givers for the good they do , let them do it in what way they will . " " Sir William , however , appears to be chari- table ? " " Why , yes ! He also thinks himself humble ; that is , he boasts of his humility ; but it is not ...
... thank givers for the good they do , let them do it in what way they will . " " Sir William , however , appears to be chari- table ? " " Why , yes ! He also thinks himself humble ; that is , he boasts of his humility ; but it is not ...
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... thank you for this wonderful good - will . " " If that be all , " returned he , " we will put off thanks to some other time . At present we must act ; and so while I write to my lord , do you write to Fothergill . He by this knows you ...
... thank you for this wonderful good - will . " " If that be all , " returned he , " we will put off thanks to some other time . At present we must act ; and so while I write to my lord , do you write to Fothergill . He by this knows you ...
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... thank heaven , that is not my predica- ment ) , may be profondement affligé du malheur de viellir . It is very certain that he may have pro- moted des hommes médiocres ( no reflection upon your excellency ) , and repented of it ; and ...
... thank heaven , that is not my predica- ment ) , may be profondement affligé du malheur de viellir . It is very certain that he may have pro- moted des hommes médiocres ( no reflection upon your excellency ) , and repented of it ; and ...
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... thank you more than we do , for the pain it must have cost you to infuse so much condescension into your reception of us . Is not condescension , my lord , a 6 ‹ force put upon the sincerity of some very 124 DE CLIFFORD ; OR ,
... thank you more than we do , for the pain it must have cost you to infuse so much condescension into your reception of us . Is not condescension , my lord , a 6 ‹ force put upon the sincerity of some very 124 DE CLIFFORD ; OR ,
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Page 62 - Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powdered, still perfumed: Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound. Give me a look, give me a face; That makes simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free : Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art ; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.
Page 145 - This is the prettiest low-born lass that ever Ran on the green-sward : nothing she does or seems But smacks of something greater than herself, Too noble for this place.
Page 301 - The seasons' difference; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say,— This is no flattery: these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 292 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
Page 298 - Tell them that brave it most They beg for more by spending Who in their greatest cost Seek nothing but commending ; And if they make reply, Then give them all the lie.
Page 281 - George's banner, broad and gay Now faded, as the fading ray Less bright, and less, was flung ; The evening gale had scarce the power To wave it on the Donjon Tower, So heavily it hung.
Page 196 - I have heard That guilty creatures, sitting at a play, Have by the very cunning of the scene Been struck so to the soul that presently They have proclaim'd their malefactions; For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ.
Page 245 - While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken ; The kingdom is departed from thee.
Page 200 - Not hear me ! by my sufferings, but you shall! My lord, my lord, I'm not that abject wretch You think me : patience ! where's the distance throws Me back so far, but I may boldly speak In right, though proud oppression will not hear me ! Pri.
Page 200 - Who could not win the mistress, woo'd the maid; Against the poets their own arms they turn'd, Sure to hate most the men from whom they learn'd. So modern 'pothecaries taught the art By doctors...