Penruddock, by the author of 'Waltzburg'.1835 |
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... desire and appreciate the delight of a warm climate , few would willingly encounter the sultry aspect of the dog - star in the crowded streets of London ; and in this particular summer , Folly might not only " talk of " but see ...
... desire and appreciate the delight of a warm climate , few would willingly encounter the sultry aspect of the dog - star in the crowded streets of London ; and in this particular summer , Folly might not only " talk of " but see ...
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... desire of his ; they were commands literally , and they were to be implicitly obeyed : now she had only to conjecture what his wishes might be . During the first period of grief his present routine was arranged and established ; from ...
... desire of his ; they were commands literally , and they were to be implicitly obeyed : now she had only to conjecture what his wishes might be . During the first period of grief his present routine was arranged and established ; from ...
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... desires were at present all centred there , The light and joyous laugh of childish mirth was never checked , though it was not shared by the grave and elderly attendants who inhabited the mansion , with the exception of Mrs. Wes- ton ...
... desires were at present all centred there , The light and joyous laugh of childish mirth was never checked , though it was not shared by the grave and elderly attendants who inhabited the mansion , with the exception of Mrs. Wes- ton ...
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... desire of visiting the Beech Wood . No one ever pursued the path leading to the right from the Manor House ; and in the course of time they almost forgot the prohibition , while from habit the wishes of Mr. Penruddock and the directions ...
... desire of visiting the Beech Wood . No one ever pursued the path leading to the right from the Manor House ; and in the course of time they almost forgot the prohibition , while from habit the wishes of Mr. Penruddock and the directions ...
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... desire for change ; nor till the unexpected meeting with Walter Rayland and his com- panions had she reflected on the world , or the beings it might contain ; and now when she had so strangely encountered others , the only idea that ...
... desire for change ; nor till the unexpected meeting with Walter Rayland and his com- panions had she reflected on the world , or the beings it might contain ; and now when she had so strangely encountered others , the only idea that ...
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Page 219 - 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.
Page 57 - A wave o' the sea, that you might ever do Nothing but that ; move still, still so, And own no other function : each your doing, So singular in each particular, Crowns what you are doing in the present deeds, That all your acts are queens.
Page 103 - midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess, And roam along, the world's tired denizen, With none who bless us, none whom we can bless ; Minions of splendour shrinking from distress! None that, with kindred consciousness endued, If we were not, would seem to smile the less Of all that flatter'd, follow'd, sought, and sued ; This is to be alone; this, this is solitude!
Page 48 - To those that wring under the load of sorrow, But no man's virtue nor sufficiency To be so moral when he shall endure The like himself. Therefore give me no counsel. My griefs cry louder than advertisement.
Page 99 - The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Page 32 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...
Page 13 - As nothing did we die; but life will suit Itself to Sorrow's most detested fruit, Like to the apples on the Dead Sea's shore, All ashes to the taste...
Page 136 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful jollity, Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides...
Page 120 - Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
Page 69 - Boon nature scattered, free and wild, Each plant or flower, the mountain's child. Here eglantine embalmed the air, Hawthorn and hazel mingled there ; The primrose pale and violet flower Found in each cliff a narrow bower...