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... beautiful scenery around called forth . I felt , like another Mirza , among the hills of Bagdad . I heard the hum of the great city , I saw the smoke rising from a thousand palaces , I felt myself amid the haunts of busy men ; then ...
... beautiful scenery around called forth . I felt , like another Mirza , among the hills of Bagdad . I heard the hum of the great city , I saw the smoke rising from a thousand palaces , I felt myself amid the haunts of busy men ; then ...
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... beautiful face , beam- ing with conscious love , I would fold her to my beating heart , and could scarce help wondering that such a being should think me worthy of her love . But this happiness was too much to last . Nature has given me ...
... beautiful face , beam- ing with conscious love , I would fold her to my beating heart , and could scarce help wondering that such a being should think me worthy of her love . But this happiness was too much to last . Nature has given me ...
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... beautiful day in June ; the lilacs which embowered the walks had put forth their gayest blossoms , -the golden flowers of the laburnum were drooping in rich clusters from their green branches , and the perfume of a thousand flowers was ...
... beautiful day in June ; the lilacs which embowered the walks had put forth their gayest blossoms , -the golden flowers of the laburnum were drooping in rich clusters from their green branches , and the perfume of a thousand flowers was ...
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... beautiful girl I ever beheld , and there was an expression of pensiveness in her face , which heightened the interest her dark eyes immediately inspired . She bowed to me as she entered , and then cast her eyes eagerly around the ...
... beautiful girl I ever beheld , and there was an expression of pensiveness in her face , which heightened the interest her dark eyes immediately inspired . She bowed to me as she entered , and then cast her eyes eagerly around the ...
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... beautiful creature . The moccasins , too , of soft leather , in which her small and finely - shaped feet were encased , bore the marks of the skilful hand of Nedaunis - Ais , ( the little daughter , ) or Saise , to which Gabrielle had ...
... beautiful creature . The moccasins , too , of soft leather , in which her small and finely - shaped feet were encased , bore the marks of the skilful hand of Nedaunis - Ais , ( the little daughter , ) or Saise , to which Gabrielle had ...
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Popular passages
Page 237 - Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man her slave oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless: Still various and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife, And makes a lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she's kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away...
Page 240 - Let Fate do her worst, there are relics of joy, Bright dreams of the past, which she cannot destroy ; Which come in the night-time of sorrow and care, And bring back the features that joy used to wear.
Page 223 - When Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main ; This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung this strain : " Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves!
Page 240 - Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 129 - How ill this taper burns ! Ha ! who comes here ? I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition.
Page 121 - For over all there hung a cloud of fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted...
Page 223 - THE stars are with the voyager Wherever he may sail ; The moon is constant to her time ; The sun will never fail ; But follow, follow round the world, The green earth and the sea ; So love is with the lover's heart, Wherever he may be.