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... attention of those living in the vicinity ; and jealous eyes peer- ing through the folds of blinds and curtains , attempted to ascertain by the outline of the figures , -when on entering the door they were cast in strong relief by the ...
... attention of those living in the vicinity ; and jealous eyes peer- ing through the folds of blinds and curtains , attempted to ascertain by the outline of the figures , -when on entering the door they were cast in strong relief by the ...
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... attention to her appearance . ' " And then her large dark eyes and her fair complexion , " said a sallow little girl with blue , glassy , inexpressive orbs , " surely you cannot admire such a contrast . ! " Indeed I do , " replied the ...
... attention to her appearance . ' " And then her large dark eyes and her fair complexion , " said a sallow little girl with blue , glassy , inexpressive orbs , " surely you cannot admire such a contrast . ! " Indeed I do , " replied the ...
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... attention they had at- tracted . " Order ! order ! young ladies , " said Miss Weston , lowering her tone , " don't you perceive that the house is resolved into a commit- tee of the whole ? Come , let us see whom we have here our gossip ...
... attention they had at- tracted . " Order ! order ! young ladies , " said Miss Weston , lowering her tone , " don't you perceive that the house is resolved into a commit- tee of the whole ? Come , let us see whom we have here our gossip ...
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... attention . But in vain the one idea present to her mind was that of being played upon . " She had always thought Miss Weston a disagree- able person , and she was resolved to show her that she at least would resent her impertinence ...
... attention . But in vain the one idea present to her mind was that of being played upon . " She had always thought Miss Weston a disagree- able person , and she was resolved to show her that she at least would resent her impertinence ...
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... attention to the minutiae of housewifery that marked the olden time . She loved to see a board well furnished with guests , as well as viands . Though excused by age and infirmity from giving her personal attention to these matters ...
... attention to the minutiae of housewifery that marked the olden time . She loved to see a board well furnished with guests , as well as viands . Though excused by age and infirmity from giving her personal attention to these matters ...
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Page 257 - And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
Page 5 - When in the chronicle of wasted time I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rhyme In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights, Then, in the blazon of sweet beauty's best, Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow, I see their antique pen would have express'd Even such a beauty as you master now.
Page 64 - AY. thou art welcome, heaven's delicious breath ! . When woods begin to wear the crimson leaf, And suns grow meek, and the meek suns grow brief, And the year smiles as it draws near its death. Wind of the sunny south ! oh, still delay In the gay woods and in the golden air, Like to a good old age released from care, Journeying, in long serenity, away. In such a bright, late quiet, would that I Might wear out life like thee, mid bowers and brooks. And, dearer yet, the sunshine of kind looks...
Page 254 - In the cold moist earth we laid her, when the forest cast the leaf, And we wept that one so lovely should have a life so brief: Yet not unmeet it was that one, like that young friend of ours, So gentle and so beautiful, should perish with the flowers.
Page 265 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude Forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Page 141 - SPRING IN TOWN. THE country ever has a lagging Spring, Waiting for May to call its violets forth, And June its roses — showers and sunshine bring, Slowly, the deepening verdure o'er the earth ; To put their foliage out, the woods are slack, And one by one the singing-birds come back. Within the city's bounds the time of flowers Comes earlier. Let a mild and sunny day, Such as full often, for a few bright hours, Breathes through the sky of March the airs of May, Shine on our roofs and chase the...
Page 178 - ... a correspondence by letters with those of his acquaintance which are of most worth ; and let his travel appear rather in his discourse than in his apparel or gesture ; and in his discourse let him be rather advised 4 in his answers than forward to tell stories : and let it appear that he doth not change his country manners for those of foreign parts ; but only prick in some flowers of that he hath learned abroad into the customs of his own country OF WISDOM FOR A MAN'S SELF.
Page 247 - Bound to thy service with unceasing care, The mind's least generous wish a mendicant For nought but what thy happiness could spare. Speak — though this soft warm heart, once free to hold A thousand tender pleasures, thine and mine, Be left more desolate, more dreary cold Than a forsaken bird's-nest filled with snow 'Mid its own bush of leafless eglantine — Speak, that my torturing doubts their end may know ! TO BR HAYDON, ON SEEING HIS PICTURE OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE ON THE ISLAND OF ST.
Page 168 - Ah me! how much I fear lest pride it be ! But if that pride it be, which thus inspires, Beware, ye dames, with nice discernment see, Ye quench not too the sparks of nobler fires : Ah ! better far than all the Muses...
Page 112 - She's long in her face, she's fine in her horn, She'll quickly get fat, without cake or corn, She's clean in her jaws, and full in her chine, She's heavy in flank, and wide in her loin.