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... asked to go to Rome instead of to Oxford . But my father intended me for the Church , and I knew would never sanc- tion such a request . Art , in his eyes , was all very well as a délassement , but as a profession it was , both socially ...
... asked to go to Rome instead of to Oxford . But my father intended me for the Church , and I knew would never sanc- tion such a request . Art , in his eyes , was all very well as a délassement , but as a profession it was , both socially ...
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... asking - was it not rather adventurous of you to travel out without a groom ? ' I asked . ' O , ' replied she , ' my groom was thrown out of the phaeton whilst trying to seize the reins . ' ' Poor fellow ! I think I think your horses ...
... asking - was it not rather adventurous of you to travel out without a groom ? ' I asked . ' O , ' replied she , ' my groom was thrown out of the phaeton whilst trying to seize the reins . ' ' Poor fellow ! I think I think your horses ...
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... to me and smiling , ' you will excuse my asking you to drive me so far ; but after this contretemps , I should be frightened to drive home myself . ' ' I can assure you that I have not the 56 FIRST ACQUAINTANCESHIP .
... to me and smiling , ' you will excuse my asking you to drive me so far ; but after this contretemps , I should be frightened to drive home myself . ' ' I can assure you that I have not the 56 FIRST ACQUAINTANCESHIP .
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... memory for imagination ? ' asked Lady Trevennis . ' I never go into society or frequent its haunts- ' You never go into society ? ' replied she ' astonished . ' Never , ' answered I. ' Society is wo- FIRST ACQUAINTANCESHIP . 57.
... memory for imagination ? ' asked Lady Trevennis . ' I never go into society or frequent its haunts- ' You never go into society ? ' replied she ' astonished . ' Never , ' answered I. ' Society is wo- FIRST ACQUAINTANCESHIP . 57.
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... asked she . ' Not jealous , but impartial - they never speak well one of another , ' replied I. We had now arrived at some large iron gates , which at one time had adorned a Belgian convent on the Meuse , and which now served as the ...
... asked she . ' Not jealous , but impartial - they never speak well one of another , ' replied I. We had now arrived at some large iron gates , which at one time had adorned a Belgian convent on the Meuse , and which now served as the ...
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Harry Disney, Ed. [Really Written By] Atholl de Walden Alexander Charles Ewald No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 14 - 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 168 - I chide the world-without-end hour, Whilst I, my sovereign, watch the clock for you, Nor think the bitterness of absence sour, When you have bid your servant once adieu: Nor dare I question with my jealous thought, Where you may be , or your affairs suppose...
Page 134 - O Friend! I know not which way I must look For comfort, being, as I am, opprest, To think that now our Life is only drest For show; mean handy-work of craftsman, cook, Or groom!— We must run glittering like a Brook In the open sunshine, or we are unblest: The wealthiest man among us is the best: No grandeur now in nature or in book Delights us. Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore: Plain living and high thinking...
Page 231 - White as the sun, fair as the lily, Heigh ho, how I do love thee ! I do love thee as my lambs Are beloved of their dams ; How blest were I if thou wouldst prove me. Diaphenia like the spreading roses, That in thy sweets all sweets encloses, Fair sweet, how I do love thee ! I do love thee as each flower Loves the sun's life-giving power ; For dead, thy breath to life might move me.
Page 231 - I can give not what men call love, But wilt thou accept not The worship the heart lifts above And the Heavens reject not, — The desire of the moth for the star, Of the night for the morrow, The devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow?
Page 134 - O FRIEND ! I know not which way I must look For comfort, being, as I am, opprest, To think that now our life is only drest For show ; mean handy-work of craftsman, cook, Or groom ! We must run glittering like a brook In the open sunshine, or we are unblest : The wealthiest man among us is the best : No grandeur now in nature or in book Delights us. Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry ; and these we adore : Plain living and high thinking are no more : The homely beauty of the good old cause...
Page 39 - I the dawn used to admire, And praised the coming day, I little thought the rising fire Would take my rest away. Your charms in harmless childhood lay Like metals in a mine; Age from no face takes more away Than youth conceal'd in thine. But as your charms insensibly To their perfection prest, So love as unperceived did fly, And center'd in my breast.
Page 70 - Absence, hear thou my protestation Against thy strength, Distance, and length; Do what thou canst for alteration, For hearts of truest mettle Absence doth join, and time doth settle. Who loves a mistress of such quality, He soon hath found Affection's ground Beyond time, place, and all mortality.