The Liberal: Verse and Prose from the South, Volumes 1-2John Hunt, 1822 |
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... walk'd In comfort , at their own aërial ease , But were all ramm'd , and jamm'd ( but to be balk'd , As we shall see ) and jostled hands and knees , Like wind compress'd and pent within a bladder , Or like a human cholic , which is ...
... walk'd In comfort , at their own aërial ease , But were all ramm'd , and jamm'd ( but to be balk'd , As we shall see ) and jostled hands and knees , Like wind compress'd and pent within a bladder , Or like a human cholic , which is ...
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... walking two by two in the green lanes , was to him inexpli- cable . However , Ippolito was very sincere in his gratitude to Gossip Veronica , and even did his best to behave hand- somely to her cake and wine ; and after dinner his ...
... walking two by two in the green lanes , was to him inexpli- cable . However , Ippolito was very sincere in his gratitude to Gossip Veronica , and even did his best to behave hand- somely to her cake and wine ; and after dinner his ...
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... walk on the Lungarno every evening . It is understood that he is superintending the education of some Greek youths , and that he puts the receipts of his office to the noble purpose of assisting it . Prince Alexander Mavro- cordato ...
... walk on the Lungarno every evening . It is understood that he is superintending the education of some Greek youths , and that he puts the receipts of his office to the noble purpose of assisting it . Prince Alexander Mavro- cordato ...
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... would astonish the doubt- ful hand of many a gentleman " in the higher walks of art . " " in It must be observed however , that this is a piece of good taste which seems to have survived most others , and 102 LETTERS FROM ABROAD .
... would astonish the doubt- ful hand of many a gentleman " in the higher walks of art . " " in It must be observed however , that this is a piece of good taste which seems to have survived most others , and 102 LETTERS FROM ABROAD .
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... walk , and standing in a much more solitary part of the town . Let him suppose at one end of this walk the Leaning Tower , with some small but elegant houses on one side of it , looking down the grass plot ; the Baptistery , a rotunda ...
... walk , and standing in a much more solitary part of the town . Let him suppose at one end of this walk the Leaning Tower , with some small but elegant houses on one side of it , looking down the grass plot ; the Baptistery , a rotunda ...
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Page 86 - Cesario; it is old and plain: 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 117 - Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita Mi ritrovai per una selva oscura, Chè la diritta via era smarrita.
Page 163 - AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Page 395 - I arise from dreams of thee In the first sweet sleep of night, When the winds are breathing low, And the stars are shining bright; I arise from dreams of thee, And a spirit in my feet Has led me — who knows how? — To thy chamber window, sweet ! The wandering airs, they faint On the dark, the silent stream — The champak odors fail Like sweet thoughts in a dream; The nightingale's complaint, It dies upon her heart, As I must die on thine, O, beloved as thou art!
Page 47 - Than wood-nymph, or the fairest goddess feign'd Of three that in mount Ida naked strove, Stood to entertain her guest from heaven ; no veil She needed, virtue-proof; no thought infirm Alter'd her cheek.
Page 395 - O, lift me from the grass! I die, I faint, I fail! Let thy love in kisses rain On my lips and eyelids pale. My cheek is cold and white, alas ! My heart beats loud and fast: Oh! press it close to thine again, Where it will break at last ! Very few, perhaps, are familiar with these lines — yet no less a poet than Shelley is their author.
Page 24 - ... even beyond my hopes. I returned home well satisfied. The sun that was still labouring pale and wan through the sky, obscured by thick mists, seemed an emblem of the good cause; and the cold dank drops of dew that hung half melted on the beard of the thistle, had something genial and refreshing in them; for there was a spirit of hope and youth in all nature, that turned every thing into good.
Page 18 - He ever warr'd with freedom and the free : " Nations as men, home subjects, foreign foes, " So that they utter'd the word ' Liberty !' " Found George the Third their first opponent. Whose " History was ever stain'd as his will be " With national and individual woes ? " I grant his household abstinence ; I grant " His neutral virtues, which most monarchs want ; XLVI.
Page 38 - There was a severe, worn pressure of thought about his temples, a fire in his eye (as if he saw something in objects more than the outward appearance...
Page 3 - SAINT Peter sat by the celestial gate, His keys were rusty, and the lock was dull, So little trouble had been given of late ; Not that the place by any means was full, But since the Gallic era " eighty-eight," The devils had ta'en a longer, stronger pull, And "a pull altogether," as they say At sea— which drew most souls another way.