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... effects of light and shade struggling with each other in castle turrets or cathedral vaults . On the floor , or reposing upon tables , are pieces of ancient armour , quaint cups and jars , a matchlock , two broken spears , a cavalry ...
... effects of light and shade struggling with each other in castle turrets or cathedral vaults . On the floor , or reposing upon tables , are pieces of ancient armour , quaint cups and jars , a matchlock , two broken spears , a cavalry ...
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... effect of torchlight , in which the lady's face comes out warm and bright and glowing . Her lord , with grim and frowning face , stands by the body of her lover . The accessories are a bit of old wainscoting and tapestry , and a ...
... effect of torchlight , in which the lady's face comes out warm and bright and glowing . Her lord , with grim and frowning face , stands by the body of her lover . The accessories are a bit of old wainscoting and tapestry , and a ...
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... gave royal feasts . He knew the name of every plant and flower , and gave me lessons in light and shade , in skyey effects , and in atmospheric changes ; making our walk a romance of knights and The Valley of Poppies . 21 -In Her Presence.
... gave royal feasts . He knew the name of every plant and flower , and gave me lessons in light and shade , in skyey effects , and in atmospheric changes ; making our walk a romance of knights and The Valley of Poppies . 21 -In Her Presence.
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... effect of the greater genius . One of the most imaginative and luxuriant of his productions , as poetry , is unquestionably " The Faithful Shepherdess , " a pastoral drama , and which must always be cited when the question turns upon ...
... effect of the greater genius . One of the most imaginative and luxuriant of his productions , as poetry , is unquestionably " The Faithful Shepherdess , " a pastoral drama , and which must always be cited when the question turns upon ...
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... effect will continue , and though the ailment is only functional , it is a veritable ailment . Now it seems to us that at this moment the body politic is afflicted with dyspepsia . It exhibits a dulness , want of tone , and morbid ...
... effect will continue , and though the ailment is only functional , it is a veritable ailment . Now it seems to us that at this moment the body politic is afflicted with dyspepsia . It exhibits a dulness , want of tone , and morbid ...
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Page 526 - I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, From henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord : even so saith the Spirit ; for they rest from their labours.
Page 486 - O woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou...
Page 692 - twould a saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke ;} " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this cheek a little red.
Page 691 - Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he...
Page 162 - For us was thy back so bent, for us were thy straight limbs and fingers so deformed; thou wert our conscript, on whom the lot fell, and fighting our battles wert so marred.
Page 685 - In the first rank of these did Zimri stand; A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome: Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon: Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking. Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 800 - A cry that shiver'd to the tingling stars, And, as it were one voice, an agony Of lamentation, like a wind, that shrills All night in a waste land, where no one comes, Or hath come, since the making of the world. Then murmur'd Arthur, " Place me in the barge,
Page 456 - This was the noblest Roman of them all; All the conspirators save only he Did that they did in envy of great Caesar; He only, in a general honest thought, And common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
Page 328 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 284 - OFTEN I think of the beautiful town That is seated by the sea ; Often in thought go up and down The pleasant streets of that dear old town, And my youth comes back to me. And a verse of a Lapland song Is haunting my memory still : " A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.