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Page 18
... gave it an air of sylvan beauty that only needed figures of grace and gaiety to realise a picture of Watteau's . As I looked down , I peopled the slopes and terraces with groups of dames and cavaliers , -the trains of the ladies , and ...
... gave it an air of sylvan beauty that only needed figures of grace and gaiety to realise a picture of Watteau's . As I looked down , I peopled the slopes and terraces with groups of dames and cavaliers , -the trains of the ladies , and ...
Page 21
... gave me their hands , to lead them to their surprise . Our father followed , and we all stood in the great hall , before the oaken stair - case . Then in their delight , I tasted my pleasure twice over . " The darling child , " said ...
... gave me their hands , to lead them to their surprise . Our father followed , and we all stood in the great hall , before the oaken stair - case . Then in their delight , I tasted my pleasure twice over . " The darling child , " said ...
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... gave none out of our own family . Without being self - sufficient or cynical , the sin of our race appeared to be seclusion from the rest of the world , -not arising from churlishness or austerity , but the rather from an indolent ...
... gave none out of our own family . Without being self - sufficient or cynical , the sin of our race appeared to be seclusion from the rest of the world , -not arising from churlishness or austerity , but the rather from an indolent ...
Page 60
... , she is so perfectly faultless . For answer he gave me none , only smiling significantly . I gathered from this smile that his silence had been premeditated . " I pray God that the little lovely thing may 60 THE LADIES OF LOVEL - LEIGH .
... , she is so perfectly faultless . For answer he gave me none , only smiling significantly . I gathered from this smile that his silence had been premeditated . " I pray God that the little lovely thing may 60 THE LADIES OF LOVEL - LEIGH .
Page 70
... gave it to him ? ' " She looked up , one little glance , half surprise , half reprobating . Then she swept them all into her lap again , as if to protect them from an unworthy touch . " I love flowers for themselves , ' she answered ...
... gave it to him ? ' " She looked up , one little glance , half surprise , half reprobating . Then she swept them all into her lap again , as if to protect them from an unworthy touch . " I love flowers for themselves , ' she answered ...
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Page 228 - He reads much; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men; he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing.
Page 129 - That place, that does Contain my books, the best companions, is To me a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with the old sages and philosophers ; And sometimes for variety I confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels ; Calling their victories, if unjustly got, Unto a strict account ; and in my fancy, Deface their ill-placed statues.
Page 272 - Bestia's from the throne. Born to no pride, inheriting no strife, Nor marrying discord in a noble wife...
Page 272 - Unlearn'd, he knew no schoolman's subtle art, No language but the language of the heart. By nature honest, by experience wise, Healthy by temperance, and by exercise; His life, though long, to sickness past unknown, His death was instant, and without a groan.
Page 118 - Between two worlds life hovers like a star, 'Twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge. How little do we know that which we are ! How less what we may be ! The eternal surge Of time and tide rolls on, and bears afar Our bubbles ; as the old burst, new emerge, Lash'd from the foam of ages ; while the graves Of empires heave but like some passing waves.
Page 205 - Your face, my thane, is as a book, where men May read strange matters ; — To beguile the time, Look like the time ; bear welcome in your eye, Your hand, your tongue : look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under it.
Page 41 - Who bears upon his baby brow the round And top of sovereignty." Look at me with thy large brown eyes, Philip my king, Round whom the enshadowing purple lies Of babyhood's royal dignities: Lay on my neck thy tiny hand With love's invisible sceptre laden; I am thine Esther to command Till thou shalt find a queen-handmaiden Philip my king.
Page 106 - The Old Man, noting this, resumed, and said, ' My Friend ! enough to sorrow you have given, The purposes of wisdom ask no more ; Be wise and cheerful ; and no longer read The forms of things with an unworthy eye. She sleeps in the calm earth, and peace is here.
Page 283 - For neither man nor angel can discern Hypocrisy, the only evil that walks Invisible, except to God alone, By his permissive will, through heaven and earth : And oft, though Wisdom wake, Suspicion sleeps At Wisdom's gate, and to Simplicity Resigns her charge, while Goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems...