The Novice of Saint Dominick, Volume 4T. Hughes, 1823 - Irish fiction |
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... behold , to ad- mire , and to approve . The faith of the many reposes on the doctrine of the few ; and the faintest respiration of fame re- ceives a deathless echo from the babbling tongue of awakened popularity . A week had only ...
... behold , to ad- mire , and to approve . The faith of the many reposes on the doctrine of the few ; and the faintest respiration of fame re- ceives a deathless echo from the babbling tongue of awakened popularity . A week had only ...
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... beheld her surrounded by seducing dan- gers ; he saw her borne away by their ma- gic influence ; and with a secret mortifica- tion he discovered , that she , who in mis- fortune was a heroine , in prosperity was a mere 16 THE NOVICE OF.
... beheld her surrounded by seducing dan- gers ; he saw her borne away by their ma- gic influence ; and with a secret mortifica- tion he discovered , that she , who in mis- fortune was a heroine , in prosperity was a mere 16 THE NOVICE OF.
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... beheld dimpled with the sportive smile of pleasure : for , denied that supreme hap- piness of which her soul was capable , she pursued the attainment of all those lesser joys fortune had placed within her grasp , and pursued 24 THE NOVICE ...
... beheld dimpled with the sportive smile of pleasure : for , denied that supreme hap- piness of which her soul was capable , she pursued the attainment of all those lesser joys fortune had placed within her grasp , and pursued 24 THE NOVICE ...
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... be held at the hotel de St. Dorval ; and a short time previous to the assembling of her guests , the chevalier requested and ob- tained a private audience of Imogen in her cabinet . Presenting her a paper he said with a smile " It is an ...
... be held at the hotel de St. Dorval ; and a short time previous to the assembling of her guests , the chevalier requested and ob- tained a private audience of Imogen in her cabinet . Presenting her a paper he said with a smile " It is an ...
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... beheld in the in- telligent beauty of her countenance an in- dex to a volume of honours . Meantime the youthful peeress , delight- ed and delighting , conversed alternately with her gracious sovereign , or received the felicitations of ...
... beheld in the in- telligent beauty of her countenance an in- dex to a volume of honours . Meantime the youthful peeress , delight- ed and delighting , conversed alternately with her gracious sovereign , or received the felicitations of ...
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Page 227 - Thy sober Autumn fading into age, And pale concluding Winter comes at last, And shuts the scene. Ah ! whither now are fled Those dreams of greatness ? those unsolid hopes Of happiness ? those longings after fame ? Those restless cares ? those busy bustling days ? Those gay-spent, festive nights?
Page 292 - So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes ; And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly and attract more eyes Than that which hath no foil to set it off.
Page 227 - Summer's ardent strength. Thy sober autumn fading into age, And pale concluding Winter comes at last, And shuts the scene. Ah ! whither now are fled Those dreams of greatness ? those unsolid hopes Of happiness ? those longings after fame ? Those restless cares? those busy bustling days?
Page 173 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Page 335 - ... powers, As on a boundless theatre, to run The great career of justice, to exalt His generous aim to all diviner deeds, To chase each partial purpose from his breast, And...
Page 117 - Fulke Greville, servant to Queen Elizabeth, counsellor to King James, and friend to Sir Philip Sidney.
Page 29 - Imagination's rays : Where Virtue, rising from the awful depth Of Truth's mysterious bosom...
Page 255 - Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its lonely head: the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows : and the rank grass of the wall waved round his head. Desolate is the dwelling of Morna : silence is in the house of her fathers.
Page 335 - And thro' the tossing tide of chance and pain. To hold his course...