The Novice of Saint Dominick, Volume 4T. Hughes, 1823 - Irish fiction |
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... bowed her head - she had not the power to articulate a word , and the car- riage ' drove off . Love in a heart which receives its every motion from the sphere of affectionate feeling , to which the existence of lively and powerful ...
... bowed her head - she had not the power to articulate a word , and the car- riage ' drove off . Love in a heart which receives its every motion from the sphere of affectionate feeling , to which the existence of lively and powerful ...
Page 52
... bowed low , but was silent ; Imogen dared not even trust herself to raise her eyes : the chevalier presented a chair to his friend by Imogen's ; then , taking his station at the back of her's , he continued : " How striking , how sweet ...
... bowed low , but was silent ; Imogen dared not even trust herself to raise her eyes : the chevalier presented a chair to his friend by Imogen's ; then , taking his station at the back of her's , he continued : " How striking , how sweet ...
Page 54
... bowed low to Imogen ; who , unable to reply , and glad to be re- lieved , consented to join mademoiselle de Guise in a favourite duo of Busy D'Am- boines , who accompanied it himself on the organ . When she had finished , she found the ...
... bowed low to Imogen ; who , unable to reply , and glad to be re- lieved , consented to join mademoiselle de Guise in a favourite duo of Busy D'Am- boines , who accompanied it himself on the organ . When she had finished , she found the ...
Page 57
... bowed to Imogen ; and short- ly after , pleading an engagement at the Louvre , took his leave . At the same mo- ment the chevalier was called on by the marchioness de Belleisle to make one at a party at lansquenet ; and the marquis de ...
... bowed to Imogen ; and short- ly after , pleading an engagement at the Louvre , took his leave . At the same mo- ment the chevalier was called on by the marchioness de Belleisle to make one at a party at lansquenet ; and the marquis de ...
Page 76
... bowing low , and pointedly to de Sorville . " 6 " Did you feel that it produced that ef- " fect ? " retorted the chevalier drily . " Nay , " said de Servin , " though I had " not the happiness to be there , I can give " credit to the ...
... bowing low , and pointedly to de Sorville . " 6 " Did you feel that it produced that ef- " fect ? " retorted the chevalier drily . " Nay , " said de Servin , " though I had " not the happiness to be there , I can give " credit to the ...
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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...