The Novice of Saint Dominick, Volume 4T. Hughes, 1823 - Irish fiction |
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... cheek - bright was the beam of her flash- ing eye - nor was its brightness dimmed by the tear of grateful emotion through which it sparkled . " Your silence , " continued the cheva- lier , is eloquent ; but to the grateful " feelings ...
... cheek - bright was the beam of her flash- ing eye - nor was its brightness dimmed by the tear of grateful emotion through which it sparkled . " Your silence , " continued the cheva- lier , is eloquent ; but to the grateful " feelings ...
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... , with dignified and graceful ease , the glow of modest confusion and triumph- ant pride blushing on her cheek , her eyes beaming with the brilliant emanation of $ an elated soul , created to command , and proudly ST . DOMINICK . 31.
... , with dignified and graceful ease , the glow of modest confusion and triumph- ant pride blushing on her cheek , her eyes beaming with the brilliant emanation of $ an elated soul , created to command , and proudly ST . DOMINICK . 31.
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... cheek , the fire of youth extinguished in his eye but when in the communion of a look their souls held momentary inter- course , a lambent flame floated on his gaze , and his cheeks seemed to catch the truant crimson that fled from hers ...
... cheek , the fire of youth extinguished in his eye but when in the communion of a look their souls held momentary inter- course , a lambent flame floated on his gaze , and his cheeks seemed to catch the truant crimson that fled from hers ...
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... most enviable " of all human beings . You perceive by " his habiliments he has just obtained " his emancipation from the matrimonial " shackle . " Imogen started ; the colour came to and fled from her cheek in a mo- 36 THE NOVICE OF.
... most enviable " of all human beings . You perceive by " his habiliments he has just obtained " his emancipation from the matrimonial " shackle . " Imogen started ; the colour came to and fled from her cheek in a mo- 36 THE NOVICE OF.
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Lady Morgan (Sydney). called a blush of pleasure on the haggard cheek of misery , and awakened a beam of joy in the eye of neglected genius , justice sued in vain for that which generosity la- vished with indiscriminate profusion ...
Lady Morgan (Sydney). called a blush of pleasure on the haggard cheek of misery , and awakened a beam of joy in the eye of neglected genius , justice sued in vain for that which generosity la- vished with indiscriminate profusion ...
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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...