The Novice of Saint Dominick, Volume 4T. Hughes, 1823 - Irish fiction |
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... present a birth - day gift ; " and yet it is among the number of those " little antiquated interchanges of social " courtesy which time seems willing to rescue from the revolutions of fashion . " " And this , I suppose , my dear friend ...
... present a birth - day gift ; " and yet it is among the number of those " little antiquated interchanges of social " courtesy which time seems willing to rescue from the revolutions of fashion . " " And this , I suppose , my dear friend ...
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... presents , to that in which you , 66 my lord , last parted with your charming " captive there all was discord and dan- ger , here all harmony and pleasure . " 86 " And yet , " said the duke , " so inde- " pendent of situation is ...
... presents , to that in which you , 66 my lord , last parted with your charming " captive there all was discord and dan- ger , here all harmony and pleasure . " 86 " And yet , " said the duke , " so inde- " pendent of situation is ...
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... present would be esteemed the most " virtuous in the annals of time ; but , as more of the gall of individual rancour , ❝or the ostentation of wit , is displayed in " their bitter ephemera of the hour , than " sound reproof or pointed ...
... present would be esteemed the most " virtuous in the annals of time ; but , as more of the gall of individual rancour , ❝or the ostentation of wit , is displayed in " their bitter ephemera of the hour , than " sound reproof or pointed ...
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... the associating principle of feel- ing and thought in the breast of the lady de St. Dorval ; memory rushed like light- ning through each sweet interval of bliss ; the present faded on the mind , fancy pre- sented 80 THE NOVICE OF.
... the associating principle of feel- ing and thought in the breast of the lady de St. Dorval ; memory rushed like light- ning through each sweet interval of bliss ; the present faded on the mind , fancy pre- sented 80 THE NOVICE OF.
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Lady Morgan (Sydney). the present faded on the mind , fancy pre- sented only the joys of the past ; and Imo- gen of Montmorell again hung entranced upon those strains of which she had been the inspiration and the theme . The duke ceased ...
Lady Morgan (Sydney). the present faded on the mind , fancy pre- sented only the joys of the past ; and Imo- gen of Montmorell again hung entranced upon those strains of which she had been the inspiration and the theme . The duke ceased ...
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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...