The Novice of Saint Dominick, Volume 4T. Hughes, 1823 - Irish fiction |
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... gaiety , the freedom that reigned there ; the novel style of the entertainments , over which the Graces themselves seemed to preside ; VOL . IV . B where Epicurus might have reveled , and Plato have enjoyed ST . DOMINICK . 9.
... gaiety , the freedom that reigned there ; the novel style of the entertainments , over which the Graces themselves seemed to preside ; VOL . IV . B where Epicurus might have reveled , and Plato have enjoyed ST . DOMINICK . 9.
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... seemed endowed with the power of conferring on its wearer a grace even more than human ) was com- posed of the most precious gems : never had she before appeared so splendid in her attire , so beautiful in her person , so ani- mated in ...
... seemed endowed with the power of conferring on its wearer a grace even more than human ) was com- posed of the most precious gems : never had she before appeared so splendid in her attire , so beautiful in her person , so ani- mated in ...
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... seemed to catch the truant crimson that fled from hers . At that mo- ment the king approached him , and twi- ning his arm in that of his favourite's , they passed on through the door that led to his majesty's private apartments . Many ...
... seemed to catch the truant crimson that fled from hers . At that mo- ment the king approached him , and twi- ning his arm in that of his favourite's , they passed on through the door that led to his majesty's private apartments . Many ...
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... his subject were equally complimented by the auditors ; inspiration seemed awakened ; de Sancy took the offered lute from de Servin , and sang an extempore replication to his strains , then presented it to the duke ST . DOMINICK . 79.
... his subject were equally complimented by the auditors ; inspiration seemed awakened ; de Sancy took the offered lute from de Servin , and sang an extempore replication to his strains , then presented it to the duke ST . DOMINICK . 79.
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... seemed to smile on Imogen , but before it was finished she had doubled her debt . No one in general lost with more temper or more grace than Imogen . It was now for the first time her ease forsook her : she arose from the table in great ...
... seemed to smile on Imogen , but before it was finished she had doubled her debt . No one in general lost with more temper or more grace than Imogen . It was now for the first time her ease forsook her : she arose from the table in great ...
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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...