The Novice of Saint Dominick, Volume 4T. Hughes, 1823 - Irish fiction |
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Page 297
... affected by the melancholy scene she witnessed to give any play to idle cu- riosity . As she advanced towards the in- valid , the pilgrim modestly withdrew ; and Imogen took his place by the bed , and took the hand he held in hers ...
... affected by the melancholy scene she witnessed to give any play to idle cu- riosity . As she advanced towards the in- valid , the pilgrim modestly withdrew ; and Imogen took his place by the bed , and took the hand he held in hers ...
Page 299
... affecting scene she had lately witnessed was calculated to inspire . Thought soared beyond the boundaries of mortal life , and hope point- ed its flight to the regions of eternity.- While Imogen still continued wrapt in the sublimity of ...
... affecting scene she had lately witnessed was calculated to inspire . Thought soared beyond the boundaries of mortal life , and hope point- ed its flight to the regions of eternity.- While Imogen still continued wrapt in the sublimity of ...
Page 311
... affected air of raillery , he ex- claimed : 66 Whatever may be the result ❝ of my rash confidence , it is you who must " be answerable for the effects , for I am 66 no longer any thing but the thing you " would have me . " " Be it so ...
... affected air of raillery , he ex- claimed : 66 Whatever may be the result ❝ of my rash confidence , it is you who must " be answerable for the effects , for I am 66 no longer any thing but the thing you " would have me . " " Be it so ...
Page 312
... affected , replied in a grave and firm voice : " Lady , " the cause which has led me this night " into your presence , is the same which " has influenced every action of my life " since I knew you ! -yourself ! —Hear " me then , lady ...
... affected , replied in a grave and firm voice : " Lady , " the cause which has led me this night " into your presence , is the same which " has influenced every action of my life " since I knew you ! -yourself ! —Hear " me then , lady ...
Page 322
... affecting " scene that followed ? Need I add that " the friends of Imogen could no longer " resist throwing themselves at her feet , " and adoring those virtues whose divine " exertions they had witnessed ? O Imo- gen ! the last year of ...
... affecting " scene that followed ? Need I add that " the friends of Imogen could no longer " resist throwing themselves at her feet , " and adoring those virtues whose divine " exertions they had witnessed ? O Imo- gen ! the last year 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...