The Inn-keeper's AlbumM'Lean, 1823 - 429 pages |
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Page 91
... grave . But the scene , unchanged by time or circumstance , still retained its former placid character ; the yew was ... graves were surprisingly augmented . On saunter- ing among them with that listless curiosity which sometimes ...
... grave . But the scene , unchanged by time or circumstance , still retained its former placid character ; the yew was ... graves were surprisingly augmented . On saunter- ing among them with that listless curiosity which sometimes ...
Page 106
... grave at the earliest crowing of the cock . ” The wind still blustered without ; but as the spirits of the company who had engaged beds at Windsor , were by this time well fortified with cor- dials , the conversation was broken up , and ...
... grave at the earliest crowing of the cock . ” The wind still blustered without ; but as the spirits of the company who had engaged beds at Windsor , were by this time well fortified with cor- dials , the conversation was broken up , and ...
Page 183
... grave , and I have nothing to do on earth . But for you , " he added , " hope still remains , seize it then as the means of revenge . Already the British fleet floats upon the Western wave , and the blood - hounds pursue us to ...
... grave , and I have nothing to do on earth . But for you , " he added , " hope still remains , seize it then as the means of revenge . Already the British fleet floats upon the Western wave , and the blood - hounds pursue us to ...
Page 186
... at a slight distance by the young woman , who resolved to track their footsteps , bore it to the grave that had been dug for its reception . The night was wild and tempestuous , the wind howled across the moors 186 THE MIDNIGHT MURDER .
... at a slight distance by the young woman , who resolved to track their footsteps , bore it to the grave that had been dug for its reception . The night was wild and tempestuous , the wind howled across the moors 186 THE MIDNIGHT MURDER .
Page 187
... grave ; the face was turned upwards , and a sudden flash of lightning revealed the features of their daughter , for whose sake the murder had been committed . They were roused from their trance of agony by the sound of approaching ...
... grave ; the face was turned upwards , and a sudden flash of lightning revealed the features of their daughter , for whose sake the murder had been committed . They were roused from their trance of agony by the sound of approaching ...
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Page xiv - When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray ; What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die.
Page 123 - He shall not drop." said my uncle Toby, firmly. "A-well-o'day, do what we can for him, said Trim, maintaining his point,; "the poor soul will die." "He shall not die, by G— !" cried my uncle Toby. The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in, and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.
Page 339 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice...
Page 346 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Page 102 - Oh! what was love made for, if 'tis not the same Through joy and through torment, through glory and shame? I know not, I ask not, if guilt's in that heart, I but know that I love thee, whatever thou art.
Page 180 - It ascends me into the brain, dries me there all the foolish and dull and crudy vapours which environ it, makes it apprehensive, quick, forgetive, full of nimble, fiery, and delectable shapes, which delivered o'er to the voice, the tongue, which is the birth, becomes excellent wit.
Page 102 - Come, rest in this bosom, my own stricken deer, Though the herd have fled from thee, thy home is still here; Here still is the smile, that no cloud can o'ercast, And a heart and a hand all thy own to the last.
Page 164 - Let them and me repose in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times and other men can do justice to my character. When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then...
Page 157 - Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world : now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on.
Page 164 - Let no man write my epitaph; for as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them and me repose in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times and other men can do justice to my character.