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D. Appleton, 1904 - 389 pàgines
 

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Pàgina 359 - This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
Pàgina 303 - For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night Whiter than new snow on a raven's back. Come, gentle night, come, loving, black-brow'd night, Give me my Romeo ; and, when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine, That all the world will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish sun.
Pàgina 303 - Wilt thou be gone ? it is not yet near day : It was the nightingale, and not the lark, That pierc'd the fearful hollow of thine ear ; Nightly she sings on yon pomegranate tree : Believe me, love, it was the nightingale.
Pàgina v - The Spirit of the world, Beholding the absurdity of men — Their vaunts, their feats — let a sardo^.c smile, For one short moment, wander o'er his lips. That smile was Heine!
Pàgina 386 - Dulcinea del Toboso is the most beautiful woman in the world, and I am the most unfortunate knight on earth, nor is it just that my weakness should discredit this truth ; knight, push on your lance, and take away my life, since you have despoiled me of my honour.
Pàgina 303 - It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale ; look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east. Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops; I must be gone and live, or stay and die.
Pàgina xiii - ... emblem of the laurel rather than with the emblem of the sword. Still, for his contemporaries, for us, for the Europe of the present century, he is significant chiefly for the reason which he himself in the words just quoted assigns. He is significant because he was, if not pre-eminently a brave, yet a brilliant, a most effective soldier in the Liberation- War of humanity.
Pàgina 146 - The trembling trees bowed towards him as he advanced, the sun-rays quivered, frightened, yet curiously through the green leaves, and in the blue heaven above there swam visibly a golden star. The Emperor wore his invisible-green uniform and the little world-renowned hat. He rode a white palfrey, which stepped with such calm pride, so confidently, so nobly — had I then been Crown Prince of Prussia I would have envied that horse. The Emperor sat carelessly, almost lazily, holding with one hand his...
Pàgina 54 - ... the proud oak looks on like a not over-pleased uncle, as though he must pay for all the fine weather ; the birds in the air sing their share in their joy, the flowers on the bank whisper, " Oh, take us with thee ! take us with thee ! dear sister...
Pàgina 134 - Good morning, dear children ! " But there came a sudden change over all this, for one morning when we awoke, and would say " Good morning, father ! " the father had traveled away, and in the whole town there was nothing but dumb sorrow. Everywhere there was a funeral-like expression, and people slipped silently through the market and read the long paper placed on the door of the town house.

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