The Seer: Or, Common-places Refreshed, Volum 2Roberts, 1864 |
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Pàgina 11
... though we should have thought better of him had he seen farther , and subjected his pride to affection for such a master . But Johnson's true practi- + cal delicacy in the matter is beautiful . Be THE CAT BY THE FIRE . II.
... though we should have thought better of him had he seen farther , and subjected his pride to affection for such a master . But Johnson's true practi- + cal delicacy in the matter is beautiful . Be THE CAT BY THE FIRE . II.
Pàgina 14
... better conquest or endurance ; to render sorrow unselfish ; to remind us that we ourselves , or our own personal wishes , are not the only objects in the world ; to instruct and elevate us , and put us in a fairer way of realizing the ...
... better conquest or endurance ; to render sorrow unselfish ; to remind us that we ourselves , or our own personal wishes , are not the only objects in the world ; to instruct and elevate us , and put us in a fairer way of realizing the ...
Pàgina 15
... better for it in the intervals ; he would have treated his daughter the better for it , or his servant , or his dog . There was a bit of heaven in his room , sunbeam to shine into a corner of his heart , how- ever he may have shut the ...
... better for it in the intervals ; he would have treated his daughter the better for it , or his servant , or his dog . There was a bit of heaven in his room , sunbeam to shine into a corner of his heart , how- ever he may have shut the ...
Pàgina 17
... Better put up a rough , varnished engraving , than none at all , or pin , or stick up , any engraving whatsoever , at the hazard of its growing never so dirty . You will keep it as clean as you can , and for as long a time ; and as for ...
... Better put up a rough , varnished engraving , than none at all , or pin , or stick up , any engraving whatsoever , at the hazard of its growing never so dirty . You will keep it as clean as you can , and for as long a time ; and as for ...
Pàgina 18
... better than none . Any thing is better than the poor , small unit of a man's selfish self , even if it be but the next thing to it . And there is the cost of the engraving and frame . Some- times there is more : for these professional ...
... better than none . Any thing is better than the poor , small unit of a man's selfish self , even if it be but the next thing to it . And there is the cost of the engraving and frame . Some- times there is more : for these professional ...
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Pàgina 56 - Sudden a thought came like a full-blown rose, Flushing his brow, and in his pained heart Made purple riot: then doth he propose A stratagem that makes the beldame start: "A cruel man and impious thou art...
Pàgina 97 - HOW oft, when thou, my music, music play'st, Upon that blessed wood whose motion sounds With thy sweet fingers, when thou gently sway'st The wiry concord that mine ear confounds, Do I envy those jacks that nimble leap To kiss the tender inward of thy hand, Whilst my poor lips, which should that harvest reap, At the wood's boldness by thee blushing stand!
Pàgina 60 - Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees, In fancy, fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled.
Pàgina 58 - But to her heart, her heart was voluble, Paining with eloquence her balmy side; As though a tongueless nightingale should swell Her throat in vain, and die, heart-stifled, in her dell.
Pàgina 53 - Fix'd on the floor, saw many a sweeping train Pass by — she heeded not at all: in vain Came many a tiptoe, amorous cavalier, And back retir'd; not cool'd by high disdain, But she saw not: her heart was otherwhere: She sigh'd for Agnes' dreams, the sweetest of the year.
Pàgina 63 - These delicates he heaped with glowing hand On golden dishes and in baskets bright Of wreathed silver : sumptuous they stand In the retired quiet of the night, Filling the chilly room with perfume light. — ' And now, my love, my seraph fair, awake ! Thou art my heaven, and I thine eremite : Open thine eyes, for meek St. Agnes' sake, Or I shall drowse beside thec, so my soul doth ache.
Pàgina 48 - Eve — Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold; The hare limped trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold; Numb were the Beadsman's fingers, while he told His rosary, and while his frosted breath, Like pious incense from a censer old, Seemed taking flight for heaven, without a death, Past the sweet Virgin's picture, while his prayer he saith.
Pàgina 77 - The village-clock tolled six— I wheeled about, Proud and exulting like an untired horse That cares not for his home. — All shod with steel We hissed along the polished ice, in games Confederate...
Pàgina 54 - Ah, happy chance! the aged creature came, Shuffling along with ivory-headed wand, To where he stood, hid from the torch's flame, Behind a broad hall-pillar, far beyond The sound of merriment and chorus bland...
Pàgina 52 - The silver, snarling trumpets 'gan to chide : The level chambers, ready with their pride, Were glowing to receive a thousand guests : The carved angels, ever eager-eyed, Stared, where upon their heads the cornice rests, With hair blown back, and wings put cross-wise on their breasts.