The Seer: Or, Common-places Refreshed, Volum 2Roberts, 1864 |
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Pàgina 8
... , and what boxes of the ear he feels inclined to give the footboy . Animals , by the nature of things , in their present state , dispose of one another into their respective stomachs , without ill - will on any side . 8 THE SEER . со.
... , and what boxes of the ear he feels inclined to give the footboy . Animals , by the nature of things , in their present state , dispose of one another into their respective stomachs , without ill - will on any side . 8 THE SEER . со.
Pàgina 13
... room . Beau- tiful present sufficingness of a cat's imagination ! - confined to the snug circle of her own sides , and the two next inches of rug or carpet . PUT UP A PICTURE IN YOUR ROOM . SAY we THE CAT BY THE FIRE . 13.
... room . Beau- tiful present sufficingness of a cat's imagination ! - confined to the snug circle of her own sides , and the two next inches of rug or carpet . PUT UP A PICTURE IN YOUR ROOM . SAY we THE CAT BY THE FIRE . 13.
Pàgina 35
... to bear in mind that these were foreign inns , and in old times , when a tavern - keeper's life was not so easy as it is now . of innkeepers being accidentally started , the different persons present A GENTLEMAN - SAINT . 35.
... to bear in mind that these were foreign inns , and in old times , when a tavern - keeper's life was not so easy as it is now . of innkeepers being accidentally started , the different persons present A GENTLEMAN - SAINT . 35.
Pàgina 36
... present very freely gave their opinions on the subject , and one among them declared the whole set to be rogues . " This did not please St. Francis ; but as it was neither a fit time nor place for reproof , nor was the sarcastic ...
... present very freely gave their opinions on the subject , and one among them declared the whole set to be rogues . " This did not please St. Francis ; but as it was neither a fit time nor place for reproof , nor was the sarcastic ...
Pàgina 37
... present their bills to him rather than to his servants ; or else to throw themselves on his liberality , well knowing that he would give more than they could have asked . " POORNESS IN SPIRIT , AND SPIRIT IN POVERTY . Of these we have ...
... present their bills to him rather than to his servants ; or else to throw themselves on his liberality , well knowing that he would give more than they could have asked . " POORNESS IN SPIRIT , AND SPIRIT IN POVERTY . Of these we have ...
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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.