The Flowers of Literature: Consisting of Selections from History, Biography, Poetry, and Romance; Jeux D'esprit, Traditionary Relics, and Essays, with Translations from Approved Authors, Volumen1T. Tegg, 1824 |
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... tion the result of his stratagem . After a short inter- val , a sound as of approaching footsteps was heard , and the graceful figure of a fairy stood beside him , clad in the lightest attire , and beaming in conscious loveliness . She ...
... tion the result of his stratagem . After a short inter- val , a sound as of approaching footsteps was heard , and the graceful figure of a fairy stood beside him , clad in the lightest attire , and beaming in conscious loveliness . She ...
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... tion ; and though a tear sometimes trembled in her eye when she thought of her friends , and wandered in the long summer evenings by the Bath of Beauty , in the hope of regaining her treasure , she moved with a more elastic tread , and ...
... tion ; and though a tear sometimes trembled in her eye when she thought of her friends , and wandered in the long summer evenings by the Bath of Beauty , in the hope of regaining her treasure , she moved with a more elastic tread , and ...
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... objects they should meet with . At length they arrived at the moon , and found a palace there well fitted up for their recep- tion . The next day , being very much fatigued 18 FLOWERS OF LITERATURE . The seven wise men of Greece.
... objects they should meet with . At length they arrived at the moon , and found a palace there well fitted up for their recep- tion . The next day , being very much fatigued 18 FLOWERS OF LITERATURE . The seven wise men of Greece.
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... tion . The next day , being very much fatigued with their journey , they slept quiet at home till noon ; and being still faint , they refreshed themselves with a most delicious entertainment , which they relished so well , that it ...
... tion . The next day , being very much fatigued with their journey , they slept quiet at home till noon ; and being still faint , they refreshed themselves with a most delicious entertainment , which they relished so well , that it ...
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... tion ; they are only promulgated by whispers , an ob- scure sign , or turn of the eye , which those only who have the happiness to stand near the queen can catch with any degree of precision yet the smallest trans- gression of the laws ...
... tion ; they are only promulgated by whispers , an ob- scure sign , or turn of the eye , which those only who have the happiness to stand near the queen can catch with any degree of precision yet the smallest trans- gression of the laws ...
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Página 326 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blush'd at the praise of their own loveliness ; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs, Which ne'er might be repeated...
Página 59 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Página 93 - As we sat round the dull light of a lamp in the cabin, that made the gloom more ghastly, every one had his tale of shipwreck and disaster, I was particularly struck with a short one related by the captain.
Página 327 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms, — the day Battle's...
Página 326 - And there was mounting in hot haste : the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war ; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar ; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star ; While throng'd the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips — " The foe ! They come ! they come ! " And wild and high the "Cameron's gathering...
Página 184 - O'erthrew Osiris, Orus, Apis, Isis, And shook the pyramids with fear and wonder When the gigantic Memnon fell asunder...
Página 326 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, - alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall grow In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe And burning with high hope shall moulder cold and low.
Página 183 - Revisiting the glimpses of the moon, Not like thin ghosts, or disembodied creatures, But with thy bones and flesh, and limbs and features. Tell us, for doubtless thou canst recollect, To whom should we assign the Sphinx's...
Página 325 - As if the clouds its echo would repeat; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before! Arm! arm! it is— it is— the cannon's opening roar! Within a windowed niche of that high hall Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain; he did hear That sound, the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with Death's prophetic ear...
Página 325 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance ! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet...