The Etonian, Volumen2Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt H. Colburn and Company and C. Knight., 1824 |
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... passing strange that the pride of a Saxon thane , nay , the pride of a Saxon heiress , could be , with such facility , subdued . Reflection , however , was not his province ; and , banishing as quickly as possible the intrusive idea ...
... passing strange that the pride of a Saxon thane , nay , the pride of a Saxon heiress , could be , with such facility , subdued . Reflection , however , was not his province ; and , banishing as quickly as possible the intrusive idea ...
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... pass his days in despised security . Upon the present occasion it seemed that he had some unusually clever design in view . He was perpetually giving some instructions to the domestics , in a tone of voice mysteriously low , and again ...
... pass his days in despised security . Upon the present occasion it seemed that he had some unusually clever design in view . He was perpetually giving some instructions to the domestics , in a tone of voice mysteriously low , and again ...
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... passing wind . Marry , I had forgot how I have linked myself to a wife ! Kiss me , fair Elfrida ! I love thee very much , Elfrida ; but thou knowest , when war calleth us away , we soldiers leave ye like a whistle . How dost thou , old ...
... passing wind . Marry , I had forgot how I have linked myself to a wife ! Kiss me , fair Elfrida ! I love thee very much , Elfrida ; but thou knowest , when war calleth us away , we soldiers leave ye like a whistle . How dost thou , old ...
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... passing breeze float by Voices we loved in infancy- They tell of some untroubled land , Where souls that love repose together , And many a white and radiant hand With gentlest motion waves us thither . And oh ! ' t is sweet to rove on ...
... passing breeze float by Voices we loved in infancy- They tell of some untroubled land , Where souls that love repose together , And many a white and radiant hand With gentlest motion waves us thither . And oh ! ' t is sweet to rove on ...
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... ear ; And , one by one , familiar forms pass'd by me , In sad succession , to that house of woe . They were my friends in childhood , and I sigh'd To see how thus with pallid looks they came To SOMNIA MONTGOMERIANA . 83.
... ear ; And , one by one , familiar forms pass'd by me , In sad succession , to that house of woe . They were my friends in childhood , and I sigh'd To see how thus with pallid looks they came To SOMNIA MONTGOMERIANA . 83.
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admiration amusement appeared arms beautiful Bellamy beneath blue bosom bright Caernarvon Castle Cantab character Charles Lamb charms Courtenay dark daughter dear delight dream dress Edward Overton Effie Elfrida Emily Eton Etonian eyes face fair fancy father favour feelings friends gaze gentle gentleman give glance Golightly Guiscard hand happy hath head hear heard heart honour hope hour Kennet-hold King of Clubs Knave Lady laugh Leofwyn light lips look Lord Lothaire Lozell maiden Menedemus mind Moscow never night Norman Number o'er Oakley observed pleasure Poem Poet poetry racter raptures readers Reginald d'Arennes replied Robin round Sacrebleu Saxon scene seemed sigh Sigismunda silent smile song Sonnet sorrow soul speak spirit sweet Swinburne syllabub talk Tancred tears tell Thane thee thine thing thou art thou hast thought tion turbed turned voice Weathercock wish words young youth
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Página 97 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn. Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Página 25 - The greatness of Lear is not in corporal dimension, but in intellectual ; the explosions of his passion are terrible as a volcano ; they are storms turning up and disclosing to the bottom that sea, his mind, with all its vast riches.
Página 35 - Some flow'rets of Eden ye still inherit, But the trail of the serpent is over them all!
Página 26 - It is his mind which is laid bare. This case of flesh and blood seems too insignificant to be thought on; even as he himself neglects it. On the stage we see nothing but corporal infirmities and weakness, the impotence of rage; while we read it, we see not Lear, but we are Lear; — we are in his mind, we are sustained by a grandeur, which baffles the malice of daughters and storms...
Página 224 - And it's oh! dear! what can the matter be? Dear! dear! what can the matter be?
Página 20 - A month or more hath she been dead, Yet cannot I by force be led To think upon the wormy bed. And her together. A springy motion in her gait, A rising step, did indicate Of pride and joy no common rate, That flushed her spirit.
Página 197 - With head up-raised, and look intent, And eye and ear attentive bent, And locks flung back, and lips apart, Like monument of Grecian art, In listening mood, she seemed to stand The guardian Naiad of the strand.
Página 24 - Any title of her state, Though a widow, or divorced, So I, from thy converse forced, The old name and style retain, A right Katherine of Spain ; And a seat, too, 'mongst the joys Of the blest Tobacco...
Página 132 - The dead are like the stars by day ; Withdrawn from mortal eye, But not extinct, they hold their way In glory through the sky...
Página 21 - Gainst women : thou thy siege dost lay Much, too, in the female way, While thou suck'st the labouring breath Faster than kisses, or than death. Thou in such a cloud dost bind us That our worst foes cannot find us, And ill fortune that would thwart us Shoots at rovers, shooting at us ; While each man, through thy...