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... eyes , white teeth , and snowy forehead ; Her trunk - a dog's , a bird's swift wings ; A lion's paws , and serpent's rings . The creature had a riddle framed , With fiendish skill to puzzle mortals ; And , of her form no whit ashamed ...
... eyes , white teeth , and snowy forehead ; Her trunk - a dog's , a bird's swift wings ; A lion's paws , and serpent's rings . The creature had a riddle framed , With fiendish skill to puzzle mortals ; And , of her form no whit ashamed ...
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... eyes , Obscure the lessening shore , Soft thoughts of home , crowd on the brain , With power unknown before . For all are leaving some behind , To grieve when we're away , For some , perchance , fair maidens weep , For some , fond ...
... eyes , Obscure the lessening shore , Soft thoughts of home , crowd on the brain , With power unknown before . For all are leaving some behind , To grieve when we're away , For some , perchance , fair maidens weep , For some , fond ...
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... eyes of the populace and caused a glimmering of the light of Hope , which subsequently flamed up into a blaze that lit the land from end to end . him in perpetual occupation , and the position of the French Emperor is somewhat similar ...
... eyes of the populace and caused a glimmering of the light of Hope , which subsequently flamed up into a blaze that lit the land from end to end . him in perpetual occupation , and the position of the French Emperor is somewhat similar ...
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... eyes to see ; That splendid troop of gallant knights , The pride of chivalry ! At Jackson's Fort , that hero bold , Armstrong of border fame : Rose up , at once , to speed him on , Swift as the message came . " What ho ! bring forth my ...
... eyes to see ; That splendid troop of gallant knights , The pride of chivalry ! At Jackson's Fort , that hero bold , Armstrong of border fame : Rose up , at once , to speed him on , Swift as the message came . " What ho ! bring forth my ...
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... eye there's mischief lurking , Lo ! it rests on you and me ; Friend Orr , some other subjects choose , For thy soft minstrelsy . But look at yonder Englishman , The gentle , kind , and bold ; On whose breast the " Star of Honour ...
... eye there's mischief lurking , Lo ! it rests on you and me ; Friend Orr , some other subjects choose , For thy soft minstrelsy . But look at yonder Englishman , The gentle , kind , and bold ; On whose breast the " Star of Honour ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 123 - THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT This is the farmer sowing his corn, That kept the cock that crowed in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog That worried the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.
Página 281 - November nth, 1762. We have now been enclosed in the ice seventeen days. The fire went out yesterday, and our master has been trying ever since to kindle it again without success. His wife died this morning. There is no relief.
Página 256 - And, but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not, now, And but for that chill, changeless brow, Where cold Obstruction's apathy Appals the gazing mourner's heart...
Página 256 - Appals the gazing mourner's heart, As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon ; Yes, but for these, and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power; So fair, so calm, so softly sealed, The first, last look by death revealed...
Página 128 - I seem to have lived my childhood o'er again ; To have renewed the joys that once were mine, Without the sin of violating thine ; And, while the wings of fancy still are free, And I can view this mimic show of thee, Time has but half succeeded in his theft — Thyself removed, thy power to soothe me left.
Página 123 - That lay in the house that Jack built. THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT 31 This is the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog, That worried the cat, 5 That killed the rat, That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.
Página 127 - Love, now a universal birth, From heart to heart is stealing, From earth to man, from man to earth: — It is the hour of feeling.
Página 281 - About midnight the wind rose to a gale, accompanied by thick showers of snow, while a succession of thundering, grinding, and crashing noises gave fearful evidence that the ice was in motion. The vessel received violent shocks every moment, for the haziness of the atmosphere prevented those on board from discovering in what direction the open water lay, or if there was actually any at all on either side of them.
Página 281 - It was two miles beyond the entrance of this canal that a ship made its appearance about noon. The sun shone brightly at the time, and a gentle breeze blew from the north. At first some intervening icebergs prevented Captain Warrens from distinctly seeing anything but her...
Página 281 - Captain Warrens and his seamen hurried from the spot without uttering a word. On entering the principal cabin, the first object that attracted their attention was the dead body of a female, reclining on a bed in an attitude of deep interest and attention. Her countenance retained the freshness of life, and a contraction of the limbs alone showed that her form was inanimate.