The cruet stand, select pieces of prose and poetry, Volumen21853 |
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Página 27
... thou soul of life and ease ! Come thou , too , on the balmy breeze , Invigorate my frame : I'll join with thee the buskin'd chase , With thee the distant clime will trace , Beyond those clouds of flame . Above , below , what charms ...
... thou soul of life and ease ! Come thou , too , on the balmy breeze , Invigorate my frame : I'll join with thee the buskin'd chase , With thee the distant clime will trace , Beyond those clouds of flame . Above , below , what charms ...
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... thou , when o'er his grave Solemn the whispering willows wave , Wilt sweetly on him smile ; And the pale glowworm's pensive light Will guide his ghostly walks in the drear moonless night . A DISTINCTION . IN spite of the unconscious ...
... thou , when o'er his grave Solemn the whispering willows wave , Wilt sweetly on him smile ; And the pale glowworm's pensive light Will guide his ghostly walks in the drear moonless night . A DISTINCTION . IN spite of the unconscious ...
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... a little boy in the village , asked him if he could his say 66 prayers . No , " replied the boy , " but I have a brother at home is a devil at it . WILL THOSE DREAMS COME TRUE ? Thou art dreaming , 32 PROSE AND POETRY .
... a little boy in the village , asked him if he could his say 66 prayers . No , " replied the boy , " but I have a brother at home is a devil at it . WILL THOSE DREAMS COME TRUE ? Thou art dreaming , 32 PROSE AND POETRY .
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... Thou art dreaming , gentle maiden ; But will those dreams come true ? Thou art dreaming , youthful student , Of celebrity and fame ; Of the honours which shall cluster Around thy lowly name : Of the rich and varied pleasures Which soon ...
... Thou art dreaming , gentle maiden ; But will those dreams come true ? Thou art dreaming , youthful student , Of celebrity and fame ; Of the honours which shall cluster Around thy lowly name : Of the rich and varied pleasures Which soon ...
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... Thou to the glorious throne of God was nigh ; Wast present when He form'd Creation's plan , So wond'rous , wise , and good ! so deep ! so high ! O here descend , nor let my vows be vain ; Bring every kindred grace in all thy state ; And ...
... Thou to the glorious throne of God was nigh ; Wast present when He form'd Creation's plan , So wond'rous , wise , and good ! so deep ! so high ! O here descend , nor let my vows be vain ; Bring every kindred grace in all thy state ; And ...
Términos y frases comunes
answer appear apples shaking asked beauty better birds blessing bright called Church Church of England CIRCASSIAN BEAUTY clouds cold dear death DEDDINGTON divine DUKE OF WELLINGTON earth English language eyes fair father fear feel flowers gentleman George Faulkner give grace habit hand happy hath head heart Heaven honour hope horse hour human imputed righteousness king lady Lady Jane Grey learned light Little Bo Peep little ground squirrel live look Lord LORD JOHN RUSSELL married mind moral morning nature never night o'er observed once pain passed person pleasure poet poor replied round says scene shew sing soon soul spirit stars sure sweet tell thee things thou thought toil truth vapours walk whole wife wind wish woman word young youth
Pasajes populares
Página 240 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat...
Página 240 - Out of my grief and my impatience, Answer'd neglectingly, I know not what, He should, or he should not ; for he made me mad, To see him shine so brisk and smell so sweet, And talk so like a waiting gentlewoman...
Página 274 - It is easy' in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
Página 238 - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.
Página 266 - I was ever of opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single and only talked of population.
Página 96 - From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, — Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
Página 221 - Then holding the spectacles up to the court — Your lordship observes they are made with a straddle As wide as the ridge of the Nose is ; in short, Designed to sit close to it, just like a saddle.
Página 291 - My heart is awed within me, when I think Of the great miracle that still goes on, In silence, round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever.
Página 221 - So Tongue was the lawyer, and argued the cause With a great deal of skill, and a wig full of learning ; While chief baron Ear sat to balance the laws, So famed for his talent in nicely discerning. In behalf of the Nose it will quickly appear, And your lordship...
Página 238 - Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; .and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.