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... young English country clergyman , of the present day , has won laurels at college , and is anxious to do some lite- rary labor worthy his powers . He re- solves to write a poem upon wedded love , with his wife for the central figure ...
... young English country clergyman , of the present day , has won laurels at college , and is anxious to do some lite- rary labor worthy his powers . He re- solves to write a poem upon wedded love , with his wife for the central figure ...
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... young clergyman and three lovely daughters , of a well - to - do dean , living in a charming home , overgrown with vines and sweet - smelling flowers , and with green lanes winding about , and with all the accessories of the character ...
... young clergyman and three lovely daughters , of a well - to - do dean , living in a charming home , overgrown with vines and sweet - smelling flowers , and with green lanes winding about , and with all the accessories of the character ...
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... young Vaughan , by the most crafty and subtle stroke of in- troducing his farmer with soiled bank- notes , to pay his half yearly rent of three hundred pounds , had already let us into the secret that he had an income of six hundred a ...
... young Vaughan , by the most crafty and subtle stroke of in- troducing his farmer with soiled bank- notes , to pay his half yearly rent of three hundred pounds , had already let us into the secret that he had an income of six hundred a ...
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" And the young girl mused beside the well , Till the rain on the unraked clover fell . " He wedded a wife of richest dower , Who lived for fashion , as he for power . " Yet oft , in his marble hearth's bright glow , He watched a ...
" And the young girl mused beside the well , Till the rain on the unraked clover fell . " He wedded a wife of richest dower , Who lived for fashion , as he for power . " Yet oft , in his marble hearth's bright glow , He watched a ...
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... young friend , your reluct- ance to go surprises me . I should think you would eagerly covet the glory of transporting , in your ship , the con- queror of Italy and his staff to Egypt . Such good fortune does not often fall to the lot ...
... young friend , your reluct- ance to go surprises me . I should think you would eagerly covet the glory of transporting , in your ship , the con- queror of Italy and his staff to Egypt . Such good fortune does not often fall to the lot ...
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Página 28 - The Judge looked back as he climbed the hill, And saw Maud Muller standing still. "A form more fair, a face more sweet, Ne'er hath it been my lot to meet. "And her modest answer and graceful air Show her wise and good as she is fair. " Would she were mine, and I to-day, Like her, a harvester of hay : " No 'doubtful balance of rights and wrongs, Nor weary lawyers with endless tongues, " But low of cattle and song of birds, And health and quiet and loving words.
Página 23 - Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a-hunting For fear of little men ; Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together ; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl's feather...
Página 28 - But, when she glanced to the far-off town, White from its hill-slope looking down, The sweet song died, and a vague unrest And a nameless longing filled her breast — A wish, that she hardly dared to own, For something better than she had known. The Judge rode slowly down the lane, Smoothing his horse's chestnut mane. He drew his bridle in the shade Of the apple-trees, to greet the maid, And ask a draught from the spring that flowed Through the meadow across the road.
Página 29 - And the young girl mused beside the well Till the rain on the unraked clover fell. He wedded a wife of richest dower, Who lived for fashion, as he for power. Yet oft, in his marble hearth's bright glow, He watched a picture come and go; And sweet Maud Muller's hazel eyes Looked out in their innocent surprise.
Página 28 - He would dress me up in silks so fine, And praise and toast me at his wine. ' My father should wear a broadcloth coat ; My brother should sail a painted boat.
Página 29 - Dozing and grumbling o'er pipe and mug, A manly form at her side she saw, And joy was duty and love was law. Then she took up her burden of life again, Saying only
Página 446 - Justice, Sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together. Wherever her temple stands, and so long as it is duly honored, there is a foundation for social security, general happiness, and the improvement and progress of our race.
Página 446 - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences ; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
Página 29 - She wedded a man unlearned and poor, And many children played round her door. But care and sorrow, and childbirth pain, Left their traces on heart and brain. And oft when the summer sun shone hot On the new-mown hay in the meadow lot. And she heard the little...
Página 28 - And listened, while a pleased surprise Looked from her long-lashed hazel eyes. At last, like one who for delay Seeks a vain excuse, he rode away. Maud Muller looked and sighed: "Ah me!