Belford Regis, Or, Sketches of a Country TownRichard Bentley, 1846 - 439 páginas |
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... exasperate the defeated champions , and Stephen had not an enemy in the world . At ten years of age , however , the love of independence , and the desire to try his fortune in the world 8 STEPHEN LANE , THE BUTCHER .
... exasperate the defeated champions , and Stephen had not an enemy in the world . At ten years of age , however , the love of independence , and the desire to try his fortune in the world 8 STEPHEN LANE , THE BUTCHER .
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Mary Russell Mitford. and the desire to try his fortune in the world , began to stir in the spirited lad ; and his kind friend and confidant , the master's wife , readily promised her assistance to set him forth in search of adventures ...
Mary Russell Mitford. and the desire to try his fortune in the world , began to stir in the spirited lad ; and his kind friend and confidant , the master's wife , readily promised her assistance to set him forth in search of adventures ...
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... fortune : and although his prosperity has continued to increase with his years , and those who envied have seldom had the comfort of being called on to condole with him on calamities of any kind , yet , such is the power of his ...
... fortune : and although his prosperity has continued to increase with his years , and those who envied have seldom had the comfort of being called on to condole with him on calamities of any kind , yet , such is the power of his ...
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... fortunes , not by paltry savings , or daring speculations , but by well - grounded and judicious calculation - by sound and liberal views - by sterling sense and downright honesty . : _ Universally as Mrs. Lane was beloved , Stephen had ...
... fortunes , not by paltry savings , or daring speculations , but by well - grounded and judicious calculation - by sound and liberal views - by sterling sense and downright honesty . : _ Universally as Mrs. Lane was beloved , Stephen had ...
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... fortune , Mr. Singleton neither made an enemy nor lost a friend . His peaceful un- offending character disarmed offence . He had been unex- pectedly useful too to the winning party , not merely by knowing and having served many of the ...
... fortune , Mr. Singleton neither made an enemy nor lost a friend . His peaceful un- offending character disarmed offence . He had been unex- pectedly useful too to the winning party , not merely by knowing and having served many of the ...
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admiration Allonby amongst amusement archery beautiful better called Charles Lane charming Colby colour comfort Coningsby contrived cottage cricket damsel daughter dear delight door Dorothy Adams Duval Edward Foster Eloy English exclaimed eyes fair fancy father favourite feeling female flowers fortune garden gentle gentleman girl grace Guercino hand happy heard heart Hester Hollis Holy Brook honour Italian greyhound Jacob Jones kind King Harwood Kinlay lived London look Louis Lyndham maid marriage married master mind Miss mistress morning mother neighbour neighbourhood never Nicholas Culpeper once parish party passed perhaps person pleasant poor poor Jack pretty replied rich Richard Tyson Rosamond round scene seemed Silver Arrow Singleton sister smile sort Stephen Lane sure sweet tambourine taste thing thought Three Mile Cross town of Belford walked whilst wife woman word young ladies
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Página 204 - Be still the unimaginable lodge For solitary thinkings; such as dodge Conception to the very bourne of heaven, Then leave the naked brain: be still the leaven, That spreading in this dull and clodded earth Gives it a touch ethereal — a new birth: Be still a symbol of immensity; A firmament reflected in a sea; An element filling the space between; An unknown — but no more : we humbly screen With uplift hands our foreheads, lowly bending, And giving out a shout most heaven-rending, Conjure thee...
Página 204 - That come a-swooning over hollow grounds, And wither drearily on barren moors : Dread opener of the mysterious doors Leading to universal knowledge — see, Great son of Dryope...
Página 204 - Their fairest blossom'd beans and poppied corn; The chuckling linnet its five young unborn, To sing for thee; low creeping strawberries Their summer coolness; pent up butterflies Their freckled wings; yea, the fresh budding year All its completions — be quickly near, By every wind that nods the mountain pine, O forester divine!
Página 260 - See the wretch, that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again : The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.
Página 204 - O thou, for whose soul-soothing quiet, turtles Passion their voices cooingly 'mong myrtles, What time thou wanderest at eventide Through...
Página 302 - He snatch'd the shaft that glitter'd on the board (Fast by, the rest lay sleeping in the sheath, But soon to fly the messengers of death). Now sitting as he was, the cord he drew, Through every ringlet levelling his view: Then notch'd the shaft, released, and gave it wing; The whizzing arrow vanished from the string, Sung on direct, and threaded every ring.
Página 262 - Ah ! Freedom is a noble thing ! Freedom makes man to have liking ! Freedom all solace to man gives : He lives at ease that freely lives...
Página 272 - The lively sap creeps up, Into the blooming thorn ; The flowers, which cold in prison kept, Now laugh the frost to scorn. All Nature's imps triumph While joyful May doth last ; When May is gone, of all the year
Página 302 - ... string, To some new strain when he adapts the lyre, Or the dumb lute refits with vocal wire, Relaxes, strains, and draws them to and fro ; So the great master drew the mighty bow : And drew with ease. One hand aloft display'd The bending horns, and one the string essay'd. From his essaying hand the string let fly Twang'd short and sharp, like the shrill swallow's cry. A general horror ran through all the race, ' Sunk was each heart, and pale was every face. Signs from above ensued : th' unfolding...
Página 272 - when May is gone, The pleasant time is past. All ye that live on earth, And have your May at will, Rejoice in May, as I do now, And use your May with skill. Use May, while...