Penny readings in prose and verse, selected and ed. by J.E. Carpenter, Volumen61867 |
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... .... Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Green ...... The Factory Girl's Holiday . The Home Stream .... A Marriage in High Life ..... The Image - breakers of the Ne- therlands .... A Scene from Bertram The Forging of the Anchor Echo and the Rich Man ...
... .... Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Green ...... The Factory Girl's Holiday . The Home Stream .... A Marriage in High Life ..... The Image - breakers of the Ne- therlands .... A Scene from Bertram The Forging of the Anchor Echo and the Rich Man ...
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... bullet from a gun ; The other limped as if he had been shot . One saw the Virgin soon- " peccavi ” cried— Had his soul whitewashed all so clever ; T Like a rose embower'd In its own green leaves The Pilgrims and the Peas . 9.
... bullet from a gun ; The other limped as if he had been shot . One saw the Virgin soon- " peccavi ” cried— Had his soul whitewashed all so clever ; T Like a rose embower'd In its own green leaves The Pilgrims and the Peas . 9.
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... green leaves , By warm winds deflower'd , Till the scent it gives Makes faint with too much sweet those heavy winged thieves . Sound of vernal showers On the twinkling grass , Rain - awakened flowers , All that ever was Joyous , and ...
... green leaves , By warm winds deflower'd , Till the scent it gives Makes faint with too much sweet those heavy winged thieves . Sound of vernal showers On the twinkling grass , Rain - awakened flowers , All that ever was Joyous , and ...
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... Green- wich Hospital , a warm patron of literature and art , and the founder of the naval gallery of Greenwich Hospital ; he also published the lives of some of the most distinguished naval worthies , as well as a tour that he made A ...
... Green- wich Hospital , a warm patron of literature and art , and the founder of the naval gallery of Greenwich Hospital ; he also published the lives of some of the most distinguished naval worthies , as well as a tour that he made A ...
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... Green- wich Hospital . Mr. Frederick Locker married a sister of the late Earl of Elgin and Kincardine , by whom he has one daughter . The volume of which the " Selections " form a part is entitled " London Lyrics , " and was published ...
... Green- wich Hospital . Mr. Frederick Locker married a sister of the late Earl of Elgin and Kincardine , by whom he has one daughter . The volume of which the " Selections " form a part is entitled " London Lyrics , " and was published ...
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Adams arms ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH beneath bless blood Blutwurst born brow Brown called cheek child church Covent Garden cried dark dear death deep dost dream duchy of Normandy Duke Eugenius Eurydice eyes fair Farewell father fire flowers Fred gaze hand hath head hear heart heaven heigh-ho Henry Fielding honour horse hour JOHN GAY JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY lady light lips little vulgar live look LORD AVONDALE Magyar MARTYR OF ANTIOCH morning mother never night o'er once passed Penny Readings pleasant poet rose round seemed Sir Eppo Sir Rupert smile song soul sound stood sweet tears tell thee There's thine thou art thought took Trulliber Trunnion turned Twas Tyke voice vulgar boy walked wife wind words wretch Yorick young youth
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Página 134 - ... little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
Página 137 - Twas but a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honour but an empty bubble...
Página 159 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them...
Página 133 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision.
Página 188 - Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the northeast, The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows frothed like yeast. Down came the storm, and smote amain The vessel in its strength ; She shuddered and paused, like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length. "Come hither! come hither! my little daughter, And do not tremble so; For I can weather the roughest gale That ever wind did blow.
Página 135 - TWAS at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike son: Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne...
Página 138 - Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise! See the snakes that they rear How they hiss in their hair, And the sparkles that flash from their eyes!
Página 171 - Gainst the hot season; the mid-forest brake, Rich with a sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms; And such too is the grandeur of the dooms We have imagined for the mighty dead ; All lovely tales that we have heard or read: An endless fountain of immortal drink, Pouring unto us from the Heaven's brink.
Página 41 - Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground I Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know, Such harmonious madness From my lips would flow, The world should listen then, as I am listening now.
Página 77 - ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of Time ! I...