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Página 92
As a want of fixed and steady principle is the ruin of youth , so a too strict
adherence to our interest frequently becomes the disgrace and canker of old age
: the first destroys the tender buds of our Spring with the pestilential influence of a
blight ...
As a want of fixed and steady principle is the ruin of youth , so a too strict
adherence to our interest frequently becomes the disgrace and canker of old age
: the first destroys the tender buds of our Spring with the pestilential influence of a
blight ...
Página 95
In his youth he disregarded the admonitions of others , and even of his own good
sense ; - his idol now demands a Hecatomb ; and in obedience to it , he sets at
defiance the dictates of his conscience , which will in vain strive to oppose any ...
In his youth he disregarded the admonitions of others , and even of his own good
sense ; - his idol now demands a Hecatomb ; and in obedience to it , he sets at
defiance the dictates of his conscience , which will in vain strive to oppose any ...
Página 97
Amongst the numerous retainers of the court , there was a youth called Guiscard ,
who , though of low birth and mean connexions , had , by means of the beauty of
his person , his gentle and polite manners , and well - known courage ...
Amongst the numerous retainers of the court , there was a youth called Guiscard ,
who , though of low birth and mean connexions , had , by means of the beauty of
his person , his gentle and polite manners , and well - known courage ...
Página 189
Reminiscences of my youth . No . II . Admonitu locorum . - CICERO . It is the
seventh day of my revisiting ! The burst of almost painful affection which came
over me as I first trod upon the scene of brighter hours , and the glow of heart and
brow ...
Reminiscences of my youth . No . II . Admonitu locorum . - CICERO . It is the
seventh day of my revisiting ! The burst of almost painful affection which came
over me as I first trod upon the scene of brighter hours , and the glow of heart and
brow ...
Página 341
There was a lustre darkly pure , A lightning in his eye ; Which , ' midst his toil and
varying song , Was glancing momently , But She , the partner of his way , Over
the Ocean tide ; - , Why strives she from the Youth ' s wild gaze Her unveil ' d face
...
There was a lustre darkly pure , A lightning in his eye ; Which , ' midst his toil and
varying song , Was glancing momently , But She , the partner of his way , Over
the Ocean tide ; - , Why strives she from the Youth ' s wild gaze Her unveil ' d face
...
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Página 183 - As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.
Página 369 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Página 184 - By four cherubic shapes ; four faces each Had wondrous ; as with stars their bodies all, And wings, were set with eyes, with eyes the wheels Of beryl, and careering fires between ; Over their heads a crystal firmament, Whereon a sapphire throne, inlaid with pure Amber, and colours of the showery arch.
Página 219 - Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water.
Página 64 - With head up-raised, and look intent, And eye and ear attentive bent, And locks flung back, and lips apart, Like monument of Grecian art, In listening mood, she seemed to stand The guardian Naiad of the strand.
Página 183 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under His feet. And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly : yea, He did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Página 86 - And it's oh! dear! what can the matter be? Dear! dear! what can the matter be?
Página 183 - And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, \ saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.
Página 14 - I love thee, Twilight ! as thy shadows roll, The calm of evening steals upon my soul. Sublimely tender, solemnly serene. Still as the hour, enchanting as the scene. I love thee. Twilight ! for thy gleams impart Their dear, their dying influence to my heart, When o'er the harp of thought thy passing wind Awakens all the music of the mind, And Joy and Sorrow, as the spirit burns. And Hope and Memory sweep the chords by turns, While Contemplation, on seraphic wings.
Página 183 - The springs of waters were seen, and the foundations of the round world were discovered, at thy chiding, O Lord : at the blasting of the breath of thy displeasure.