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... and appear- ance of abstraction . The peculiar mel- low light of late afternoon was bathing all the land , enhancing its delicate spring radiance . The untrimmed hedges were bursting into leaf 26 Hardy - on - the - Hill .
... and appear- ance of abstraction . The peculiar mel- low light of late afternoon was bathing all the land , enhancing its delicate spring radiance . The untrimmed hedges were bursting into leaf 26 Hardy - on - the - Hill .
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... me to do the same . Then he let the punt drop noiselessly down under the bank . My eyes were on the château as it loomed in the evening light . We started to cross the pool at the foot of the rock on The Cariole . 39.
... me to do the same . Then he let the punt drop noiselessly down under the bank . My eyes were on the château as it loomed in the evening light . We started to cross the pool at the foot of the rock on The Cariole . 39.
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... light passed and all was again in darkness . The long man sat up and blinked at the glow of the fire . " How long is it burning ? " he asked ; and , on hearing I did not know , shook his head gloom- ily and said it was a bad business ...
... light passed and all was again in darkness . The long man sat up and blinked at the glow of the fire . " How long is it burning ? " he asked ; and , on hearing I did not know , shook his head gloom- ily and said it was a bad business ...
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... light again lit the valley . In the white light I saw shooting down towards the château , and spinning slowly as it went , a large , dark , spidery mass . From it hung limply the body and legs of the long man ; I could see the coat ...
... light again lit the valley . In the white light I saw shooting down towards the château , and spinning slowly as it went , a large , dark , spidery mass . From it hung limply the body and legs of the long man ; I could see the coat ...
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... light or heavy , wet or dry , clay , loam , or sand . There are clays where the raising of any seeds smaller than Wind- sor beans is a test of really high sci- ence . They are mud in wet weather and prick in drought ; and the only ...
... light or heavy , wet or dry , clay , loam , or sand . There are clays where the raising of any seeds smaller than Wind- sor beans is a test of really high sci- ence . They are mud in wet weather and prick in drought ; and the only ...
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Seite 476 - But he looked upon the city, every side, Far and wide, All the mountains topped with temples, all the glades' Colonnades, All the causeys, bridges, aqueducts, - and then, All the men!
Seite 517 - Die he, or justice must; unless for him Some other able, and as willing, pay The rigid satisfaction, death for death.
Seite 522 - Upon himself; horror and doubt distract His troubled thoughts, and from the bottom stir The Hell within him; for within him Hell He brings, and round about him, nor from Hell One step, no more than from himself, can fly By change of place...
Seite 344 - I fancied an austere little Joan of Arc marching in upon us, and rebuking our easy lives, our easy morals. She gave me the impression of being a very pure, and lofty, and highminded person. A great and holy reverence of right and truth seemed to be with her always.
Seite 31 - I believe they might be good beings; but they were not fit to be in the University of Oxford. A cow is a very good animal in the field; but we turn her out of a garden.
Seite 706 - Beside a helm conducting it, Whilst all the winds with melody are ringing. It seems to float ever, for ever, Upon that many-winding river, Between mountains, woods, abysses, A paradise of wildernesses ! Till, like one in slumber bound. Borne to the ocean, I float down, Into a sea profound, of ever-spreading sound : Meanwhile thy spirit lifts its pinions In music's most serene dominions ; Catching the winds that fan that happy heaven.
Seite 708 - Jura, whose capt heights appear Precipitously steep; and drawing near, There breathes a living fragrance from the shore, Of flowers yet fresh with childhood ; on the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended oar, Or chirps the grasshopper one good-night carol more...
Seite 438 - That the mighty Pan Was kindly come to live with them below; Perhaps their loves, or else their sheep, Was all that did their silly thoughts so busy keep.
Seite 477 - THE gray sea and the long black land; And the yellow half-moon large and low; And the startled little waves that leap In fiery ringlets from their sleep, As I gain the cove with pushing prow, And quench its speed i
Seite 518 - Whereto with speedy words the arch-fiend replied: 'Fallen cherub, to be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering; but of this be sure, To do aught good never will be our task, But ever to do ill our sole delight, As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist.