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... of the prisoner , and seemed thus to waft him mentally all the caresses which she lavished on me . ' At last she hit on the happy expedient of conveying him letters in the following manner . She procured a bow LAMARTINE'S MOTHER . 9.
... of the prisoner , and seemed thus to waft him mentally all the caresses which she lavished on me . ' At last she hit on the happy expedient of conveying him letters in the following manner . She procured a bow LAMARTINE'S MOTHER . 9.
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... seemed quite a compensation for the dumpy indolence of the one , or the fearful ugliness and vixenish temper of the other . But the truth was , that no one knew definitely to whom the supposed property was to revert ; Jane , the elder ...
... seemed quite a compensation for the dumpy indolence of the one , or the fearful ugliness and vixenish temper of the other . But the truth was , that no one knew definitely to whom the supposed property was to revert ; Jane , the elder ...
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... seemed very well fitted to transfix the hearts of Chalk and Jemima ; but she bit her teeth , and did not hurl the javeline at present . 6 Five months , ' continued Jemima in her tantalising way ; ' and only two months now to wait ...
... seemed very well fitted to transfix the hearts of Chalk and Jemima ; but she bit her teeth , and did not hurl the javeline at present . 6 Five months , ' continued Jemima in her tantalising way ; ' and only two months now to wait ...
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... seemed hovering in the distance , and which he attributed to his own sly hints dropped here and there respecting the money and the will . So having sold his girls , as he thought , to men who hated them respectively , but who were ...
... seemed hovering in the distance , and which he attributed to his own sly hints dropped here and there respecting the money and the will . So having sold his girls , as he thought , to men who hated them respectively , but who were ...
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... seemed to feel his hardships diminished by the mutual sympathy which softened their hearts , and the mutual aspirations which they cultivated ; they were thus enabled to bear their chains with courage , and to sustain with fortitude the ...
... seemed to feel his hardships diminished by the mutual sympathy which softened their hearts , and the mutual aspirations which they cultivated ; they were thus enabled to bear their chains with courage , and to sustain with fortitude the ...
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appeared arms beautiful bird Bowdoin College Caucasian race Chalk chameleon château child Cicely colour comet Count Crook dear death earth eggs Emma Hamilton England Europe eyes face father feeling flowers girl Guillon hair half Halley's Comet hand happy head heart heavens honour hope hour human inhabitants Jane Jeannette Jemima kissed labour lady Lady Hamilton lamb light live Lizbeth look Louisa Malay race marriage ment mind morning mother Naples nature Negro Nelson never night OBELISK OF AXUM Omar Pasha Ostyak passed passion pet lamb Pinkerton poet poor pound present race rose Rouillé round Russia Saint Arnaud sing Sir William Hamilton smile song soon soul speak stars sweet tears tell thee thing thou thought tion tree Turkey uttered voice wife wings young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 133 - In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam warm and bright; Above, the spectral glaciers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan, Excelsior! "Try not the pass!
Seite 205 - One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime.
Seite 168 - ... rapidity. He repeats the tune' taught him by his master, though of considerable length, fully and faithfully. He runs over the quiverings of the canary, and the clear whistlings of the Virginia nightingale or red-bird, with such superior execution and effect, that the mortified songsters feel their own inferiority, and become altogether silent, while he seems to triumph in their defeat, by redoubling his exertions.
Seite 63 - Little deeds of kindness, Little words of love, Make our earth an Eden, Like the heaven above.
Seite 40 - To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring warbler! that love-prompted strain, 'Twixt thee and thine a never-failing bond, Thrills not the less the bosom of the plain: Yet might'st thou seem, proud privilege! to sing All independent of the leafy spring.
Seite 133 - The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior...
Seite 168 - Bird, which he exquisitely manages, are mingled with the screaming of swallows, or the cackling of hens ; amidst the simple melody of the...
Seite 29 - THE lark is singing in the blinding sky, Hedges are white with May. The bridegroom sea Is toying with the shore, his wedded bride, And, in the fulness of his marriage joy, He decorates her tawny brow with shells, Retires a space, to see how fair she looks, Then proud runs up to kiss her.
Seite 166 - ... and even handsome. The ease, elegance and rapidity of his movements, the animation of his eye, and the intelligence he displays in listening and laying up lessons from almost every species of the feathered creation within his hearing, are really surprising, and mark the peculiarity of his genius.
Seite 166 - ... dewy morning, while the woods are already vocal with a multitude of warblers, his admirable song rises preeminent over every competitor. The ear can listen to his music alone, to which that of all the others seems a mere accompaniment.