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... ladies gay ; " and the very mention of the " age of chivalry ” —when a thousand swords would leap from their scabbards at the call of beauty - was of itself sufficient to kindle the imagination . In addition to the subject , another ...
... ladies gay ; " and the very mention of the " age of chivalry ” —when a thousand swords would leap from their scabbards at the call of beauty - was of itself sufficient to kindle the imagination . In addition to the subject , another ...
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... Lady of the Lake , " it is , in all respects , inferior . With portions of it mark- ed by labour , its general character is that of indolence and preci- pitation -- blanks in the narrative , imperfect rhymes , and lines VOL . II . C ...
... Lady of the Lake , " it is , in all respects , inferior . With portions of it mark- ed by labour , its general character is that of indolence and preci- pitation -- blanks in the narrative , imperfect rhymes , and lines VOL . II . C ...
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... ladies have been his most en- thusiastic admirers , and the ladies , it is said , are apt to resign themselves to the delusion of first impressions : but if the cold- ness of criticism is ever warmed by his powers , the pride and the ...
... ladies have been his most en- thusiastic admirers , and the ladies , it is said , are apt to resign themselves to the delusion of first impressions : but if the cold- ness of criticism is ever warmed by his powers , the pride and the ...
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... Lady of the Lake , " appear " Less fair , Less winning soft , less amiably mild , Than that smooth watery image . " Redmond is fashioned in the same mould with those other sprightly lovers of Mr. Scott , De Wilton , and Malcome Græme ...
... Lady of the Lake , " appear " Less fair , Less winning soft , less amiably mild , Than that smooth watery image . " Redmond is fashioned in the same mould with those other sprightly lovers of Mr. Scott , De Wilton , and Malcome Græme ...
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... lady , twine no wreath for me , Or twine it of the cypress tree ! Too lively glow the lilies light , The varnished holly's all too bright , The may - flower and the eglantine May shade a brow less sad than mine : But , lady , weave no ...
... lady , twine no wreath for me , Or twine it of the cypress tree ! Too lively glow the lilies light , The varnished holly's all too bright , The may - flower and the eglantine May shade a brow less sad than mine : But , lady , weave no ...
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Page 179 - And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
Page 174 - There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Page 164 - I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
Page 174 - For behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
Page 647 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress...
Page 33 - The tear down childhood's cheek that flows, Is like the dewdrop on the rose ; When next the summer breeze comes by, And waves the bush, the flower is dry.
Page 163 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Page 516 - Tis she ; — but why that bleeding bosom gor'd, Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ! Oh, ever beauteous, ever friendly ! tell, Is it, in heaven, a crime to love too well ? To bear too tender or too firm a heart, To act a lover's or a Roman's part ? Is there no bright reversion in the sky, For those who greatly think, or bravely die...
Page 60 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Page 383 - ... for these reasons it has been my ardent wish to see a plan devised, on a liberal scale, which would have a tendency to spread systematic ideas through all parts of this rising empire, thereby to do away local attachments and State prejudices, as far as the nature of things would, or indeed ought to admit, from our national councils.