Romance and Reality, Volumen1J. J. Harper, 1832 |
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... human life is laid down as on a map . The strong and vivid exhibitions of passion and of character which they furnish , acquire and maintain the strongest hold upon the curiosity , and , it may be added , the affections of every class ...
... human life is laid down as on a map . The strong and vivid exhibitions of passion and of character which they furnish , acquire and maintain the strongest hold upon the curiosity , and , it may be added , the affections of every class ...
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... human voices mingling , as if Babel were still building - these soon awakened Emily's attention -even the fire had less attraction than the window ; and below was a scene , whose only fault is , we are so used to it . In the middle of ...
... human voices mingling , as if Babel were still building - these soon awakened Emily's attention -even the fire had less attraction than the window ; and below was a scene , whose only fault is , we are so used to it . In the middle of ...
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... human enjoyment ! we grow weary of even our own perfection . About July , fashion took a shade of philosophy - friends became weary , we mean wearisome pleasures stale - pursuits unprofitable- and Lorraine decided on change ; he was ...
... human enjoyment ! we grow weary of even our own perfection . About July , fashion took a shade of philosophy - friends became weary , we mean wearisome pleasures stale - pursuits unprofitable- and Lorraine decided on change ; he was ...
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... humanity as well as taste ! We have actually seen rooms fitted up with sea- green , and an indigo - coloured paper : what complexion could stand it ? The most proper of becoming blushes would be utterly wasted , and perhaps at the most ...
... humanity as well as taste ! We have actually seen rooms fitted up with sea- green , and an indigo - coloured paper : what complexion could stand it ? The most proper of becoming blushes would be utterly wasted , and perhaps at the most ...
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... human race --- cabriolets guided apparently as the young prince was waited on in the palace of the White Cat , by hands only , or rather gloves , varying from delicate primrose to pale blue . Then the scene itself --- the sweep of light ...
... human race --- cabriolets guided apparently as the young prince was waited on in the palace of the White Cat , by hands only , or rather gloves , varying from delicate primrose to pale blue . Then the scene itself --- the sweep of light ...
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Romance and Reality, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) Letitia Elizabeth Landon Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
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Página 236 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Página 160 - High instincts before which our mortal Nature Did tremble like a guilty Thing surprised: But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing...
Página 215 - I ought to do — and did my best — And each did well in his degree. The youngest, whom my father loved, Because our mother's brow was given To him — with eyes as blue as heaven...
Página 71 - The Monk gazed long on the lovely moon, Then into the night he looked forth; And red and bright the streamers light Were dancing in the glowing north. So had he seen, in fair Castile, The youth in glittering squadrons start, Sudden the flying jennet wheel, And hurl the unexpected dart. He knew, by the streamers that shot so bright, That spirits were riding the northern light.
Página 66 - To again quote the oracles of my high-priest, Wordsworth, there is nothing like ' The harvest of a quiet eye, That broods and sleeps on its own heart.' What ' truths divine ' crowd every page of Wordsworth's writings ! I sometimes wish to be a modern Alexander, that I might have Mount Athos carved into, not my own statue, but his.
Página 160 - What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now for ever taken from my sight, Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind; In the primal sympathy Which having been must ever be; In the soothing thoughts that spring Out of human suffering; In the faith that looks through death, In years that bring the philosophic mind.
Página 215 - Clan-Alpine's best are backward borne,— Where, where, was Roderick then ! One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men.
Página 183 - Thus death reigns in all the portions of our time; the autumn with its fruits provides disorders for us, and the winter's cold turns them into sharp diseases, and the spring brings flowers to strew our hearse, and the summer gives green turf and brambles to bind upon our graves.