Something New; or, tales for the times. By several writers [i.e. V. Grey, J. T. B. Wollaston, and others]. Edited by E. W. Jacob

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Eustace Wilberforce Jacob
Emily Faithfull, 1863 - 309 páginas

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Página 145 - Come near and bless us when we wake, Ere through the world our way we take ; Till in the ocean of Thy love We lose ourselves in Heaven above.
Página 290 - ... and at the head of his Guard. During the day, they remained under arms and in order of battle : at night they bivouacked in square around their chief, and these old grenadiers were incessantly employed in keeping up their fires, which a violent wind blew out They were seen sitting on their knapsacks, with their elbows on their knees and their heads on their hands, dozing, thus doubled together that their limbs might impart some warmth to each other, and that they might be less tormented by the...
Página 309 - Victoria Regia. A Volume of Original Contributions in Poetry and Prose. Edited by ADELAIDE A. PROCTER. Dedicated, by special permission, to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. Second Edition. Handsomely bound in Cloth, Gilt Edges, 21s.; in Morocco, Gilt Edges, 31s.
Página 97 - This house is wretched for you,' said he: 'and you must be hungry. Let me . . . ' 'I cannot eat. I will ask you' : she paused, drawing on her energies, and keeping down the throbs of her heart : ' this : do you love me ? ' ' I love you with all my heart and soul.
Página 309 - France," &c. With Illustrations by the Author. Crown 8vo. Cl. 3 6 SIX WEEKS IN IRELAND. By a TEMPLAR. Fcp. 8vo. Cloth 3 0 BIRDS AND FLOWERS; OR, THE CHILDREN'S GUIDE TO GARDENING AND BIRD-KEEPING. By the Author of " In-door Plants,
Página 117 - The Wonderful Tune MAURICE CONNOR was the king, and that's no small word, of all the pipers in Munster. He could play jig and planxty without end, and Ollistrum's March, and the Eagle's Whistle, and the Hen's Concert, and odd tunes of every sort and kind. But he knew one, far more surprising than the rest, which had in it the power to set every thing dead or alive dancing.
Página 111 - The kitchen of some country houses in Ireland presents in no ways a bad modern translation of the ancient feudal hall. Traces of clanship still linger round its hearth in the numerous dependants on 'the master's' bounty. Nurses, foster-brothers, and other hangers on, are there as matter of right, while the strolling piper, full of mirth and music, the benighted traveller, even the passing beggar, are received with a hearty welcome, and each contributes planxty, song, or superstitious tale, towards...
Página 136 - ... her seat, she covered her face with her hands, and burst into tears. " Grace has not been very well lately,
Página 276 - I endeavored to forget my misfortunes, and went to the post-office to inquire if there were any letters for me. I got one which I knew from the superscription to be from my beloved.
Página 84 - ... joyous and in harmony. I often thought, when I looked at her, of the blessed words, " If thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light," — so full of light, pleasant, cheering, fireside light was she within and without.

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