Miscellaneous prosePutnam, 1856 |
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... stood as an apt name for a thing which raises us in the most sovereign degree . But many of the wits of the last age will as- sert that the word , in its present sense , was known among them a The kept mistress of a knight of the shire ...
... stood as an apt name for a thing which raises us in the most sovereign degree . But many of the wits of the last age will as- sert that the word , in its present sense , was known among them a The kept mistress of a knight of the shire ...
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... stood , and drank her health to the company . There was in the place a gay fellow half fuddled , who offered to jump in , and swore , though he liked not the liquor , he would have the toast . He was opposed in his resolution ; yet this ...
... stood , and drank her health to the company . There was in the place a gay fellow half fuddled , who offered to jump in , and swore , though he liked not the liquor , he would have the toast . He was opposed in his resolution ; yet this ...
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... stood a mountain , with its head above the clouds . The sides were ex- tremely steep , and of such a particular structure , that no creature , which was not made in an human figure , could possibly ascend it . On a sudden there was ...
... stood a mountain , with its head above the clouds . The sides were ex- tremely steep , and of such a particular structure , that no creature , which was not made in an human figure , could possibly ascend it . On a sudden there was ...
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... stood at my right hand during the course of this whole vision , observing in me a burning desire to join that glorious company , told me , he highly approved that generous ardour with which I seemed transported ; but , at the same time ...
... stood at my right hand during the course of this whole vision , observing in me a burning desire to join that glorious company , told me , he highly approved that generous ardour with which I seemed transported ; but , at the same time ...
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... stood an hideous phantom , that op- posed our further passage . One of these apparitions had his right hand filled with darts , which he brandished in the face of all who came up that way . of it , and cried out , Death . road , was ...
... stood an hideous phantom , that op- posed our further passage . One of these apparitions had his right hand filled with darts , which he brandished in the face of all who came up that way . of it , and cried out , Death . road , was ...
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Términos y frases comunes
according admired agreeable Apartment appear beautiful body brought called character common confess consider continued conversation court dead death delight described desired discourse doctor enter expression face figure gave give given going greatest hand head hear heard heart honour hour human kind King lady late learned leave letter light likewise lived look manner March matter means mention mind morning nature never notes observe occasion particular passed person piece pleased pleasure poet present proper reader reason received represented says seemed sense short side silence soul speak stood taken talk tell thing thought till tion told took turned virtue walk whole woman writing young
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Página 100 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Página 374 - LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father : and I am but a little child : I know not how to go out or come in.
Página 110 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Página 100 - But neither breath of Morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance, after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent Night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Página 93 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Página 438 - What choice to choose for delicacy best, What order, so contrived as not to mix Tastes not well join'd, inelegant, but bring Taste after taste upheld with kindliest change...
Página 219 - As one who long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn, to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoined, from each thing met conceives delight; The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Página 374 - Ask what I shall give thee. And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
Página 237 - That from their noyance he no where can rest, But with his clownish hands their tender wings He brusheth oft, and oft doth mar their murmurings.
Página 177 - I found him to be the greatest newsmonger in our quarter ; that he rose before day to read the " Postman, and that he would take two or three turns to the other end of the town before his neighbours were up, to see if there were any Dutch mails come in. He had a wife and several children, but was much more inquisitive to know what passed in Poland than in his own family, and was in greater pain and anxiety of mind for King Augustus's welfare than that of his nearest relations.