The night watch; or, Tales of the sea, Volumen1Henry Colburn, 1828 |
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... character progressively , it is considered more in unison with the design of this book , to sketch at once a few of the persons con- nected with the history contained in it . Although Mr. Dunstanville's habits had become so retired that ...
... character progressively , it is considered more in unison with the design of this book , to sketch at once a few of the persons con- nected with the history contained in it . Although Mr. Dunstanville's habits had become so retired that ...
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... and daughter . Her person may be delineated in three well- known words " fat , fair , and forty ; " but her character , though upon the whole a common one , requires a longer description . She was agreeable 36 THE NIGHT WATCH .
... and daughter . Her person may be delineated in three well- known words " fat , fair , and forty ; " but her character , though upon the whole a common one , requires a longer description . She was agreeable 36 THE NIGHT WATCH .
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... characters of the other people in the neighbourhood such " As the chameleon , who is known To have no colours of his own , But borrows from his neighbour's hue His white or black , his green or blue ; And struts as much in ready light ...
... characters of the other people in the neighbourhood such " As the chameleon , who is known To have no colours of his own , But borrows from his neighbour's hue His white or black , his green or blue ; And struts as much in ready light ...
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... character to the eyes of the world , but there is a time when that must fail him ; whereas , a good man runs no such risk , inasmuch as the soul is of supe- rior and longer duration than the body . ' Cowards die many deaths ; the brave ...
... character to the eyes of the world , but there is a time when that must fail him ; whereas , a good man runs no such risk , inasmuch as the soul is of supe- rior and longer duration than the body . ' Cowards die many deaths ; the brave ...
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... character usually attributed to professions , but it is sufficiently notorious that wisdom and virtue are not ex- clusively attributes of any particular set of men . Few indeed are imbecile enough to con- sider every clergyman a good ...
... character usually attributed to professions , but it is sufficiently notorious that wisdom and virtue are not ex- clusively attributes of any particular set of men . Few indeed are imbecile enough to con- sider every clergyman a good ...
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Página 125 - I've seen around me fall, Like leaves in wintry weather; I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed ! Thus, in the stilly night, Ere...
Página 109 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
Página 103 - Ye noble few ! who here unbending stand Beneath life's pressure, yet bear up awhile, And what your bounded view, which only saw A little part, deem'd Evil, is no more ; The storms of Wintry Time will quickly pass, And one unbounded Spring encircle all.
Página 103 - There's a bower of roses by Bendemeer's stream, And the nightingale sings round it all the day long ; In the time of my childhood 'twas like a sweet dream, To sit in the roses and hear the bird's song.
Página xxxv - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart, untravell'd, fondly turns to thee ; Still to my Brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Página 103 - twas like a sweet dream, To sit in the roses and hear the bird's song. That bower and its music I never forget, But oft when alone, in the bloom of the year, I think — is the nightingale singing there yet ? Are the roses still bright by the calm BENDEMEER?
Página 42 - The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily devour the treacherous bait...
Página 12 - This music crept by me upon the waters, Allaying both their fury and my passion With its sweet air : thence I have follow'd it, Or it hath drawn me rather.
Página xv - As the Chameleon, who is known To have no colors of his own : But borrows from his neighbour's hue His white or black, his green or blue...
Página 139 - And mine shall. Hast thou, which art but air, a touch, a feeling Of their afflictions, and shall not myself, One of their kind, that relish all as sharply Passion as they...