The Romance of History: France, Volume 2Harper, 1831 - France |
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... beauty , if there be such a thing ; her form was moulded with a delicacy which gave the idea of one of those aërial shapes that dance in the beam of poesy ; and there was that gentle and refined playfulness of expression in her fair ...
... beauty , if there be such a thing ; her form was moulded with a delicacy which gave the idea of one of those aërial shapes that dance in the beam of poesy ; and there was that gentle and refined playfulness of expression in her fair ...
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... beauty , and a certain incongruity with the scene exhi- bited in her manner and expression , Count Henri stood for some moments motionless , and almost breathless , at the window . Had he seen such a figure skipping along the walks of ...
... beauty , and a certain incongruity with the scene exhi- bited in her manner and expression , Count Henri stood for some moments motionless , and almost breathless , at the window . Had he seen such a figure skipping along the walks of ...
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... beauty . The brow which might have imaged -the front of Jove himself , was ploughed into deep furrows ; and The eye , like Mars , to threaten or command , presented a care - worn , anxious expression , which spoke only too plainly of ...
... beauty . The brow which might have imaged -the front of Jove himself , was ploughed into deep furrows ; and The eye , like Mars , to threaten or command , presented a care - worn , anxious expression , which spoke only too plainly of ...
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... beauty he had half worshipped before , and gradually acquired the habit of wan- dering melancholy and alone through the proud halls that had been wont , at his bidding , to echo to the strains of the min- strel and the tuneful feet of ...
... beauty he had half worshipped before , and gradually acquired the habit of wan- dering melancholy and alone through the proud halls that had been wont , at his bidding , to echo to the strains of the min- strel and the tuneful feet of ...
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... beauty of face , impressed the beholder with the idea of one exempted , either by birth or fortune , from the debasing necessities of humble life . * She held up a lamp to look for the visiter who had It should be remembered that this ...
... beauty of face , impressed the beholder with the idea of one exempted , either by birth or fortune , from the debasing necessities of humble life . * She held up a lamp to look for the visiter who had It should be remembered that this ...
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Page 110 - Some heavenly music, which even now I do, To work mine end upon their senses that This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And deeper than did ever plummet sound I'll drown my book.
Page 152 - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks...
Page 242 - I'll be wise hereafter, And seek for grace : What a thrice-double ass Was I, to take this drunkard for a god, And worship this dull fool ! Pro.
Page 14 - ... the core ! Good night, Miss Grey." When Trafford found himself in his room, having refused the Earl's invitation to come and have a talk, he uttered an exclamation against the size of the fire. " I am afraid I have taken more wine than was good for me," he said to himself, and dismissing his valet, he opened the window and looked out into the night. It was clear and profoundly still — the mass of leafless woods all black, and a dark bank of cloud coming slowly up from the west ; but directly...
Page 37 - Black spirits and white ; red spirits and gray ; Mingle, mingle, mingle, you that mingle may. • Titty, tiffin, Keep it stiff in; Firedrake, Puckey, Make it lucky ; Liard, Robin, You must bob in. Round, around, around, about, about ; All ill come running in ; all good keep out ! 1st Witch.
Page 103 - ... found the sword and dagger lying flat on the ground, the sword having the point broken — but he saw the point among some powder where the devil had laid it. Having waited...