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... gave him her ring to play with , he accepted it in his beak , gave a hop and a wriggle , and off he flew with it . It was a most valuable diamond ring and yet this delightful young person was as cheerful as possible under her loss , she ...
... gave him her ring to play with , he accepted it in his beak , gave a hop and a wriggle , and off he flew with it . It was a most valuable diamond ring and yet this delightful young person was as cheerful as possible under her loss , she ...
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... mark of honour . He gave him- self such airs that somebody said to him , ' Monsieur , ce n'est pas assez que d'être blâmé ; il faut être modeste ? " THE LAMENT FOR CULLODEN . Burns's beautiful lament for Culloden 14 PATCHWORK .
... mark of honour . He gave him- self such airs that somebody said to him , ' Monsieur , ce n'est pas assez que d'être blâmé ; il faut être modeste ? " THE LAMENT FOR CULLODEN . Burns's beautiful lament for Culloden 14 PATCHWORK .
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... gave ; And all his gifts , tho ' small , yet spoke his love . He pick'd the earliest strawberries in woods , The cluster'd filberds , and the purple grapes : He taught a prating stare to speak my name ; And when he found a nest of ...
... gave ; And all his gifts , tho ' small , yet spoke his love . He pick'd the earliest strawberries in woods , The cluster'd filberds , and the purple grapes : He taught a prating stare to speak my name ; And when he found a nest of ...
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... most interesting legacy , and Scotland and England should be grateful for the book , and to the man who gave it . ' IT'S NO ' MY WIG . ' The Laird C 2 PATCHWORK . 19 Rogers never offends against taste, and, if he ...
... most interesting legacy , and Scotland and England should be grateful for the book , and to the man who gave it . ' IT'S NO ' MY WIG . ' The Laird C 2 PATCHWORK . 19 Rogers never offends against taste, and, if he ...
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... gave him a sound beating , that he might the better remember so unique a prodigy . ५ . THEOCRITUS . ' That which distinguishes Theocritus from all other poets is the inimitable tenderness of his pas- sions , and the natural expression ...
... gave him a sound beating , that he might the better remember so unique a prodigy . ५ . THEOCRITUS . ' That which distinguishes Theocritus from all other poets is the inimitable tenderness of his pas- sions , and the natural expression ...
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Page 45 - And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, "They are gone." The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.
Page 45 - But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here; But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer!
Page 41 - Deserts of vast eternity. Thy beauty shall no more be found, Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound My echoing song; then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust: The grave's a fine and private place, But none, I think, do there embrace.
Page 40 - Had we but world enough, and time — This coyness, Lady, were no crime : We would sit down, and think which way To walk, and pass our long love's day. Thou by the Indian Ganges' side Should'st rubies find : I by the tide Of Humber would complain.
Page 100 - Who is on my side? who?" And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. And he said, "Throw her down." So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses : and he trode her under foot.
Page 12 - Except for love's sake only. Do not say ' I love her for her smile — her look — her way Of speaking gently, — for a trick of thought That falls in well with mine, and certes brought A sense of pleasant ease on such a day ' — For these things in themselves, Beloved, may Be changed, or change for thee, — and love, so wrought, May be unwrought so. Neither love me for Thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry, — A creature might forget to weep, who bore Thy comfort long, and lose thy love...
Page 172 - ... though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image? — surely not!
Page 41 - Sits on thy skin like morning dew, And while thy willing soul transpires At every pore with instant...
Page 11 - IF thou must love me, let it be for nought Except for love's sake only. Do not say " I love her for her smile . . her look . . her way Of speaking gently, . . for a trick of thought That falls in well with mine, and certes brought A sense of pleasant ease on such a day...
Page 44 - To carry on the feelings of childhood into the powers of manhood; to combine the child's sense of wonder and novelty with the appearances, which every day for perhaps forty years had rendered familiar; With sun and moon and stars throughout the year, And man and woman; this is the character and privilege of genius, and one of the marks which distinguish genius from talents.