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By degrees , the artist emerged from the obscurity that attended his first
appearance at Leeds ; and a bookseller having permitted his pictures to be hung
in his shop , was so fortunate as to dispose of two of them . This circumstance
renovated ...
By degrees , the artist emerged from the obscurity that attended his first
appearance at Leeds ; and a bookseller having permitted his pictures to be hung
in his shop , was so fortunate as to dispose of two of them . This circumstance
renovated ...
Page 158
they were struck by the appearance of a group surrounding an object of squalid
aspect , whose stubborn taciturnity incurred the evident wrath of his impatient
querists . Demanding the nature of their enquiry , Bryan was informed , that the ...
they were struck by the appearance of a group surrounding an object of squalid
aspect , whose stubborn taciturnity incurred the evident wrath of his impatient
querists . Demanding the nature of their enquiry , Bryan was informed , that the ...
Page 204
A woman of interesting appearance , the remains of whose garments bespoke
that gentility to which her language also bore witness , was compelled to give
over her feeble attempts at rising from a rude couch , spread by some
compassionate ...
A woman of interesting appearance , the remains of whose garments bespoke
that gentility to which her language also bore witness , was compelled to give
over her feeble attempts at rising from a rude couch , spread by some
compassionate ...
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His crippled statè rendered his appearance yet more pitiable than theirs , who
bore upon their visages the impress of famine , and on their persons the worn out
, uncleanly garments that contrasted most miserably with the gentlemanly ...
His crippled statè rendered his appearance yet more pitiable than theirs , who
bore upon their visages the impress of famine , and on their persons the worn out
, uncleanly garments that contrasted most miserably with the gentlemanly ...
Page 280
The milliner withdrew ; the lady went up - Toinette had just expired . I found her
manners no less fascinating than her person . With all her modish graces , there
was a tincture of romance , and an appearance of softness and 280
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The milliner withdrew ; the lady went up - Toinette had just expired . I found her
manners no less fascinating than her person . With all her modish graces , there
was a tincture of romance , and an appearance of softness and 280
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Page 336 - O, young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best ; And save his good broad-sword he weapon had none, He rode all unarmed, and he rode all alone. So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
Page 45 - BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us Thine aid; Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Page 337 - Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late; For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly he...
Page 337 - I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied;— Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide— And now I am come, with this lost love of mine, To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far, That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar.
Page 336 - He stayed not for brake, and he stopped not for stone, He swam the Eske River where ford there was none; But, ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late: For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.
Page 242 - When the Lowlands shall meet thee in battle array ! For a field of the dead rushes red on my sight. And the clans of Culloden are scattered in fight : They rally, they bleed, for their kingdom and crown ; Woe, woe, to the riders that trample them down ! Proud Cumberland prances, insulting the slain, And their hoof-beaten bosoms are trod to the plain.
Page 98 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Page 337 - The bride kissed the goblet, the knight took it up ; He quaffed off the wine, and he threw down the cup ; She looked down to blush, and she looked up to sigh, With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
Page 88 - Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked...
Page 186 - Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy ? are we stronger than he...