The Hobart Town Magazine, Volume 2H. Melville, 1834 - Tasmania |
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... turned in the direction leading to the ocean . But there gleamed in his eyes a sepulchral fire ; A wan and unearthly light , And they gazed , when you gazed , with a steadfastness dire , As the gazer's soul they'd blight . Not a groan ...
... turned in the direction leading to the ocean . But there gleamed in his eyes a sepulchral fire ; A wan and unearthly light , And they gazed , when you gazed , with a steadfastness dire , As the gazer's soul they'd blight . Not a groan ...
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... turning , she discovered a ship on the verge of the horizon . Prolonging her stay till the vessel was near enough to display its signal , she then found it had come from the very port , news from which would to her be most acceptable ...
... turning , she discovered a ship on the verge of the horizon . Prolonging her stay till the vessel was near enough to display its signal , she then found it had come from the very port , news from which would to her be most acceptable ...
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... ( turning to his steward - who had just joined us , ) tell them to send up dinner directly , " - and taking me by the hand , he led me into the dining parlour . Every thing about Moseley Hall was old fashioned - from its worthy proprietor ...
... ( turning to his steward - who had just joined us , ) tell them to send up dinner directly , " - and taking me by the hand , he led me into the dining parlour . Every thing about Moseley Hall was old fashioned - from its worthy proprietor ...
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... turned round to me , and said , “ I shall not allow these people " Sir , ' to come on deck . " said I , as I am here , I think you would find it difficult to prevent them , but you have nothing to fear , I shall be answerable for their ...
... turned round to me , and said , “ I shall not allow these people " Sir , ' to come on deck . " said I , as I am here , I think you would find it difficult to prevent them , but you have nothing to fear , I shall be answerable for their ...
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... turned round during the journey upon the mountains , to admire the windings of the rivers on the western coast ; but , when the scene opened towards the east , an expanse of country , in character , peculiarly new , lay before me ; an ...
... turned round during the journey upon the mountains , to admire the windings of the rivers on the western coast ; but , when the scene opened towards the east , an expanse of country , in character , peculiarly new , lay before me ; an ...
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Popular passages
Page 243 - And why ? I was grieved at the wicked : I do also see the ungodly in such prosperity.
Page 103 - But now the sounds of population fail, No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale, No busy steps the grass-grown foot-way tread, But all the bloomy flush of life is fled...
Page 103 - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made.
Page 103 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Page 151 - While yet a boy I sought for ghosts, and sped Through many a listening chamber, cave and ruin, And starlight wood, with fearful steps pursuing Hopes of high talk with the departed dead.
Page 137 - Press her lips the while they glow With love that they have often told, — Hereafter thou mayst press in woe, And kiss them till thine own are cold. Press her lips the while they glow!
Page 103 - The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school , The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind...
Page 103 - She, wretched matron, forced in age, for bread, To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread, To pick her wintry faggot from the thorn, To seek her nightly shed, and weep till morn ; She only left of all the harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plain.
Page 103 - Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close Up yonder hill the village murmur rose; There, as I passed with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came softened from below; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school...
Page 263 - ... supply all demands of this nature; and if the histories of every house were made public, you would shudder. Even in our small menage, our cook has committed murder, our footman burglary, and the housemaid bigamy ! But these formidable truths are hushed up, or tried to be so.