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... tion , which had so undeservedly risen against him , he was dragged to the loath- some prison of Oristagni , in the island of Sardinia . The hapless fate of Montau- ban proved a death - stroke to his aged mother , who only survived two ...
... tion , which had so undeservedly risen against him , he was dragged to the loath- some prison of Oristagni , in the island of Sardinia . The hapless fate of Montau- ban proved a death - stroke to his aged mother , who only survived two ...
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... tion towards himself ; and this idea that he cherished , so detrimental to his peace of mind , became truly distressful to Al- meria , who looked forward to the future with the utmost fear . The eighteenth month of Albert's absence had ...
... tion towards himself ; and this idea that he cherished , so detrimental to his peace of mind , became truly distressful to Al- meria , who looked forward to the future with the utmost fear . The eighteenth month of Albert's absence had ...
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... tion , and Anselmo thus began : - " About twenty years since , travelling from Arez- . zo into Piedmont , with a mission for that government , my carriage was stop- ped by four men on horseback ; they wore masks ; and two of them ...
... tion , and Anselmo thus began : - " About twenty years since , travelling from Arez- . zo into Piedmont , with a mission for that government , my carriage was stop- ped by four men on horseback ; they wore masks ; and two of them ...
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... tion , did Albert then have recourse to , in order to sooth the perturbed spirits of his mother ; yet still the fate of Elea- nor continued to distress and perplex her . The countess , therefore , commu- nicated to Montauban , in very ...
... tion , did Albert then have recourse to , in order to sooth the perturbed spirits of his mother ; yet still the fate of Elea- nor continued to distress and perplex her . The countess , therefore , commu- nicated to Montauban , in very ...
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... tion of his profession , and entitled him to the gratitude of his countrymen ; but what had tended more than all to endear him to these , and to claim his sovereign's . thanks , G 3 thanks , was his signal prowess in preserv- ing the ...
... tion of his profession , and entitled him to the gratitude of his countrymen ; but what had tended more than all to endear him to these , and to claim his sovereign's . thanks , G 3 thanks , was his signal prowess in preserv- ing the ...
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Page 213 - Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say, " Behold 1 " The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion.
Page 33 - O'er other creatures. Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best. All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded : wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanced, and like folly shows.
Page 60 - Ah me ! what hand can touch the string so fine ? Who up the lofty diapason roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn airs divine, Then let them down again into the soul ? Now rising love they...
Page 135 - Would soon finish his woes. When in rage he came there, Beholding how steep The sides did appear, And the bottom how deep ; His torments projecting, And sadly reflecting, That a lover forsaken A new love may get; But a neck, when once broken, Can never be set: And, that he could die Whenever he would...
Page 45 - From short (as usual) and disturb'd repose I wake : how happy they who wake no more ! Yet that were vain, if dreams infest the grave. I wake, emerging from a sea of dreams Tumultuous; where my wreck'd, desponding thought, From wave to wave of fancied misery At random drove, her helm of reason lost.
Page 169 - The mountain thunders ; and its sturdy sons Stoop to the bottom of the rocks they shade. Lone on the midnight steep, and all aghast, The dark wayfaring stranger breathless toils, And, often falling, climbs against the blast.
Page 56 - Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest station ends in, " Here he lies," And " Dust to dust
Page 239 - By the exercise of brotherly love we are taught to regard the whole human species as one family, the high and low, the rich and poor; who, as created by one Almighty Parent, and inhabitants of the same planet, are to aid, support and protect each other.
Page 88 - He spoke, and ardent, on the trembling ground Sprung from his car; his ringing arms resound. Dire was the clang, and dreadful from afar, Of arm'd Tydides rushing to the war. As when the winds, ascending by degrees, First move the whitening surface of the seas, The billows float in order to the shore, The wave behind rolls on the wave before; Till, with the growing storm, the deeps arise, Foam o'er the rocks, and thunder to the skies. So to the fight the thick battalions throng, Shields urg'd on shields,...
Page 24 - But all at once; at once the winds arise, The thunders roll, the forky lightning flies. In vain the master issues out commands, In vain the trembling sailors ply their hands: The tempest unforeseen prevents their care, And from the first they labour in despair.