English country life, by Martingale1843 - 80 pages |
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... matter of prime necessity : the great difficulty to be overcome is to effect this object without leading people to suppose that they are talking of a subject when they are only chattering about it . In other words , it is to be wished ...
... matter of prime necessity : the great difficulty to be overcome is to effect this object without leading people to suppose that they are talking of a subject when they are only chattering about it . In other words , it is to be wished ...
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... matter of astonishment and of marvel . Still , the onward march of change and im- provement was not impeded . No ! The railways and the marvellous power of steam put aside the mail and the stage - coach , with their splendid blood ...
... matter of astonishment and of marvel . Still , the onward march of change and im- provement was not impeded . No ! The railways and the marvellous power of steam put aside the mail and the stage - coach , with their splendid blood ...
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... matter of astonishment , that , bewildered as we are in a labyrinth of difficulties , without the possession of the silken thread - seeing through a glass darkly the un- speakable greatness of this mystery of life- debilitated ...
... matter of astonishment , that , bewildered as we are in a labyrinth of difficulties , without the possession of the silken thread - seeing through a glass darkly the un- speakable greatness of this mystery of life- debilitated ...
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... matter , which eludes And baffles his pursuit - though - sick and tired Of controversy , where no end appears , No clue to his research , the lonely man Half wishes for society again . Him , thus engaged , the Sabbath bells salute ...
... matter , which eludes And baffles his pursuit - though - sick and tired Of controversy , where no end appears , No clue to his research , the lonely man Half wishes for society again . Him , thus engaged , the Sabbath bells salute ...
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... matter of excuse that the Village should also have its Coquette . In all stages , stations , grades , and conditions of life , from the royal palace to the almost roof- less cottage , there is more longing for the pos- session of some ...
... matter of excuse that the Village should also have its Coquette . In all stages , stations , grades , and conditions of life , from the royal palace to the almost roof- less cottage , there is more longing for the pos- session of some ...
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abounds amid ancient attired attractive Banker beams beauty behold bird of night birds blessings bosom breath Bridle Road bright by-gone character charm Châteaubriand Chaucer cheerful clouds cottage countless course dark deep delightful distant drooping earth effeminacy enjoyment Faerie Queene fair fair brow feeling Ferry flower foliage Footpaths gentle gloom gush hamlet hand harmonious heart heaven Hedger and Ditcher humble John Tomkins labours Lamennais land localities matchless melody ment merry mind murmur mute night object Old Ford Old Green Lanes onwards pass peaceful peculiar perfect pleasant Plutarch poor law unions possess quiet racter repose RICHARD BENTLEY rill river rural scene seems sleep snug solemn song sorrow soul sound spirit splendour spot spread Stile stranger stream striking summer sweet thorn trees thou thought Thresher throw tion toil Trinity College true truth uncon valley Village Bells waters weary winds wing wood woodland
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Page 142 - For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn.
Page 145 - Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world : now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on.
Page 178 - Not marble nor the gilded monuments Of princes shall outlive this powerful rhyme; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone besmear'd with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn. And broils root out the work of masonry.
Page 173 - I AM the rose of Sharon, And the lily of the valleys. As the lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
Page 111 - The current, that with gentle murmur glides, Thou know'st, being stopp'd, impatiently doth rage; But, when his fair course is not hindered, He makes sweet music with the enamell'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage, And so by many winding nooks he strays, With willing sport, to- the wild ocean.
Page 88 - Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars attend thee, And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee. No...
Page 33 - SWEET Day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. Sweet Rose, whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet Spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My Music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.
Page 145 - Such an act, That blurs the grace and blush of modesty; Calls virtue, hypocrite; takes off the rose From the fair forehead of an innocent love, And sets a blister there; makes marriage vows As false as dicers...
Page 240 - Time goes by turns, and chances change by course, From foul to fair, from better hap to worse. The sea of Fortune doth not ever flow ; She draws her favours to the lowest ebb ; Her tides have equal times to come and go; Her loom doth...
Page 32 - The cheerful Sabbath bells, wherever heard, Strike pleasant on the sense, most like the voice Of one, who from the far-off hills proclaims Tidings of good to Zion: chiefly when Their piercing tones fall sudden on the ear Of the contemplant, solitary man, Whom thoughts abstruse or high have chanced to lure Forth from the walks of men, revolving oft, And oft again, hard matter, which eludes And baffles his pursuit — thought-sick and tired Of controversy, where no end appears, No clue to his research,...