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... breathing space , before they proceed further ; and although he has ventured to give an opinion on a few matters , they will be better able to weigh them more calmly while traversing in fancy the yet unenclosed foot- paths of PREFACE . xi.
... breathing space , before they proceed further ; and although he has ventured to give an opinion on a few matters , they will be better able to weigh them more calmly while traversing in fancy the yet unenclosed foot- paths of PREFACE . xi.
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... better adapted to the circumstances of the present day , considering the crowded state of our cities , and the increased value of the lands That such recep- adjacent , than are our rural cemeteries 10 10 RURAL CEMETERIES .
... better adapted to the circumstances of the present day , considering the crowded state of our cities , and the increased value of the lands That such recep- adjacent , than are our rural cemeteries 10 10 RURAL CEMETERIES .
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... Better at once turn hermits , and betake us to lonely cells . would this be if such were the case ; why we might as well live and sleep in our coffins , or for ever sit upon the ground , " and tell sad tales about the death of kings ...
... Better at once turn hermits , and betake us to lonely cells . would this be if such were the case ; why we might as well live and sleep in our coffins , or for ever sit upon the ground , " and tell sad tales about the death of kings ...
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... Better a thousand times would it be , if the departed great slept in some open cemetery , where we might have access to their graves , rather than be kept in this selfish seclusion ; for their ashes would hallow the remotest soli- tude ...
... Better a thousand times would it be , if the departed great slept in some open cemetery , where we might have access to their graves , rather than be kept in this selfish seclusion ; for their ashes would hallow the remotest soli- tude ...
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... better than those emblems of the old idolaters . How few , saving the learned , understand the meaning of those mysterious hieroglyphics ; even the tear vessels , quenched torches , winged hour glasses , and circled ser- pents , are ...
... better than those emblems of the old idolaters . How few , saving the learned , understand the meaning of those mysterious hieroglyphics ; even the tear vessels , quenched torches , winged hour glasses , and circled ser- pents , are ...
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amid amongst ancient beautiful Beckenham beneath beside blow boughs buried Burrows butcher called child cold cottage dark dead death deep earth Eltham Palace eyes face fancy farmer feel fields flowers forest gamekeeper garden gathered gipsy gold grave green grey old ash ground hand hanging head heard heart heaven hedge Heron hill hour Hubert Jael Lady Morton land lane light living look man-trap manor-house Mark Middleton merry merry England miles morning murder neighbouring never night old ash tree once osiers passed Penge Common poacher poor prison river river Trent road ruins Saint Saxby scene seemed seen shadow shadow waved Shakspere sheep sheep-shearing silent Skellingthorpe solemn sound spot stood stretched summer sunshine sweet tell thou thought toll-gate turned village voice walk whilst wife wild wind Winter's Tale woman woods young
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Page 27 - ... great; Thou art past the tyrant's stroke; Care no more to clothe and eat; To thee the reed is as the oak : The sceptre, learning, physic, must All follow this, and come to dust.
Page 6 - ... bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife ; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife ; and there I buried Leah.
Page 24 - Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas your sorrow is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor. So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed. And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Page 101 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequered shade...
Page 56 - Even here undone ! I was not much afeard ; for once or twice I was about to speak and tell him plainly, The selfsame sun that shines upon his court Hides not his visage from our cottage but Looks on alike.
Page 203 - Besides, the childhood of the day has kept, Against you come, some orient pearls unwept; Come and receive them while the light Hangs on the dew-locks of the night: And Titan on the eastern hill Retires himself, or else stands still Till you come forth. Wash, dress, be brief in praying: Few beads are best when once we go a-Maying.
Page 258 - Blood hath been shed ere now, i' the olden time, Ere human statute purg'd the gentle weal ; Ay, and since too, murthers have been perform'd Too terrible for the ear : the times have been, That when the brains were out the man would die, And there an end...
Page 18 - Who knows whether the best of men be known, or whether there be not more remarkable persons forgot, than any that stand remembered in the known account of time...
Page 266 - He drains the pump, from him the fagot burns ; From him the noisy hogs demand their food ; While at his heels run many a chirping brood, Or down his path in expectation stand, With equal claims upon his strewing hand. Thus wastes the morn, till each with pleasure sees The bustle o'er, and press'd the new-made cheese.
Page 124 - Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way, And merrily hent the stile-a : A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a.