her motions, the ebb and flow of the sea ; her voice, the viola. In a dim light, and with a slight rearrangement of her hair, her general figure might have stood for that of either of the higher female deities. The new moon behind her head, an old helmet... Rambles in Books - Page 51by Charles Francis Blackburn - 1893 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
| Belgravia - 1878 - 546 pages
...ebb and flow of the sea ; her voice, the viola. In a dim light, and with a slight re-arrangement of hair, her general figure might have stood for that...that which passes muster on many respected canvases. But celestial itnperiousness, love, wrath, and fervour, had proved to be somewhat thrown away on netherward... | |
| 1878 - 758 pages
...ebb and flow of the sea ; her voice, the viola. In a dim light, and with a slight re-arrangement of hair, her general figure might have stood for that...that which passes muster on many respected canvases. But celestial impcriousness, love, wrath, and fervour, had proved to be somewhat thrown away on netherward... | |
| Thomas Hardy - 1898 - 392 pages
...fits of gloom, one of the phases of the night-side of sentiment which she knew too well for her years. a dim light, and with a slight rearrangement of her...that which passes muster on many respected canvases. But celestial imperiousness, love, wrath, and fervor had proved to be somewhat thrown away on netherward... | |
| Thomas Hardy - 1906 - 534 pages
...fits of gloom, one of the phases of the night-side of sentiment which she knew too well for her years. Her presence brought memories of such things as Bourbon...that which passes muster on many respected canvases. But celestial imperiousness, love, wrath, and fervour had proved to be somewhat thrown away on netherward... | |
| Thomas Hardy - 1906 - 328 pages
...fits of gloom, one of the phases of the night-side of sentiment which she knew too well for her years. Her presence brought memories of such things as Bourbon...that which passes muster on many respected canvases. . . . To be loved to madness — such was her great desire. Love was to her the one cordial which could... | |
| Evelyn May Albright - Description (Rhetoric) - 1911 - 296 pages
...deities. The new moon behind her head, an old helmet upon it, a diadem of accidental dewdrops around her brow, would have been adjuncts sufficient to strike...antique as that which passes muster on many respected canvasses. But celestial imperiousness, love, wrath, and fervour had proved to be somewhat thrown away... | |
| Thomas Hardy - 1920 - 530 pages
...fits of gloom, one of the phases of the night-side of sentiment which she knew too well for her years. moods recalled lotus-eaters and the march in ' Athalie...that which passes muster on many respected canvases. But celestial imperiousness, love, wrath, and fervour had proved to be somewhat thrown away on netherward... | |
| Archie Stanton Whitfield - 1921 - 60 pages
...to be flame-like. The sparks from it that rose into her dark pupils gave the same impression . . . ' Her presence brought memories of such things as Bourbon...antique as that which passes muster on many respected canvasses. . . . ' To be loved to madness—such was her great desire. Love was to her the one cordial... | |
| Thomas Hardy - Adultery - 1922 - 1002 pages
...of gloom, one of the phases of the night -side of sentiment which she knew too well for her years. Her presence brought memories of such things as Bourbon...that which passes muster on many respected canvases. But celestial imperiousness, love, wrath, and fervour had proved to be somewhat thrown away on netherward... | |
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