The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music & RomanceGeo. Henderson, 1867 - Fashion |
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Page 61
... death , his voice trembling : " Grantley , for heaven's sake be sure of this , I hope you don't think that I- " He could go no further : tears of downright shame were in his eyes . " Of course it is no fault of yours , Grafton , we all ...
... death , his voice trembling : " Grantley , for heaven's sake be sure of this , I hope you don't think that I- " He could go no further : tears of downright shame were in his eyes . " Of course it is no fault of yours , Grafton , we all ...
Page 90
... death . Rahere in his youth had been an underling of the court of Henry I. , and , having led a disso- lute life , was brought to repentance and virtue . According to Rahere , St. Bartholomew himself visited him in a dream , and himself ...
... death . Rahere in his youth had been an underling of the court of Henry I. , and , having led a disso- lute life , was brought to repentance and virtue . According to Rahere , St. Bartholomew himself visited him in a dream , and himself ...
Page 100
... death while endeavouring to escape through the silent - falling element that gradually gets higher and higher until the white shroud covers its victim . In Paris we have only a thin covering , just enough to freeze and crackle under our ...
... death while endeavouring to escape through the silent - falling element that gradually gets higher and higher until the white shroud covers its victim . In Paris we have only a thin covering , just enough to freeze and crackle under our ...
Page 118
... death , and listened attentively for foot- steps . His breath was getting short , and he could feel the cruel fingers creeping into his flesh , while his brain danced as if on fire . It would soon be over . Well he had done his duty ...
... death , and listened attentively for foot- steps . His breath was getting short , and he could feel the cruel fingers creeping into his flesh , while his brain danced as if on fire . It would soon be over . Well he had done his duty ...
Page 119
... death reign supreme , is very apt to offend the nice sensi- bilities of those people who would much rather go through the world in blissful ignorance that such things are : so that , if reproached with selfishness and disregard of the ...
... death reign supreme , is very apt to offend the nice sensi- bilities of those people who would much rather go through the world in blissful ignorance that such things are : so that , if reproached with selfishness and disregard of the ...
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Page 20 - Piper, sit thee down and write In a book that all may read." So he vanished from my sight; And I plucked a hollow reed, And I made a rural pen, And I stained the water clear, And I wrote my happy songs Every child may joy to hear.
Page 170 - Well, do not swear: although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract to-night: It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden; Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be Ere one can say 'It lightens.
Page 44 - New mercies each returning day Hover around us while we pray — New perils past, new sins forgiven, New thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven.
Page 19 - TO THE MUSES. WHETHER on Ida's shady brow Or in the chambers of the East, The chambers of the Sun, that now From ancient melody have ceased ; Whether in heaven ye wander fair Or the green corners of the earth, Or the blue regions of the air, Where the melodious winds have birth...
Page 1 - My good blade carves the casques of men, My tough lance thrusteth sure, My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure.
Page 125 - And now, when comes the calm mild day, as still such days will come, To call the squirrel and the bee from out their winter home...
Page 74 - Tis the Spring's largess, which she scatters now To rich and poor alike, with lavish hand, Though most hearts never understand To take it at God's value, but pass by The offered wealth with unrewarded eye.
Page 83 - But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
Page 61 - Fie, my lord, fie ! a soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account? Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? Doct. Do you mark that? Lady M. The thane of Fife had a wife; where is she now? What, will these hands ne'er be clean? No more o' that, my lord, no more o' that: you mar all with this starting.
Page 74 - When thou, for all thy gold, so common art ! Thou teachest me to deem More sacredly of every human heart, Since each reflects in joy its scanty gleam Of heaven, and could some wondrous secret show, Did we but pay the love we owe, And with a child's undoubting wisdom look On all these living pages of God's book.