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... Louisa , was married to an officer ; the youngest , to whom I shall give the name of Victoria , was united to a barrister . To talents of every kind , and extensive information , Louisa added a mind which was remarkable at once for its ...
... Louisa , was married to an officer ; the youngest , to whom I shall give the name of Victoria , was united to a barrister . To talents of every kind , and extensive information , Louisa added a mind which was remarkable at once for its ...
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... Louisa quickly perceived this , and made some observations respecting it to her husband ; but her head was always too much occupied with ideas of another kind to allow of her persevering with the necessary steadiness in her plans of ...
... Louisa quickly perceived this , and made some observations respecting it to her husband ; but her head was always too much occupied with ideas of another kind to allow of her persevering with the necessary steadiness in her plans of ...
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... Louisa , when a person came to inform her that a man , who was under the greatest obligations to her and her husband , had risen into favour at court , and could easily obtain for her a pension , as the widow of an officer . Louisa ...
... Louisa , when a person came to inform her that a man , who was under the greatest obligations to her and her husband , had risen into favour at court , and could easily obtain for her a pension , as the widow of an officer . Louisa ...
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... Louisa gratefully ac- cepted . From this period Victoria did not allow a single day to pass without calling on the man in office . At her first visits she was admitted , but without being able to obtain any satisfactory reply . M. D. ...
... Louisa gratefully ac- cepted . From this period Victoria did not allow a single day to pass without calling on the man in office . At her first visits she was admitted , but without being able to obtain any satisfactory reply . M. D. ...
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... Louisa could gain by her exertions , bled her to pay to her sister a small sum for her board ; and this came the more opportunely , as , at this period , Victoria lost her husband ; and though he left all his property to his wife , yet ...
... Louisa could gain by her exertions , bled her to pay to her sister a small sum for her board ; and this came the more opportunely , as , at this period , Victoria lost her husband ; and though he left all his property to his wife , yet ...
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Page 174 - He is made one with Nature. There is heard His voice in all her music, from the moan Of thunder to the song of night's sweet bird. He is a presence to be felt and known In darkness and in light, from herb and stone ; Spreading itself where'er that Power may move Which has withdrawn his being to its own, Which wields the world with never-wearied love, Sustains it from beneath, and kindles it above.
Page 223 - And this is in the night: — Most glorious night! Thou wert not sent for slumber! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight, — A portion of the tempest and of thee!
Page 174 - His part, while the one Spirit's plastic stress Sweeps through the dull dense world, compelling there, All new successions to the forms they wear; Torturing th' unwilling dross that checks its flight To its own likeness, as each mass may bear; And bursting in its beauty and its might From trees and beasts and men into the Heaven's light.
Page 350 - Are Erin's sons so good or so cold, As not to be tempted by woman or gold ? " " Sir Knight ! I feel not the least alarm, No son of Erin will offer me harm : — For though they love woman and golden store, Sir Knight ! they love honor and virtue more...
Page 50 - Oh the Shamrock, the green, immortal Shamrock ! Chosen leaf Of Bard and Chief, Old Erin's native Shamrock...
Page 170 - Oh ! still remember me. Then, should music, stealing All the soul of feeling, To thy heart appealing, Draw one tear from thee ; Then let...
Page 24 - I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Page 165 - It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale; look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east: Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops: I must be gone and live, or stay and die.
Page 390 - Tis sweet to hear At midnight on the blue and moonlit deep The song and oar of Adria's gondolier, By distance mellow'd, o'er the waters sweep ; Tis sweet to see the evening star appear ; 'Tis sweet to listen as the night-winds creep From leaf to leaf; 'tis sweet to view on high The rainbow, based on ocean, span the sky.
Page 91 - Yet faded from him; Sidney, as he fought And as he fell and as he lived and loved Sublimely mild, a Spirit without spot, Arose; and Lucan, by his death approved: Oblivion as they rose shrank like a thing reproved.