The Literary SouvenirLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1829 - English literature |
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... wonder of the enchanted world of sound ! Never till now was such bright creature seen , Startling to transport all the regions round ! - Whence com'st thou - with those eyes and that fine mien , Thou sweet , sweet singer ? Like an angel ...
... wonder of the enchanted world of sound ! Never till now was such bright creature seen , Startling to transport all the regions round ! - Whence com'st thou - with those eyes and that fine mien , Thou sweet , sweet singer ? Like an angel ...
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... wonder that you have won from me . Go , pour forth your knowledge to the crowd ; go , gain the glory of fame - the glory which makes man immortal - and then come back , and claim me , - I will be yours ! " " Swear it ! " cried I. " I ...
... wonder that you have won from me . Go , pour forth your knowledge to the crowd ; go , gain the glory of fame - the glory which makes man immortal - and then come back , and claim me , - I will be yours ! " " Swear it ! " cried I. " I ...
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... wonder before my discoveries ; the pale student in cell and cloister , pored over the mines of learning which I had dragged into day ; the maidens in their bowers blushed and sighed , as they drank in the burning pathos of my verse ...
... wonder before my discoveries ; the pale student in cell and cloister , pored over the mines of learning which I had dragged into day ; the maidens in their bowers blushed and sighed , as they drank in the burning pathos of my verse ...
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... wonder if Cormac knows this story of the Fatal Candle . " The good old woman smiled knowingly on her pretty niece , as , instead of answering her half query , she asked- " Do you not expect him here before sunset ? " Minny turned ...
... wonder if Cormac knows this story of the Fatal Candle . " The good old woman smiled knowingly on her pretty niece , as , instead of answering her half query , she asked- " Do you not expect him here before sunset ? " Minny turned ...
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... wonder if Cormac was with the Knight , when he made the sally at the castle , yes- terday . " The answer of the elderly lady was interrupted by the sound of several voices , in an outer apartment , exclaiming , " Cormac Cormac ! Welcome ...
... wonder if Cormac was with the Knight , when he made the sally at the castle , yes- terday . " The answer of the elderly lady was interrupted by the sound of several voices , in an outer apartment , exclaiming , " Cormac Cormac ! Welcome ...
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ALARIC arms Banthee BARRY CORNWALL beauty beneath blessed bloom bosom bride bright brow Charles Rolls cheek child Coimbra Cormac cried crown Dartford daughter dear deep dreams earth Edith Elizabeth Engraved Euphuist exclaimed eyes fair father fear feel Ferdinand Fitzroy flowers gentleman grace green grief hair hand handsome happy hath Hazledell head hear heard heart heaven Hendon honour hope Inez Inez de Castro J. M. W. Turner Kilmallock king LADY MARY Larry LESLIE light live look Lord Lysippus maiden Marcus Marion marriage Minny Miss Helen Convolvulus monastery of Alcobaça morning mother never night o'er pale poor queen replied Rock round royal says says Mun shew sigh Silvermere sister sleep smile soul spirit star stood story sweet tears tell thee thing thou thought Vibert voice weep Weltwell White Knight wild wind Wollaton wonder young youth
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Page 111 - Effulgent in the light of youth, is she, the new made bride! The homage of a thousand hearts — the fond deep love of one — The hopes that dance around a life whose charms are but begun, — They lighten up her chestnut eye, they mantle o'er her cheek, They sparkle on her open brow, and high-souled joy bespeak.
Page 33 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them, the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Page 354 - A blank, my lord. She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek: she pined in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Page 270 - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, Had been incorporate. So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted ; But yet...
Page 114 - They half beguiled her of her cares, they soothed her into smiles, They won her thoughts from bigot zeal, and fierce domestic broils :— But hark ! the tramp of armed men ! the Douglas...
Page 109 - And all around the noonday sun a drowsy radiance cast. No sound of busy life was heard, save, from the cloister dim, The tinkling of the silver bell, or the sisters...
Page 44 - A horrid puppy!" said Lieutenant St. Squintem, who was still uglier; " If he does not ride better, he will disgrace the regiment !" said Captain Rivalhate, who was very good-looking; " If he does not ride better, we will cut him ! " said Colonel Everdrill, who was a wonderful martinet ; " I say, Mr. Bumpemwell, (to the riding-master,) make that youngster ride less like a miller's sack." " Pooh, sir, he will never ride better.
Page 44 - Ricardo by heart — and made notes on the English Constitution. He rose to speak. " What a handsome fellow ! " whispered one member. "Ah, a coxcomb!" said another. » " Never do for a speaker !
Page 39 - ... nightingale ! Dusk creature, who art silent all day long, But when pale eve unseals thy clear throat, loosest Thy twilight music on the dreaming boughs Until they waken. And thou, cuckoo bird, Who art the ghost of sound, having no shape Material, but dost wander far and near, Like untouched echo whom the woods deny...