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... window , saw him the next minute hurrying down the street with what she , from their rapidity , called , inappropriately enough , passi Inglesi . He returned with the French doctor whose name he had the most often heard since he had ...
... window , saw him the next minute hurrying down the street with what she , from their rapidity , called , inappropriately enough , passi Inglesi . He returned with the French doctor whose name he had the most often heard since he had ...
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... window to listen , so , of course , they began to bark . I never can understand why they do that . ' ' Modesty ! I suppose they mean to say that they are not worth listening to- mere dogs . However , they howled rather nicely , so I was ...
... window to listen , so , of course , they began to bark . I never can understand why they do that . ' ' Modesty ! I suppose they mean to say that they are not worth listening to- mere dogs . However , they howled rather nicely , so I was ...
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... fortune . I did not know what it would be ; but as soon as I saw you from the window , I was sure that you were bringing me good news about my singing . ' ' Farina ? ' repeated Mrs. Dalzell . ' What MADEMOISELLE MORI . 45.
... fortune . I did not know what it would be ; but as soon as I saw you from the window , I was sure that you were bringing me good news about my singing . ' ' Farina ? ' repeated Mrs. Dalzell . ' What MADEMOISELLE MORI . 45.
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... window which admitted the morning sunshine ; a third , also bearing a heavy slab of marble , and too high to be used except as a sideboard , was placed between the two other windows looking towards the west ; besides books , it bore two ...
... window which admitted the morning sunshine ; a third , also bearing a heavy slab of marble , and too high to be used except as a sideboard , was placed between the two other windows looking towards the west ; besides books , it bore two ...
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... window . She de- clared that it might do for idle people , but not for busy ones , and took Irene out with her whenever she could ; and further per- suaded herself , that it would be possible to take Vincenzo for a drive , laid at full ...
... window . She de- clared that it might do for idle people , but not for busy ones , and took Irene out with her whenever she could ; and further per- suaded herself , that it would be possible to take Vincenzo for a drive , laid at full ...
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Page 467 - I wis in all the Senate There was no heart so bold But sore it ached and fast it beat When that ill news was told. Forthwith up rose the consul, Up rose the Fathers all ; In haste they girded up their gowns And hied them to the wall.
Page 140 - Well done ! thou watcher on the lonely tower! Is the day breaking ? dawns the happy hour ? We pine to see it : — tell us, yet again, If the broad daylight breaks upon the plain ? ' ' It breaks — it comes — the misty shadows fly: — A rosy radiance gleams upon the sky ; The mountain-tops reflect it calm and clear ; The plain is yet in shade, but day is near.
Page 37 - And bade to form her infant mind. Stern, rugged Nurse! thy rigid lore With patience many a year she bore ; What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know, And from her own she learn'd to melt at others
Page 407 - Caesar shall forth. The things that threatened me, Ne'er looked but on my back ; when they shall see The face of Caesar, they are vanished.
Page 368 - I could not tame my nature down ; for he Must serve who fain would sway ; and soothe, and sue, And watch all time, and pry into all place, And be a living lie, who would become A mighty thing amongst the mean, and such The mass are ; I disdain'd to mingle with A herd, though to be leader — and of wolves. The lion is alone, and so am I.
Page 152 - Fantastically tangled ; the green hills Are clothed with early blossoms, through the grass The quick-eyed lizard rustles, and the bills Of summer birds sing welcome as ye pass ; Flowers fresh in hue, and many in their class, Implore the pausing step, and with their dyes Dance in the soft breeze in a fairy mass ; The sweetness of the violet's deep blue eyes, Kissed by the breath of heaven seems colored by its skies.
Page 104 - But ever and anon of griefs subdued There comes a token like a Scorpion's sting, Scarce seen, but with fresh bitterness imbued ; And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever...
Page 283 - With me but roughly since I heard thee last! Those lips are thine — thy own sweet smile 1 see The same, that oft in childhood solaced me; Voice only fails, else how distinct they say, ' Grieve not, my child, chase all thy fears away.
Page 9 - Thou art in ROME ! the City that so long Reigned absolute, the mistress of the world; The mighty vision that the prophets saw, And trembled ; that from nothing, from the least, The lowliest village (What but here and there A...
Page 255 - ... dungeon, and the Latin verse, Graven in the stone, that yet denotes the door Of Ariosto. Many a year is gone Since on the Rhine we parted ; yet...