The New Monthly Belle Assemblée, Volume 20Joseph Rogerson - Fashion |
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... entered by it , draw- ing Louise hastily after him . She found herself in a large and brilliantly lighted chamber , nor were she and the stranger the only inmates ; nearly thirty persons were there of both sexes , and of nearly all ages ...
... entered by it , draw- ing Louise hastily after him . She found herself in a large and brilliantly lighted chamber , nor were she and the stranger the only inmates ; nearly thirty persons were there of both sexes , and of nearly all ages ...
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... entered the now desolate abode of my childhood . All appeared to be exactly as no money , or document relative to ... entering which I saw clothes , arms , and money laid out on the table . Tenderly embracing me , he said- " Behold , my ...
... entered the now desolate abode of my childhood . All appeared to be exactly as no money , or document relative to ... entering which I saw clothes , arms , and money laid out on the table . Tenderly embracing me , he said- " Behold , my ...
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... entered once more , and throwing his purse on the counter , exclaimed , " Well , Zaleukos , take your own price ! I have set my mind on yonder gaud , aud I must have it if I beggar myself to obtain it . " With this he began hastily to ...
... entered once more , and throwing his purse on the counter , exclaimed , " Well , Zaleukos , take your own price ! I have set my mind on yonder gaud , aud I must have it if I beggar myself to obtain it . " With this he began hastily to ...
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... entered could talk of nothing else ; and the tale was repeated again and again until it seemed burnt into my brain . Every fresh narrator added some new horror , but their most vivid colouring could not equal the frightful pic- ture ...
... entered could talk of nothing else ; and the tale was repeated again and again until it seemed burnt into my brain . Every fresh narrator added some new horror , but their most vivid colouring could not equal the frightful pic- ture ...
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... entered , who surveyed me silently for some minutes , and then said , " And is it thus I meet thee again , Za- leukos ? " For two long miserable days did I remain in this state of uncertainty , and on the third , Baletty once more ...
... entered , who surveyed me silently for some minutes , and then said , " And is it thus I meet thee again , Za- leukos ? " For two long miserable days did I remain in this state of uncertainty , and on the third , Baletty once more ...
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Page 255 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Page 192 - She gazed upon a world she scarcely knew As seeking not to know it ; silent, lone, As grows a flower, thus quietly she grew, And kept her heart serene within its zone.
Page 257 - In the month of May, namely, on May-day in the morning, every man, except impediment, would walk into the sweet meadows and green woods, there to rejoice their spirits with the beauty and savour of sweet flowers, and with the harmony of birds, praising God in their kind...
Page 323 - 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 191 - Unless the ladies should go off? — there was Indeed a certain fair and fairy one, Of the best class, and better than her class, — Aurora Raby, a young star who shone O'er Life, too sweet an image for such glass, A lovely being, scarcely formed or moulded, A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded...
Page 191 - Early in years and yet more infantine In figure, she had something of sublime In eyes which sadly shone, as seraphs' shine. All youth but with an aspect beyond time, Radiant and grave, as pitying man's decline, Mournful, but mournful of another's crime, She looked as if she sat by Eden's door And grieved for those who could return no more.
Page 139 - ... defiance to the giddy wheel of fortune. She doth all things with so sweet a grace, it seems ignorance will not suffer her to do ill, being her mind is to do well.
Page 331 - C'est l'adieu d'un ami, c'est le dernier sourire Des lèvres que la mort va fermer pour jamais. Ainsi, prêt à quitter l'horizon de la vie, Pleurant de mes longs jours l'espoir évanoui, Je me retourne encore, et d'un regard d'envie Je contemple ses biens dont je n'ai pas joui.
Page 323 - 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: it may be a sound — A tone of music — summer's eve — or spring — 205 A flower — the wind — the ocean — which shall wound, Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound...
Page 361 - CHANNOCK went one time with his ordinary guard of Soldiers, to see a young Widow act that tragical Catastrophe, but he was so smitten with the Widow's Beauty, that he sent his Guards to take her by Force from her Executioners, and conducted her to his own Lodgings. They lived lovingly many Years, and had several Children...