The New Monthly Belle Assemblée, Volume 20Joseph Rogerson - Fashion |
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... morning dawn'd was seen to gleam ; Alike it gilded cot and tower , Each flinty rock and limpid stream . A shepherd band astonish'd saw The glorious cherubim appear , And heard their everlasting song Burst sweetly from the radiant sphere ...
... morning dawn'd was seen to gleam ; Alike it gilded cot and tower , Each flinty rock and limpid stream . A shepherd band astonish'd saw The glorious cherubim appear , And heard their everlasting song Burst sweetly from the radiant sphere ...
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... Morning's light , however , chased these horrors in some measure away , and showed me the neces- sity of composing myself . I resolved to open my warehouse and go about my business as usual . " Surely suspicion cannot rest on me , " I ...
... Morning's light , however , chased these horrors in some measure away , and showed me the neces- sity of composing myself . I resolved to open my warehouse and go about my business as usual . " Surely suspicion cannot rest on me , " I ...
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... morning it was rumoured that the old Duke de Launie had been found a corpse upon all Paris was in an uproar . The relatives of the the steps of a house in the Rue Petit Thouars , and deceased offered large rewards for the apprehension ...
... morning it was rumoured that the old Duke de Launie had been found a corpse upon all Paris was in an uproar . The relatives of the the steps of a house in the Rue Petit Thouars , and deceased offered large rewards for the apprehension ...
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... morning . I eagerly opened it ; it contained a card for the Marchessa's ball the following night . The com- pany were to mask after the ceremony of introduc- tion had taken place . How I longed , with all the fevered anxiety of youth ...
... morning . I eagerly opened it ; it contained a card for the Marchessa's ball the following night . The com- pany were to mask after the ceremony of introduc- tion had taken place . How I longed , with all the fevered anxiety of youth ...
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... morning of life is dawning with so much splendour , " he murmured . " Ah , my young friend , solitaire ! " said the cheer- ful voice of the General , " with a sleeping dog , a room gloomy with darkness , and a fire nearly extinguished ...
... morning of life is dawning with so much splendour , " he murmured . " Ah , my young friend , solitaire ! " said the cheer- ful voice of the General , " with a sleeping dog , a room gloomy with darkness , and a fire nearly extinguished ...
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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...