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... mind had been dis- engaged , I believe I should have entered into the lists against them in defence of my family principles , and might thereby have rendered my- self very obnoxious . My mind had never been more completely ab- sorbed ...
... mind had been dis- engaged , I believe I should have entered into the lists against them in defence of my family principles , and might thereby have rendered my- self very obnoxious . My mind had never been more completely ab- sorbed ...
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... mind slip back to the past .. Musing thus , and nodding his head every now and then with a little sigh of assent , he let me talk of my life at home , and of all who belonged to me . He let me talk - or it seemed to me at the time that ...
... mind slip back to the past .. Musing thus , and nodding his head every now and then with a little sigh of assent , he let me talk of my life at home , and of all who belonged to me . He let me talk - or it seemed to me at the time that ...
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... mind these attri- butes only increase the charm of the woman he admires . The uncer- tainty of her smiles renders them doubly bewitching ; her openly - ex- pressed contempt fascinates the victim it might more naturally disgust ; for it ...
... mind these attri- butes only increase the charm of the woman he admires . The uncer- tainty of her smiles renders them doubly bewitching ; her openly - ex- pressed contempt fascinates the victim it might more naturally disgust ; for it ...
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... mind . ' " I had no argument to oppose against this very reasonable ar- rangement , and I gladly accepted it . Mr. Catheron gave me his blessing at parting , and further bestowed upon me a miniature of his two daugh- ters , painted for ...
... mind . ' " I had no argument to oppose against this very reasonable ar- rangement , and I gladly accepted it . Mr. Catheron gave me his blessing at parting , and further bestowed upon me a miniature of his two daugh- ters , painted for ...
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... mind upon my work , and waited uneasily for the end of the week . " It was on Saturday night that an event occurred which decided the issue of my life . I had been writing for the best part of the day , and had sat at my desk till my ...
... mind upon my work , and waited uneasily for the end of the week . " It was on Saturday night that an event occurred which decided the issue of my life . I had been writing for the best part of the day , and had sat at my desk till my ...
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Page 103 - And yet, steeped in sentiment as she lies, spreading her gardens to the moonlight, and whispering from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Age, who will deny that Oxford, by her ineffable charm, keeps ever calling us nearer to the true goal of all of us, to the ideal, to perfection, — to beauty, in a word, which is only truth seen from another side? — nearer, perhaps, than all the science of Tubingen.
Page 476 - Here's a sigh to those who love me, And a smile to those who hate ; And whatever sky's above me, Here's a heart for every fate. Though the ocean roar around me, Yet it still shall bear me on ; Though a desert should surround me, It hath springs that may be won.
Page 252 - Britain's isle, no matter where, An ancient pile of building stands ; The Huntingdons and Hattons there Employ'd the power of fairy hands To raise the ceiling's fretted height, Each pannel in achievements clothing, Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages, that lead to nothing.
Page 406 - How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies like flying pursuivant, Against foul fiends to aid us militant ! They for us fight ; they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant ; And all for love and nothing for reward : Oh why should heavenly God to men have such regard) THE SEASONS.
Page 402 - RED o'er the forest peers the setting sun. The line of yellow light dies fast away That crowned the eastern copse : and chill and dun Falls on the moor the brief November day.
Page 95 - Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Page 104 - tis very fine, But where d'ye sleep, or where d'ye dine? I find by all you have been telling, That 'tis a house, but not a dwelling.
Page 97 - The Wicklow hills are very high, And so's the Hill of Howth, sir; But there's a hill, much bigger still, Much higher nor them both, sir: 'Twas on the top of this high hill St.
Page 100 - O ye spires of Oxford ! domes and towers ! Gardens and groves! your presence overpowers The soberness of reason; till, in sooth, Transformed, and rushing on a bold exchange, I slight my own beloved Cam, to range Where silver Isis leads my stripling feet; Pace the long avenue, or glide adown The stream- like windings of that glorious street — An eager Novice robed in fluttering gown ! 1810.
Page 239 - Altogether at least a score of pigeons might be chosen, which if shown to an ornithologist, and he were told that they were wild birds, would certainly, I think, be ranked by him as well-defined species.