The Illustrated Magazine, Volumes 23-24Ward and Lock, 1867 - Literature |
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... seemed to succeed ( not ledged that nothing could be finer than the way always the case with those of his kind ) —a man he put " Henry the Fourth " on the stage - whose touch seemed , Midas - like , to turn every- cheeks with paint and ...
... seemed to succeed ( not ledged that nothing could be finer than the way always the case with those of his kind ) —a man he put " Henry the Fourth " on the stage - whose touch seemed , Midas - like , to turn every- cheeks with paint and ...
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... seemed to succeed ( not always the case with those of his kind ) —a man whose touch seemed , Midas - like , to turn every- thing to gold . And , besides , most people 2 Born to Sorrow .
... seemed to succeed ( not always the case with those of his kind ) —a man whose touch seemed , Midas - like , to turn every- thing to gold . And , besides , most people 2 Born to Sorrow .
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... seemed bursting from a broken heart ! " Ah ! poor thing . I am afraid all is not right with her , Larry , " said the tender - hearted Hetty , when she had taken her departure . " There is some great grief evidently pressing upon her ...
... seemed bursting from a broken heart ! " Ah ! poor thing . I am afraid all is not right with her , Larry , " said the tender - hearted Hetty , when she had taken her departure . " There is some great grief evidently pressing upon her ...
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... seemed to SNOW . Althrough the long hours of the wintry day. gesture know the secret of that impassioned display - one only in that crowded house ; and he was playing a part of his own , quietly and skilfully . " Did you ever see such ...
... seemed to SNOW . Althrough the long hours of the wintry day. gesture know the secret of that impassioned display - one only in that crowded house ; and he was playing a part of his own , quietly and skilfully . " Did you ever see such ...
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... seemed instantly to fill with a soft blue liquid , while the snow adhering to the staff took a complementary colour of pinkish yellow , and on moving it up and down it was hard to resist the impression that a pink flame was rising and ...
... seemed instantly to fill with a soft blue liquid , while the snow adhering to the staff took a complementary colour of pinkish yellow , and on moving it up and down it was hard to resist the impression that a pink flame was rising and ...
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Page 316 - How often have I paused on every charm, The sheltered cot , the cultivated farm , The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topt the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made!
Page 24 - Marlowe, bathed in the Thespian springs, Had in him those brave translunary things That the first poets had; his raptures were All air and fire, which made his verses clear, For that fine madness still he did retain Which rightly should possess a poet's brain.
Page 120 - A cry that shiver'd to the tingling stars, And, as it were one voice, an agony Of lamentation, like a wind, that shrills All night in a waste land, where no one comes, Or hath come, since the making of the world. Then murmur'd Arthur, 'Place me in the barge,
Page 44 - New mercies each returning day Hover around us while we pray — New perils past, new sins forgiven, New thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven.
Page 61 - Fie, my lord, fie ! a soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account? Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? Doct. Do you mark that? Lady M. The thane of Fife had a wife; where is she now? What, will these hands ne'er be clean? No more o' that, my lord, no more o' that: you mar all with this starting.
Page 17 - TO THE MUSES. WHETHER on Ida's shady brow Or in the chambers of the East, The chambers of the Sun, that now From ancient melody have ceased ; Whether in heaven ye wander fair Or the green corners of the earth, Or the blue regions of the air, Where the melodious winds have birth...
Page 17 - ... the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me : "Pipe a song about a Lamb !
Page 131 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny ; You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face, You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve : Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Page 22 - I will not cease from Mental Fight, Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand Till we have built Jerusalem In England's green and pleasant Land.