The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music & RomanceGeo. Henderson, 1867 - Fashion |
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... round the church ; and “ God bless affelong misery . All the actors in that them ! " seem the bells to say in their most fes- cruel ceremony are dead now , save himself and tive tones , for the ringers have been allowed Nathale : ani ...
... round the church ; and “ God bless affelong misery . All the actors in that them ! " seem the bells to say in their most fes- cruel ceremony are dead now , save himself and tive tones , for the ringers have been allowed Nathale : ani ...
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... round the church ; and " God bless them ! " seem the bells to say in their most fes- tive tones , for the ringers have been allowed unlimited beer , and are doing unheard - of feats in the bellringing art . Surely the wedding , under ...
... round the church ; and " God bless them ! " seem the bells to say in their most fes- tive tones , for the ringers have been allowed unlimited beer , and are doing unheard - of feats in the bellringing art . Surely the wedding , under ...
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... round and round upon a young beech - plough , which He drives through every inch of stem , and a few sparrows , plump with grass - ground in the world , opening each clod , and seed , and hurrying with jerking flight down the ...
... round and round upon a young beech - plough , which He drives through every inch of stem , and a few sparrows , plump with grass - ground in the world , opening each clod , and seed , and hurrying with jerking flight down the ...
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... round , Ay - and then we went round it again ! " Such was the dancing in the rotunda at Rane- lagh Gardens . Here comes George the Third in his bag wig and laced coat ; here the ground was swept by the hoops and satin trains of the ...
... round , Ay - and then we went round it again ! " Such was the dancing in the rotunda at Rane- lagh Gardens . Here comes George the Third in his bag wig and laced coat ; here the ground was swept by the hoops and satin trains of the ...
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... round her neck , saying , as he did so , that he wished it were diamonds for her sake ! And now she was about to hear that it was lost for ever , and her desire to keep the last remnants of her fast - failing sight , in order that she ...
... round her neck , saying , as he did so , that he wished it were diamonds for her sake ! And now she was about to hear that it was lost for ever , and her desire to keep the last remnants of her fast - failing sight , in order that she ...
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Page 20 - Piper, sit thee down and write In a book that all may read." So he vanished from my sight; And I plucked a hollow reed, And I made a rural pen, And I stained the water clear, And I wrote my happy songs Every child may joy to hear.
Page 170 - Well, do not swear: although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract to-night: It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden; Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be Ere one can say 'It lightens.
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 19 - 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 1 - My good blade carves the casques of men, My tough lance thrusteth sure, My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure.
Page 125 - And now, when comes the calm mild day, as still such days will come, To call the squirrel and the bee from out their winter home...
Page 74 - Tis the Spring's largess, which she scatters now To rich and poor alike, with lavish hand, Though most hearts never understand To take it at God's value, but pass by The offered wealth with unrewarded eye.
Page 83 - But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
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 74 - When thou, for all thy gold, so common art ! Thou teachest me to deem More sacredly of every human heart, Since each reflects in joy its scanty gleam Of heaven, and could some wondrous secret show, Did we but pay the love we owe, And with a child's undoubting wisdom look On all these living pages of God's book.