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... soul in the parish of Dolour , which he honoured with his resi dénce , and for never in his life having ex- pressed himself satisfied with the weather which Heaven was pleased to send , was re- moved to a place where we sincerely hope ...
... soul in the parish of Dolour , which he honoured with his resi dénce , and for never in his life having ex- pressed himself satisfied with the weather which Heaven was pleased to send , was re- moved to a place where we sincerely hope ...
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... soul ) said to his black cat , betwixt the Primo and Secundo of the Memorial in the great case of Bother against Bore'um . " " What have you put down now ? " was one general exclamation . 66 My character of Peter Grievance , I think ...
... soul ) said to his black cat , betwixt the Primo and Secundo of the Memorial in the great case of Bother against Bore'um . " " What have you put down now ? " was one general exclamation . 66 My character of Peter Grievance , I think ...
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... soul ; But their long - headed chief , the Sheik Ul - Sofit , More closely touch'd the point ; - " Thy studious mood , " Quoth he , " O Prince ! hath thicken'd all thy blood , And dull'd thy brain with labour beyond measure ; Wherefore ...
... soul ; But their long - headed chief , the Sheik Ul - Sofit , More closely touch'd the point ; - " Thy studious mood , " Quoth he , " O Prince ! hath thicken'd all thy blood , And dull'd thy brain with labour beyond measure ; Wherefore ...
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... soul as any in the nation ; The sole remembrance of her warlike joys Was in old songs she sang to please her boys . John Bull , whom , in their years of early strife , She wont to lead a cat - and - doggish life , Now found the woman ...
... soul as any in the nation ; The sole remembrance of her warlike joys Was in old songs she sang to please her boys . John Bull , whom , in their years of early strife , She wont to lead a cat - and - doggish life , Now found the woman ...
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... Soul's Torment , Cluster - of- pearls , Morning - star , and Moon - face , as if he had been the actual Lord of a thousand sultanas . Aristotle , in his book De Mira- bilibus Auscultationis , gives an account of another visionary of ...
... Soul's Torment , Cluster - of- pearls , Morning - star , and Moon - face , as if he had been the actual Lord of a thousand sultanas . Aristotle , in his book De Mira- bilibus Auscultationis , gives an account of another visionary of ...
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Page 213 - Tis to create, and in creating live A being more intense, that we endow With form our fancy, gaining as we give The life we image, even as I do now.
Page 46 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Page 30 - Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 32 - And now my tongue's use is to me no more Than an unstringed viol, or a harp ; Or like a cunning instrument cas'd up, Or, being open, put into his hands That knows no touch to tune the harmony.
Page 174 - There's a bower of roses by Bendemeer's stream, And the nightingale sings round it all the day long ; In the time of my childhood 'twas like a sweet dream, To sit in the roses and hear the bird's song.
Page 175 - Fly to the desert, fly with me, Our Arab tents are rude for thee ; But oh ! the choice what heart can doubt Of tents with love, or thrones without ? Our rocks are rough, but smiling there Th' acacia waves her yellow hair, Lonely and sweet, nor loved the less For flowering in a wilderness.
Page 33 - In chimney corner seek domestic joys — I love a prince will bid the bottle pass, Exchanging with his subjects glance and glass ; In fitting time, can, gayest of the gay, Keep up the jest, and mingle in the lay — Such Monarchs best our free-born humours suit, But Despots must be stately, stern, and mute.
Page 213 - He, who grown aged in this world of woe, In deeds, not years, piercing the depths of life, So that no wonder waits him...
Page 175 - Oh ! there are looks and tones that dart An instant sunshine through the heart, — As if the soul that minute caught Some treasure it through life had sought...