Don JuanThomas Davison, 1819 - 227 pages |
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... proved it somehow out of sacred song , But I must leave the proofs to those who've seen ' em , But this I heard her say , and can't be wrong , 6 And all may think which way their judgments lean ' em , " " Tis strange - the Hebrew noun ...
... proved it somehow out of sacred song , But I must leave the proofs to those who've seen ' em , But this I heard her say , and can't be wrong , 6 And all may think which way their judgments lean ' em , " " Tis strange - the Hebrew noun ...
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... prove her loving lord was mad , But as he had some lucid intermissions , She next decided he was only bad ; Yet when they ask'd her for her depositions , No sort of explanation could be had , Save that her duty both to man and God ...
... prove her loving lord was mad , But as he had some lucid intermissions , She next decided he was only bad ; Yet when they ask'd her for her depositions , No sort of explanation could be had , Save that her duty both to man and God ...
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... prove wholesome food ; I can't help thinking Juvenal was wrong , Although no doubt his real intent was good , For speaking out so plainly in his song , So much indeed as to be downright rude ; And then what proper person can be partial ...
... prove wholesome food ; I can't help thinking Juvenal was wrong , Although no doubt his real intent was good , For speaking out so plainly in his song , So much indeed as to be downright rude ; And then what proper person can be partial ...
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... prove unintelligible . XCI . He , Juan , ( and not Wordsworth ) so pursued His self - communion with his own high soul , Until his mighty heart , in its great mood , Had mitigated part , though not the whole Of its disease ; he did the ...
... prove unintelligible . XCI . He , Juan , ( and not Wordsworth ) so pursued His self - communion with his own high soul , Until his mighty heart , in its great mood , Had mitigated part , though not the whole Of its disease ; he did the ...
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... previous admonition , To hold a levee round his lady's bed , And summon lackeys , arm'd with fire and sword , To prove himself the thing he most abhorr'd , CXL . Poor Donna Julia ! starting as from sleep 72 CANTO I. DON JUAN .
... previous admonition , To hold a levee round his lady's bed , And summon lackeys , arm'd with fire and sword , To prove himself the thing he most abhorr'd , CXL . Poor Donna Julia ! starting as from sleep 72 CANTO I. DON JUAN .
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Algiers answer'd Antonia appear'd beautiful blood boat breath Cadiz call'd CANTO Catullus cave CCIV Ceres charming chaste cheek dead death devil Don Alfonso Don Juan Donna Inez Donna Julia doubt e'er eyes face fair famish'd feel fond friends gazed grew Guadalquivir Haidee hair half hand heart heaven hope hour hush'd Jóse Juan's kiss knew lady learn'd least lips lived Longinus look'd Lull'd maid mistress moon moral mother ne'er never night Noah's ark nought o'er ocean pair pass'd passion Pedrillo perhaps perish'd Persia pray round Save scarce sea-sick seem'd Seville ship shore sigh sleep smiled sort soul Spain stanza stars sublime surely tears tell There's things Thou thought Tis sweet true turn'd tutor Twas Twere Virgin Mary wave whate'er whisper'd wife wind wine Xerxes Young Juan youth
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Page 147 - Save the wild wind and the remorseless dash Of billows; but at intervals there gush'd, Accompanied with a convulsive splash, A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony.
Page 147 - Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell, Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave...
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Page 113 - My days of love are over; me no more The charms of maid, wife, and still less of widow, Can make the fool of which they made before, In short, I must not lead the life I did do; The credulous hope of mutual minds is o'er, The copious use of claret is forbid too, So for a good old-gentlemanly vice, I think I must take up with avarice.
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Page 40 - Yet Julia's very coldness still was kind, And tremulously gentle her small hand Withdrew itself from his, but left behind A little pressure, thrilling, and so bland And slight, so very slight, that to the mind 'Twas but a doubt ; but ne'er magician's wand Wrought change with all Armida's fairy art Like what this light touch left on Juan's heart.
Page 130 - And oh ! if e'er I should forget, I swear — But that's impossible, and cannot be — Sooner shall this blue ocean melt to air, Sooner shall earth resolve itself to sea, Than I resign thine image, oh, my fair! Or think of anything, excepting thee ; A mind diseased no remedy can physic...