Pin Money: A Novel, Volume 1E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1834 - Aristocracy (Social class) |
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Page 166 - O my soul's joy ! If after every tempest come such calms, May the winds blow till they have waken'd death ! And let the labouring bark climb hills of seas, Olympus-high ; and duck again as low As hell's from heaven ! If it were now to die, 'Twere now to be most happy ; for, I fear, My soul hath her content so absolute, That not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate.
Page 132 - Tis thou, thrice sweet and gracious goddess, addressing myself to LIBERTY, whom all in public or in private worship, whose taste is grateful, and ever will be so, till NATURE herself shall change...
Page 29 - O'er other creatures. Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best. All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded : wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanced, and like folly shows.
Page 132 - Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still Slavery, said I, still thou art a bitter draught; and though thousands in all ages have been made to drink of thee, thou art no less bitter on that account.
Page 198 - Yet her even carriage is as far from coyness As from immodesty, in play, in dancing, In suffering courtship, in requiting kindness, In use of places, hours, and companies Free as the sun, and nothing more corrupted ; As circumspect as Cynthia in her vows, And constant as the centre to observe them, Ruthful, and bounteous, never fierce nor dull. In all her courses ever at the full.
Page 46 - High lifted up were many lofty towers, And goodly galleries far over laid ; Full of fair windows and delightful bowers ; And on the top a dial told the timely hours.
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Page 71 - To know, that none with fierce and sudden strife Shall tear thee from her, save with loss of life : To keep thee but to one, and let that one Be to thy home what warmth is to the sun ; To gaze, and find no change, when time hath made Youth's dazzling beauty darken into shade, But fondly — firmly — cling to her, nor fear The fading touch of each declining year ; This is true love, when it hath found a rest In the deep home of manhood's faithful .breast.
Page 166 - ... are neither of them fools, yet received my compliment with great acknowledgment of my prescience. I fared very well at dinner, and heard many other notable sayings of their heir, which would have given very little entertainment to one less turned to...
Page 46 - A stately Palace built of squared brick, Which cunningly was without mortar laid, Whose walls were high, but nothing strong, nor thick, And golden foil all over them displayed, That purest sky with brightness they dismayed. High lifted up were many lofty towers And goodly galleries far overlaid, Full of fair windows, and delightful bowers, And on the top a dial told the timely hours.