The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's Great Writers, Ancient, Mediaeval, and Modern, with Biographical and Explanatory Notes and Critical Essays by Many Eminent Writers, Volume 11Richard Garnett |
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Page 4873
... eyes and April in the showery smiling o ' the lips . " But His Majesty took the picture to the window , and , after ... eye , with its tiny mole on the under lid , hath the very trick of life in't , and that ripple of red brown hair was ...
... eyes and April in the showery smiling o ' the lips . " But His Majesty took the picture to the window , and , after ... eye , with its tiny mole on the under lid , hath the very trick of life in't , and that ripple of red brown hair was ...
Page 4875
... eyes , and burning on her red lips , and breathing from her heaving bosom . She was indeed the soul of love incarnate . " Child ! " cried Master Pepys , " thy cause is as good as won . If the King set eyes on thee as thou art , he can ...
... eyes , and burning on her red lips , and breathing from her heaving bosom . She was indeed the soul of love incarnate . " Child ! " cried Master Pepys , " thy cause is as good as won . If the King set eyes on thee as thou art , he can ...
Page 4877
... eyes to the door ! In they came . First the King and Queen , together and unmasked ; then a bevy of ladies , who ... eye that saturnine face spoke a melan- choly which strove in vain to find mirth in excess . Their Majesties moved slowly ...
... eyes to the door ! In they came . First the King and Queen , together and unmasked ; then a bevy of ladies , who ... eye that saturnine face spoke a melan- choly which strove in vain to find mirth in excess . Their Majesties moved slowly ...
Page 4879
... eyes have won two knights at once . Well done , Villiers ! " cried the King , who seemed to Penelope quite transformed by the smile which lighted up his face ; " ye had always good taste in women , -far better , to our thinking , than ...
... eyes have won two knights at once . Well done , Villiers ! " cried the King , who seemed to Penelope quite transformed by the smile which lighted up his face ; " ye had always good taste in women , -far better , to our thinking , than ...
Page 4881
... eyes on such an excellent taille or such a complexion ( all her own too ) ; and then that sweet eye and little Roman nose , — oh , there is none like La Belle Stuart in the whole of England ! And yet , child , I heard three gentlemen ...
... eyes on such an excellent taille or such a complexion ( all her own too ) ; and then that sweet eye and little Roman nose , — oh , there is none like La Belle Stuart in the whole of England ! And yet , child , I heard three gentlemen ...
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Page 5069 - Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.
Page 4916 - Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Page 4899 - WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there ! She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light, Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land...
Page 5045 - So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace ; While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume ; And the bride-maidens whispered, " 'Twere better by far To have match'd our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.
Page 5290 - will not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax...
Page 5045 - mong Graemes of the Netherby clan; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran: There was racing and chasing on Cannobie Lee, But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see, So daring in love, and so dauntless in war, Have ye e'er heard of gallant like young Lochinvar?
Page 5096 - I'm sure you must be weary, dear, with soaring up so high ; Will you rest upon my little bed ?" said the Spider to the Fly. " There are pretty curtains drawn around ; the sheets are fine and thin, And if you like to rest awhile, I'll snugly tuck you in...
Page 4917 - Gentlemen may cry peace, peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun ! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ! Our brethren are already in the field ! Why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish?
Page 5096 - Oh, no, no," said the little Fly, " kind sir, that cannot be ; I've heard what's in your pantry, and I do not wish to see !
Page 5095 - WILL you walk into my parlor ? " Said the Spider to the Fly ; " "Tis the prettiest little parlor That ever you did spy. " The way into my parlor Is up a winding stair, And I have many curious things To show when you are there." " Oh no, no," said the little Fly, " To ask me is in vain ; For who goes up your winding stair Can ne'er come down again." "I'm sure you must be weary, dear, With soaring up so high ; Will you rest upon my little bed ?