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... listened and replied to you ; I marked her exquisite child face , and pondered if it were possible for artist hands to portray that which nature had left so faultless . Then I wondered if you appreciated that rare , wild - flower face ...
... listened and replied to you ; I marked her exquisite child face , and pondered if it were possible for artist hands to portray that which nature had left so faultless . Then I wondered if you appreciated that rare , wild - flower face ...
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... listened to seraphic voices ; saw golden fruit gleaming midst undying verdure ; flowers unfolding to eternal sunbeams , and shud- dered not at the dark river over which it must pass to reach this land outspread in mystery and beauty ...
... listened to seraphic voices ; saw golden fruit gleaming midst undying verdure ; flowers unfolding to eternal sunbeams , and shud- dered not at the dark river over which it must pass to reach this land outspread in mystery and beauty ...
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... listened in their moments of inspiration . I soon forgot my fears ; forgot my wish to give you pleasure ; forgot even your presence , as , awak- ened to my touch , clear , pure tones filled the room , now singly soaring aloft like ...
... listened in their moments of inspiration . I soon forgot my fears ; forgot my wish to give you pleasure ; forgot even your presence , as , awak- ened to my touch , clear , pure tones filled the room , now singly soaring aloft like ...
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... listened to and lingered on every word falling from your lips in those hours , gathering them into my heart - pearls and diamonds to fling their radiance over my soul , when they alone , of this pre- sent , should be mine . Thus , the ...
... listened to and lingered on every word falling from your lips in those hours , gathering them into my heart - pearls and diamonds to fling their radiance over my soul , when they alone , of this pre- sent , should be mine . Thus , the ...
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... listened with eagerness to his conversation , for he came fresh from the world I had already pictured to my mind as filled with mystery and delight . He told me his family resided in New York ; his uncle , Mr. Mandevil , and himself ...
... listened with eagerness to his conversation , for he came fresh from the world I had already pictured to my mind as filled with mystery and delight . He told me his family resided in New York ; his uncle , Mr. Mandevil , and himself ...
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Page 40 - And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, . And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor: And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted — nevermore...
Page 40 - This is the state of man : in prosperous fortune A shadow, passing light, throws to the ground Joy's baseless fabric : in adversity Comes malice with a sponge moistened in gall, And wipes each beauteous character away : More than the first this melts my soul to pity.
Page 176 - Künstler — denn der Weltmensch schaut nur oberflächlich oder selbstsüchtig, und der Verliebte verfälscht, nur zu sehr am irdischen Geschöpfe hangend ; aber der reine , einfältige Meister , in seiner Werkstätte tagelang denselben zwei Augen gegenüber, die er bildet und rundet — der sieht den Finger Gottes aus den todten Farben wachsen, und was er doch selber gemacht hat, scheint ihm nun nicht...
Page 294 - Before leaving, he stated his intention of travelling far and wide for the space of three years, at the expiration of which time he said he should surely return to visit his child.
Page 308 - I hope you will do me the honor to make my house your home during your stay. — Our frontiers are still infested by parties of Indians from whom I was so unfortunate as to receive two wounds on the 24th. Ult°. — My left arm is very much shattered and a slight wound in the right. — We suppose they were Creeks. — A report has circulated here that your Government...
Page 270 - European population constantly pouring upon yon, — there is no question in my mind that the government of the United States will be entirely in the hands of the mob in a few years