Recollections of a Literary Life, Or, Books, Places, and People, Volume 1R. Bentley, 1853 - Authors |
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... strange vibration of some monster train passing over our heads - a proceeding which never fails to make my pony show off his choicest airs and graces , pricking up his pretty ears , tossing his slender head , dancing upon four feet ...
... strange vibration of some monster train passing over our heads - a proceeding which never fails to make my pony show off his choicest airs and graces , pricking up his pretty ears , tossing his slender head , dancing upon four feet ...
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... Strange , strange mimicry ! but full of variety , full of beauty , full of odour . Of all the fragrant blossoms that haunt the woods , I know none so exquisite as that night - scented orchis which is called indifferently , the butterfly ...
... Strange , strange mimicry ! but full of variety , full of beauty , full of odour . Of all the fragrant blossoms that haunt the woods , I know none so exquisite as that night - scented orchis which is called indifferently , the butterfly ...
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... strange compound called in modern geological phrase Agglomerate . Flint and coral , and gravel , and attrited pebbles enter into the combina- tion of this extraordinary natural conglomeration , which no steel , however hardened , can ...
... strange compound called in modern geological phrase Agglomerate . Flint and coral , and gravel , and attrited pebbles enter into the combina- tion of this extraordinary natural conglomeration , which no steel , however hardened , can ...
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... strange absence of all documentary evidence upon the subject . Another cause for my strong desire to see this interesting place is to be found in its association with one of those historical personages in whom I have always taken the ...
... strange absence of all documentary evidence upon the subject . Another cause for my strong desire to see this interesting place is to be found in its association with one of those historical personages in whom I have always taken the ...
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... strange to them ; and they had the kindness to allow me to walk over their beautiful grounds and gardens , to see their charming Swiss dairy , with its marbles and its china , and , above all , to satisfy my curiosity by looking over ...
... strange to them ; and they had the kindness to allow me to walk over their beautiful grounds and gardens , to see their charming Swiss dairy , with its marbles and its china , and , above all , to satisfy my curiosity by looking over ...
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Page 340 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament is in discourse; and for ability is in the judgment and disposition of business...
Page 43 - Away! away! for I will fly to thee, Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards, But on the viewless wings of Poesy, Though the dull brain perplexes and retards: Already with thee ! tender is the night, And haply the Queen-Moon is on her throne, Clustered around by all her starry Fays; But here there is no light, Save what from heaven is with the breezes blown Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways.
Page 148 - Rise, O ever rise ; Rise like a cloud of incense from the earth ! Thou kingly Spirit throned among the hills, Thou dread ambassador from earth to heaven, Great hierarch ! tell thou the silent sky, And tell the stars, and tell yon rising sun, Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God.
Page 193 - Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement, From garret to basement, She stood, with amazement, Houseless by night. The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver; But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river: Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery, Swift to be hurl'd — Anywhere, anywhere Out of the world!
Page 344 - ... our sage and serious poet Spenser, whom I dare be known to think a better teacher than Scotus or Aquinas, describing true temperance under the person of Guion, brings him in with his Palmer through the cave of Mammon, and the bower of earthly bliss, that he might see and know, and yet abstain.
Page 194 - All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame. Oft in my waking dreams do I Live o'er again that happy hour, When midway on the mount I lay, Beside the ruined tower.
Page 324 - What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head ; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine ; The nectarine and curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach ; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.
Page 330 - Did clap their bloody hands ; He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed.
Page 15 - GOING TO THE WARS Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.
Page 146 - Who gave you your invulnerable life, Your strength, your speed, your fury, and your joy, Unceasing thunder and eternal foam ? And who commanded (and the silence came), Here let the billows stiffen, and have rest...