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... King Charles was feasting at Somerhill ! The minstrels remained invisible among the entangled garden - bowers ; but the gay beings unto whom they addressed their flattering invocations , were seen scat- tered in groups upon the closely ...
... King Charles was feasting at Somerhill ! The minstrels remained invisible among the entangled garden - bowers ; but the gay beings unto whom they addressed their flattering invocations , were seen scat- tered in groups upon the closely ...
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... king's favourite page , was already lying in solitary rumination , Methinks ' tis graceless enough in Rowley to abandon our crack - brained hostess , the Princess of Babylon , in this her own particular day and domain , in order to ...
... king's favourite page , was already lying in solitary rumination , Methinks ' tis graceless enough in Rowley to abandon our crack - brained hostess , the Princess of Babylon , in this her own particular day and domain , in order to ...
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... the boorish breeding of Corporal Stump . " My anger fell upon prouder shoulders than those of a lackey ; and I rushed , cap in hand , to the king , and spoke my indignation in such downright terms , that I was speedily 28 THE ANNUALS .
... the boorish breeding of Corporal Stump . " My anger fell upon prouder shoulders than those of a lackey ; and I rushed , cap in hand , to the king , and spoke my indignation in such downright terms , that I was speedily 28 THE ANNUALS .
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... in a station that becomes her ; but seeing that my prayers cannot induce him to forsake the · king's household , she hath given up the tender affec- D3 THE ANNUALS . 29 indignation in such downright terms, that I was ...
... in a station that becomes her ; but seeing that my prayers cannot induce him to forsake the · king's household , she hath given up the tender affec- D3 THE ANNUALS . 29 indignation in such downright terms, that I was ...
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king's household , she hath given up the tender affec- tion with which she repays his long attachment , at my bidding . No ! although the subdued glance of those bright eyes , the languor of that once light step , betray at every moment ...
king's household , she hath given up the tender affec- tion with which she repays his long attachment , at my bidding . No ! although the subdued glance of those bright eyes , the languor of that once light step , betray at every moment ...
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Page 210 - What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord, Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff That beetles o'er his base into the sea, And there assume some other horrible form, Which might deprive your sovereignty of reason And draw you into madness? think of it; The very place puts toys of desperation, Without more motive, into every brain That looks so many fathoms to the sea And hears it roar beneath.
Page 166 - And all for use of that which is mine own. Well then, it now appears you need my help: Go to, then; you come to me, and you say 'Shylock, we would have moneys...
Page 210 - Why, what should be the fear? I do not set my life at a pin's fee; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself?
Page 244 - Of deep, strong, deathless love, save that within A mother's heart. — It is but pride, wherewith To his fair son the father's eye doth turn, Watching his growth. Aye, on the boy he looks, The bright glad creature springing in his path, But as the heir of his great name, the young And stately...
Page 255 - ... think him capable of such baseness, yet he ought not for his own sake be thought to slight the information ; which would make his friends the less careful of him : that they had reason to give him warning of those meetings, which, if he had not known himself...
Page 161 - Ummeerghur, having a coarse and dirty cotton cloth. wrapped round the head and shoulders and a sort of plaited petticoat round their loins, of the same material. Two of them had rude swords and shields, the remainder had all bows and arrows resembling those which I had seen before, except that the arrow-heads, not being intended for striking fish, were fixed.
Page 161 - ... that their language differed from the dialect usually spoken in Malwah. They speak in a drawling sort of recitative, which Dr. Smith imitated, and found them catch his meaning much better than they otherwise could. The old man said that they had suffered much from want of rain, that their crops had been very scanty, that there was little pasture left for their cattle, and what was worst of all, they expected the pools of the neighbouring nullah to dry up before the end of the hot weather. When...
Page 292 - look,' said he, ' look, this is the sixth she has brought me ! What a line hearty child he is ! May God preserve him as he has done my others !' The Czar, sensibly affected at this scene, took the infant in his arms :
Page 291 - ... the cradle, while her two sisters, the one five years old, the other seven, were on their knees, crying, and praying to God for their mother, who was in a room adjoining, and whose piteous plaints and groans were distinctly heard. ' Stay here,' said the peasant to the Emperor, ' I will go and fetch something for your supper.' He went out, and soon returned with some black bread, eggs, and honey. ' You see all I can give you,' said the peasant, ' partake of it with my children ; I must go and...
Page 164 - ... bamboos. The officer followed at the head of his men, and had moved slowly half asleep on his saddle for about five miles, when he heard a hideous roar, and saw a very large tiger spring past him so close that he almost brushed his horse. The poor Bheel...