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... voice from within the barn , an ' tis time , God knows , an this the fair day too ; ' and the thresher thrust out a face over the cross door , which was studiously regulated to belie the tone of his reproach . ' Oh ! you're always in a ...
... voice from within the barn , an ' tis time , God knows , an this the fair day too ; ' and the thresher thrust out a face over the cross door , which was studiously regulated to belie the tone of his reproach . ' Oh ! you're always in a ...
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... voice he was familiar . Descending the staircase , his eye soon recognised the person of the Gomulagh . His former warm dress of frize was changed into ra gs and tatters , held together by means of a sugaan or straw rope . When he saw ...
... voice he was familiar . Descending the staircase , his eye soon recognised the person of the Gomulagh . His former warm dress of frize was changed into ra gs and tatters , held together by means of a sugaan or straw rope . When he saw ...
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... voices , breathing welcome to the fair of the fairest court in Christendom . - King Charles was feasting at Somerhill ! The minstrels remained invisible among the entangled garden - bowers ; but the gay beings unto whom they addressed ...
... voices , breathing welcome to the fair of the fairest court in Christendom . - King Charles was feasting at Somerhill ! The minstrels remained invisible among the entangled garden - bowers ; but the gay beings unto whom they addressed ...
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... voice , she hath done this , she hath done more than I can find breath to tell , with a heart that shrunk not from the sacrifice of its own fondest feelings . There is a fair lad among the crew of laced blockheads ye saw this morning ...
... voice , she hath done this , she hath done more than I can find breath to tell , with a heart that shrunk not from the sacrifice of its own fondest feelings . There is a fair lad among the crew of laced blockheads ye saw this morning ...
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... Master Hemsworth , of Manor - field , repaired their error . Trust me he will never forget those who , despite his whimsies and vagaries , still love old Rowley ! " THE VOICE OF WINTER . I COME ! I come THE ANNUALS . 31.
... Master Hemsworth , of Manor - field , repaired their error . Trust me he will never forget those who , despite his whimsies and vagaries , still love old Rowley ! " THE VOICE OF WINTER . I COME ! I come THE ANNUALS . 31.
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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...