Cecil, a Peer: A Sequel to Cecil, Or, The Adventures of a Coxcomb, Volume 2T. and W. Boone, 1841 |
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Page 118 - Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet. MILTON.
Page 198 - permitted to spend in my presence, were As if Favonius, father of the Spring, Who in the verdant meads doth reign sole king, Had rous'd him up, and shook his feathers, wet With Heaven's own dew of joy ! Strange as it may seem, in spite of the sevenand-twenty years intervening between
Page 274 - Oh ! dearest father, in this agony Of pleasure and of pain,—even while I kiss Thy garment's hem with transport, can it be That doubt should mingle with my filial joy
Page 202 - wander till the day is gone, Lost in each other ;—and, when night draws on Covering them round, amid the dying day, All that
Page 201 - come those full confidings of the past, All sunshine now where all was overcast; K 2 Their steps may wander till the day is
Page 252 - pensier vaghi e pronti,— O tenace memoria, o fero ardore, O possente desire, o debil core!
Page 195 - lofty thought sat thron'd upon her head; Calm as a seraph, sportive as a child, She trod the rocky beach, or heathy wild. LORD MORPETH. • I REMEMBER, in
Page 65 - How often, as it passes by With flowing limbs and flashing eye, With soul that not a care has cross'd, With cheek that not a tint has lost, How often, in my heart I cry, How beautiful is youth! WILLIAM HOWITT. II
Page 228 - and I will consequently put an end to a long chapter, requesting it to take breath for one shorter and, I trust, more sweet. CHAPTER IX. Her beauty was not made for all observance, If beauty 't might be called. It was a sick And melancholy loveliness, that pleased But few ; and somewhat of its charm perhaps Grew from the spot she dwelt in. PROCTOR. Velut ininuta magno
Page 143 - Eccoti, benigno lettore, un parto di poche sere, che se ben nato di notte, non