Preciosa: A TaleJ. Chapman, 1852 - 326 pàgines |
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Pàgina 26
... ; I found my name , and the date of that visit , in- scribed on a pane in the conservatory but the other day , and could scarcely believe my eyes , when I read that the suns of six summers had since streamed through 26 PRECIOSA .
... ; I found my name , and the date of that visit , in- scribed on a pane in the conservatory but the other day , and could scarcely believe my eyes , when I read that the suns of six summers had since streamed through 26 PRECIOSA .
Pàgina 28
... believe I still possess a snuff - box , compounded of potato - paste , and filled with small Siamese deities , together with a straw- white stuffed canary - bird , without a beak , from its native island , that fell to my share in the ...
... believe I still possess a snuff - box , compounded of potato - paste , and filled with small Siamese deities , together with a straw- white stuffed canary - bird , without a beak , from its native island , that fell to my share in the ...
Pàgina 44
... believe that in these matters something final is within reach of possibility . The mob of possessors exclaims , " Anything for a settled go- vernment , " as if the abstract form and idea of government could be something more enduring ...
... believe that in these matters something final is within reach of possibility . The mob of possessors exclaims , " Anything for a settled go- vernment , " as if the abstract form and idea of government could be something more enduring ...
Pàgina 54
... believe I do not take much pleasure in these réunions - where one has hardly the opportunity of one reasonable word ; and yet I always go to them , and am cross if I am not asked , though I believe nobody knows it . I suppose many ...
... believe I do not take much pleasure in these réunions - where one has hardly the opportunity of one reasonable word ; and yet I always go to them , and am cross if I am not asked , though I believe nobody knows it . I suppose many ...
Pàgina 55
... believe I do . I often feel as if I could never " fall in love . " Though I have a fancy for liking people at first sight ; but after a little while I feel more ready to fall out than to fall in with their ways and manners . Tuesday ...
... believe I do . I often feel as if I could never " fall in love . " Though I have a fancy for liking people at first sight ; but after a little while I feel more ready to fall out than to fall in with their ways and manners . Tuesday ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 257 - Alas that all we loved of him should be, But for our grief, as if it had not been, And grief itself be mortal ! Woe is me ! Whence are we, and why are we ? of what scene The actors or spectators ? Great and mean Meet massed in death, who lends what life must borrow.
Pàgina 8 - Too subtle-potent, tun'd too sharp in sweetness, For the capacity of my ruder powers : I fear it much ; and I do fear besides, That I shall lose distinction in my joys ; As doth a battle, when they charge on heaps The enemy flying.
Pàgina 173 - tis not to come ; if it be not to come, it will be now ; if it be not now, yet it will come ; the readiness is all ; since no man has aught of what he leaves, what is't to leave betimes?
Pàgina 238 - Count, take of me my daughter, and with her my fortunes : his Grace hath made the match, and all grace say Amen to it. Beat. Speak, count, 'tis your cue. Claud. Silence is the perfectest herald of joy : I were but little happy, if I could say how much.
Pàgina 7 - Clanging fights, and flaming towns, and sinking ships and praying hands. But they smile, they find a music centred in a doleful song Steaming up, a lamentation and an ancient tale of wrong, Like a tale of little meaning tho...
Pàgina 81 - My soul is an enchanted boat, Which, like a sleeping swan, doth float Upon the silver waves of thy sweet singing ; And thine doth like an angel sit Beside the helm conducting it, Whilst all the winds with melody are ringing. It seems to float ever, for ever, Upon that many-winding river, Between mountains, woods, abysses, A paradise of wildernesses ! Till, like one in slumber bound Borne to the ocean, I float down, around, Into a sea profound of ever-spreading sound.