Preciosa: A TaleJ. Chapman, 1852 - 326 pàgines |
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Pàgina 29
... truly well - informed , she had not Emily's accomplishments ; yet in the great grace of interestingness , she shares far more largely . All that she does is by fits and starts : she is that 66 wave o ' the sea " that Florizel wished ...
... truly well - informed , she had not Emily's accomplishments ; yet in the great grace of interestingness , she shares far more largely . All that she does is by fits and starts : she is that 66 wave o ' the sea " that Florizel wished ...
Pàgina 40
... truly unselfish , if any love be unselfish , and disinterested . And so Edward sat in his vexation , till aroused at last by what seemed a coquettish dispute between Emily and Arthur . The cause of war , without metaphor , lay for once ...
... truly unselfish , if any love be unselfish , and disinterested . And so Edward sat in his vexation , till aroused at last by what seemed a coquettish dispute between Emily and Arthur . The cause of war , without metaphor , lay for once ...
Pàgina 45
... truly prospers with the wise and great of heart alone . They may keep back , that they may hereafter spend more freely . Others suffer by their enforced par- tisanship : the moderate by his moderation , and the active by his activity ...
... truly prospers with the wise and great of heart alone . They may keep back , that they may hereafter spend more freely . Others suffer by their enforced par- tisanship : the moderate by his moderation , and the active by his activity ...
Pàgina 50
... truly till then . But the more dear he knew her , the less was he able to break the silence of the spell — to utter the charmed word which , as in the fairy legends of old , must place within his grasp , or for ever conceal the treasure ...
... truly till then . But the more dear he knew her , the less was he able to break the silence of the spell — to utter the charmed word which , as in the fairy legends of old , must place within his grasp , or for ever conceal the treasure ...
Pàgina 52
... truly loved him as a brother ; honouring him with that frank and generous sisterly affection which unreservedly laid open to his gaze her whole character , in every light and shade which the force of circumstances or the fluctuations of ...
... truly loved him as a brother ; honouring him with that frank and generous sisterly affection which unreservedly laid open to his gaze her whole character , in every light and shade which the force of circumstances or the fluctuations of ...
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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.