The confederates of Lubionki (cont.) The Mill of Mariemont

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Saunders and Otley, 1833
 

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Pàgina 115 - If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
Pàgina 229 - King James did rushing come. Scarce could they hear or see their foes « Until at weapon point they close. They close in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway and with lance's thrust ; And such a yell was there, Of sudden and portentous birth, As if men fought upon the earth And fiends in upper air ; Oh ! life and death were in the shout Recoil and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair.
Pàgina 35 - And from the sense of the long lingering day, Rushing upon her, almost turn away, Loathing the light, and groan to sleep again ! Then sighing once for all, to meet the pain, She would get up in haste, and try to pass The time in patience, wretched as it was ; Till patience...
Pàgina 229 - James did rushing come. Scarce could they hear or see their foes Until at weapon-point they close. — They close in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway and with lance's thrust; And such a yell was there, Of sudden and portentous birth, As if men fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air: Oh! life and death were in the shout, Recoil and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair.
Pàgina 165 - Thro' weary life this lesson learn, That man was made to mourn. Many and sharp the numerous ills Inwoven with our frame! More pointed still We make ourselves, Regret, remorse, and shame! And man, whose heaven-erected face The smiles of love adorn, Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn...
Pàgina 102 - ... Nay then, you doubt me still, I see. Then listen. Madam, you came to visit me — to feast : It was my barest hour of poverty. I had not one poor coin to purchase food. Could I for shame confess this unto you? I saw the descending beauty whom I loved Honouring my threshold with her step, and deign To smile on one whom all the world abandoned. Once I had been her lover, how sincere Let me not say : my name was high and princely : My nature had not quite forgot its habits : I lov'd you still :...
Pàgina 277 - When Francis uttered to the maid His last words in the yew-tree shade ; — The same fair creature who hath found Her way into forbidden gound ; Where now within this spacious plot, For pleasure made, a goodly spot; With lawns and beds of flowers, and shades Of...
Pàgina 265 - BUT Felinski as yet apprehended not half his misfortunes. The hall he now threw open was illuminated with many tapers. But amid the unnatural brilliancy of the scene, there was a stillness as of death; — and, though that narrow space contained all that was dear to him on earth, — although his sons, — yea! both his sons were there, — their breath was not on the air, nor their shadow on the wall ! — VOL.
Pàgina 262 - Jesuits. travel ; and although at Wielicz they obtained fresh horses, the confirmation there received of the news from Warsaw, accompanied by rumours of a serious struggle the preceding night between the military and the people, did but fearfully encrease their disquietudes. — " I will cut short across the pastures to Lublowicz, without entering the town...
Pàgina 262 - ... to hear deep sobs bursting from the breast of his companion. — " My heart sinks within me !" faltered the old man, as they approached the farm so near as to discern through the twilight its dim plantations, its white walls, its homely stacks and barns, all-tranquil in their usual rustic seclusion.

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