English Country LifeR. Bentley, 1843 - 288 páginas |
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Martingale. at its own beauty , as the winds of heaven breathe freshness around , and the sunlight is dancing through the merry leaves . Let us visit the retired village , the secluded hamlet , the pleasant grange . Let us linger in and ...
Martingale. at its own beauty , as the winds of heaven breathe freshness around , and the sunlight is dancing through the merry leaves . Let us visit the retired village , the secluded hamlet , the pleasant grange . Let us linger in and ...
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... breath of winter withers not , the ruin of which it has been the cause . Here , too , stands the stunted , the gnarled oak , that , striking its roots deep into the earth , hath outlived generation after generation seen childhood , with ...
... breath of winter withers not , the ruin of which it has been the cause . Here , too , stands the stunted , the gnarled oak , that , striking its roots deep into the earth , hath outlived generation after generation seen childhood , with ...
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... breath . The lark is on high , pouring down a flood of joyous melody below , panting with ecs- tacy , with his song in heaven and his love on earth . And mark , amid the hum , and whirl , and glancing motion of countless insects , each ...
... breath . The lark is on high , pouring down a flood of joyous melody below , panting with ecs- tacy , with his song in heaven and his love on earth . And mark , amid the hum , and whirl , and glancing motion of countless insects , each ...
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... bed of sleep ; when the spirit of freshness is breathing around , and every object is springing forth to an existence which seems to have been re - created with increased power during the pre- valence THE WOOD SIDE . 41.
... bed of sleep ; when the spirit of freshness is breathing around , and every object is springing forth to an existence which seems to have been re - created with increased power during the pre- valence THE WOOD SIDE . 41.
Página 42
... breathing air . Yes ! along the slope of the shadowed side of the wood , the footsteps may press onward with renewed gratification and delight . On one side is presented a huge and dense mass of foliage heaped up on high , branch upon ...
... breathing air . Yes ! along the slope of the shadowed side of the wood , the footsteps may press onward with renewed gratification and delight . On one side is presented a huge and dense mass of foliage heaped up on high , branch upon ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
abounds amid ancient attired attractive Banker beams beauty behold beneath bird of night birds blessings bosom breath Bridle Road bright by-gone character charm Châteaubriand Chaucer cheerful clouds cottage countless course dark deep delightful distant drooping earth effeminacy enjoyment fair fair brow feeling Ferry flower foliage Footpaths gentle gloom gush hamlet hand harmonious heart heaven Hedger and Ditcher humble John Tomkins labours Lamennais land leaf localities matchless melody ment merry mind murmur mute night objects Old Ford Old Green Lanes onwards pass peaceful peculiar perfect pleasant Plutarch poor law unions possess quiet racter repose rill river rural scene seems sleep snug solemn song sorrow soul sound spirit splendour spot spread Stile stranger stream striking summer sweet thorn trees thou thought Thresher throw tion toil true truth uncon valley varied Village Bells voice waters weary winds wings wood woodland youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 146 - For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn.
Página 149 - Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world : now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on.
Página 182 - Not marble nor the gilded monuments Of princes shall outlive this powerful rhyme; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone besmear'd with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn. And broils root out the work of masonry.
Página 177 - I AM the rose of Sharon, And the lily of the valleys. As the lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
Página 232 - Merciful Heaven, Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle: but man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal.
Página 199 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Página 90 - Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars attend thee, And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee. No...
Página 33 - SWEET Day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. Sweet Rose, whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet Spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My Music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.
Página 149 - Such an act, That blurs the grace and blush of modesty; Calls virtue, hypocrite; takes off the rose From the fair forehead of an innocent love, And sets a blister there; makes marriage vows As false as dicers...
Página 244 - Time goes by turns, and chances change by course, From foul to fair, from better hap to worse. The sea of Fortune doth not ever flow ; She draws her favours to the lowest ebb ; Her tides have equal times to come and go; Her loom doth...