English Country LifeR. Bentley, 1843 - 288 páginas |
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Página 9
... for several miles . This forms a noble green lane to South Witham , formerly called Post Witham , when Witham Common was , in fact , a roadless common . stop here . The well - appointed stage coach and B 3 THE OLD GREEN LANES . 9.
... for several miles . This forms a noble green lane to South Witham , formerly called Post Witham , when Witham Common was , in fact , a roadless common . stop here . The well - appointed stage coach and B 3 THE OLD GREEN LANES . 9.
Página 10
... called from Bawtry to Doncaster , the grass is growing , leav- ing a track - way on each side - a fact which has given rise to the remark , on the part of what coachmen there are left , that one side of these long strips of green , is ...
... called from Bawtry to Doncaster , the grass is growing , leav- ing a track - way on each side - a fact which has given rise to the remark , on the part of what coachmen there are left , that one side of these long strips of green , is ...
Página 23
... of memory should be turned backwards and the untouched page receive the impressions which are called into being by these the OLD GREEN LANES OF ENGLAND . THE VILLAGE BELLS . A belle to byggen of brass THE OLD GREEN LANES . 23.
... of memory should be turned backwards and the untouched page receive the impressions which are called into being by these the OLD GREEN LANES OF ENGLAND . THE VILLAGE BELLS . A belle to byggen of brass THE OLD GREEN LANES . 23.
Página 31
... called " youths " in all ages , adding , that in the advice given to a " youth , " in a work called " Clavis Campanalogiæ , " he is recommended to " avoid all ungraceful gestures and unseemly grimaces , which , to the judicious eye ...
... called " youths " in all ages , adding , that in the advice given to a " youth , " in a work called " Clavis Campanalogiæ , " he is recommended to " avoid all ungraceful gestures and unseemly grimaces , which , to the judicious eye ...
Página 40
... called officers their duties , powers , rights , and privileges - their fines , imprison- ments , banishments , executions causing , amid the crowd of associations which press upon the mind , the lips to mutter- " thou woodman and ...
... called officers their duties , powers , rights , and privileges - their fines , imprison- ments , banishments , executions causing , amid the crowd of associations which press upon the mind , the lips to mutter- " thou woodman and ...
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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...