The Muses of Mayfair: Selections from Vers de Société of the Nineteenth CenturyChatto and Windus, 1874 - 382 páginas |
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... soft her tread , no nautilus that skims With sail more silent than her liquid limbs . Her hair so golden that , did slanting eve With a stray curl its sunlight interweave , Smit with surprise , you gazed , but could not guess Which the ...
... soft her tread , no nautilus that skims With sail more silent than her liquid limbs . Her hair so golden that , did slanting eve With a stray curl its sunlight interweave , Smit with surprise , you gazed , but could not guess Which the ...
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... soft bosom with tender alarms , Swaying so wickedly ? —are they misplaced Clasping or shielding some delicate waist ? 56 WHAT THE WOLF SAID TO RED RIDING - HOOD Southey), What the Wolf really said to Little Bret Harte, Red Riding-Hood.
... soft bosom with tender alarms , Swaying so wickedly ? —are they misplaced Clasping or shielding some delicate waist ? 56 WHAT THE WOLF SAID TO RED RIDING - HOOD Southey), What the Wolf really said to Little Bret Harte, Red Riding-Hood.
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... , Faint - scented , soft and sweet ; Could glove be smarter ? Can I the day forget , Years ago , when the pet Gave it me ? -where we met Still I remember ; 90 ROMANCE OF A GLOVE . Then ' twas the The Romance of a Glove.
... , Faint - scented , soft and sweet ; Could glove be smarter ? Can I the day forget , Years ago , when the pet Gave it me ? -where we met Still I remember ; 90 ROMANCE OF A GLOVE . Then ' twas the The Romance of a Glove.
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... may bring The truth that is not bliss , But will they bring another thing That can compare with this ? I read it in that arm she lays So soft on his ; her mien , KENSINGTON . Her step , her very gown betray's ( Kensington.
... may bring The truth that is not bliss , But will they bring another thing That can compare with this ? I read it in that arm she lays So soft on his ; her mien , KENSINGTON . Her step , her very gown betray's ( Kensington.
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... soft pain , And ( nothing lessoned ) fell again Into another snare , And how again Fate set me free , Are secrets ' tween my soul and me , -- Me , and my old arm - chair . Years fade - Old Time doth all he can : The soft youth hardens ...
... soft pain , And ( nothing lessoned ) fell again Into another snare , And how again Fate set me free , Are secrets ' tween my soul and me , -- Me , and my old arm - chair . Years fade - Old Time doth all he can : The soft youth hardens ...
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ALFRED AUSTIN ALFRED PERCEVAL GRAVES ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Araminta Auf wiedersehen BELLE beneath bird blue BOOKS PUBLISHED bosom breath bright charm CHATTO & WINDUS cheek cloth extra Crown 8vo dance dear dreams Edition eyes face fair fancy Fcap feet flowers FREDERICK LOCKER friends gaze GERTY'S gilt girl glove glow golden hair hand happy hear heart heart's a ball Illustrations kiss lady laugh LEIGH LEIGH HUNT LETTICE WHITE light lips LITTLE GERTY look love's lover maiden maids must marry MORTIMER COLLINS neighbour Nelly never night o'er once pace that kills PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY PICCADILLY pretty PUBLISHED BY CHATTO Répondez round s'il vous plaît sigh Sing heigh-ho smile soft song summer sweet tears tell tender thee There's thine things THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY THOMAS HOOD thou thought Twas WALTER SAVAGE LANDor whisper wife WILLIAM SAWYER yore young youth
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Página 145 - But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer...
Página 143 - I SAW him once before^ As he passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resound, As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets Sad and wan, And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, "They are gone.
Página 25 - Roll of Battle Abbey; or, A List of the Principal Warriors who came over from Normandy with William the Conqueror, and Settled in this Country, AD 1066-7.
Página 167 - JENNY kissed me when we met, Jumping from the chair she sat in; Time, you thief, who love to get Sweets into your list, put that in! Say I'm weary, say I'm sad, Say that health and wealth have missed me, Say I'm growing old, but add, Jenny kissed me.
Página 73 - OH, talk not to me of a name great in story; The days of our youth are the days of our glory; And the myrtle and ivy of sweet two-and-twenty Are worth all your laurels, though ever so plenty.
Página 3 - Emanuel On Diamonds and Precious Stones ; their History, Value, and Properties ; with Simple Tests for ascertaining their Reality. By HARRY EMANUEL, FRGS With numerous Illustrations, Tinted and Plain. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with Illustrations, js.
Página 8 - German Popular Stories. Collected by the Brothers GRIMM, and Translated by EDGAR TAYLOR. Edited with an Introduction by JOHN RUSKIN. With 22 Illustrations after the inimitable designs of GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. Both Series Complete.
Página 381 - The style is agreeable, clear, and manly, and, when it rises into eloquence, rises without effort or ostentation. Nor is the matter inferior to the manner. It would be difficult to name a book which exhibits more kindness, fairness, and modesty.
Página 320 - If love were what the rose is, And I were like the leaf. If I were what the words are, And love were like the tune, With double sound and single Delight our lips would mingle, With kisses glad as birds are That get sweet rain at noon ; If I were what the words are And love were like the tune.
Página 14 - Their Poems, Letters, and Remains. With Reminiscences and Notes by W. CAREW HAZLITT. With HANCOCK'S Portrait of the Essayist, Facsimiles of the Title-pages of the rare First Editions of Lamb's and Coleridge's Works, and numerous Illustrations. " Very many passages will delight those fond of literary trifles ; hardly any portion will fail in interest for lovers of Charles Lamb and his sister.