English country life, by Martingale1843 - 80 páginas |
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Página 9
... strikingly apparent on that portion of what once was the great north road , between Stamford and Grantham , commencing at Horn Lane , and running onwards for several miles . This forms a noble green lane to South Witham , formerly ...
... strikingly apparent on that portion of what once was the great north road , between Stamford and Grantham , commencing at Horn Lane , and running onwards for several miles . This forms a noble green lane to South Witham , formerly ...
Página 11
... striking objects which are pre- sented on either hand . The turf , it is true , partakes not of that elastic character which is still to be found on the ancient common , which the ploughshare , in these changeful times , has never yet ...
... striking objects which are pre- sented on either hand . The turf , it is true , partakes not of that elastic character which is still to be found on the ancient common , which the ploughshare , in these changeful times , has never yet ...
Página 12
... stands the stunted , the gnarled oak , that , striking its roots deep into the earth , hath outlived generation after generation - seen childhood , with its merry - laugh , and its bounding roe - like step , 12 THE OLD GREEN LANES .
... stands the stunted , the gnarled oak , that , striking its roots deep into the earth , hath outlived generation after generation - seen childhood , with its merry - laugh , and its bounding roe - like step , 12 THE OLD GREEN LANES .
Página 13
... striking component part of the scene is the old hawthorn tree , venerable , if ages could make it so , yet youthful and beauti- ful withal . With the prevalence , indeed , of all changes - amid the dismemberment and the separation of ...
... striking component part of the scene is the old hawthorn tree , venerable , if ages could make it so , yet youthful and beauti- ful withal . With the prevalence , indeed , of all changes - amid the dismemberment and the separation of ...
Página 15
... striking , because the most faithful , the most enduring ornament . It is the afternoon . The sun is glancing with a more richly - mellowed radiance , increas- ing his shadows as he increases his own glory . The tall fox - glove stands ...
... striking , because the most faithful , the most enduring ornament . It is the afternoon . The sun is glancing with a more richly - mellowed radiance , increas- ing his shadows as he increases his own glory . The tall fox - glove stands ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
abounds amid ancient attired attractive Banker beams beauty behold 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 Faerie Queene 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 localities matchless melody ment merry mind murmur mute night object Old Ford Old Green Lanes onwards pass peaceful peculiar perfect pleasant Plutarch poor law unions possess quiet racter repose RICHARD BENTLEY 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 Trinity College true truth uncon valley Village Bells waters weary winds wing wood woodland
Passagens conhecidas
Página 142 - For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn.
Página 145 - 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 178 - 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 173 - 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 111 - The current, that with gentle murmur glides, Thou know'st, being stopp'd, impatiently doth rage; But, when his fair course is not hindered, He makes sweet music with the enamell'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage, And so by many winding nooks he strays, With willing sport, to- the wild ocean.
Página 88 - 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 145 - 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 240 - 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...
Página 32 - The cheerful Sabbath bells, wherever heard, Strike pleasant on the sense, most like the voice Of one, who from the far-off hills proclaims Tidings of good to Zion: chiefly when Their piercing tones fall sudden on the ear Of the contemplant, solitary man, Whom thoughts abstruse or high have chanced to lure Forth from the walks of men, revolving oft, And oft again, hard matter, which eludes And baffles his pursuit — thought-sick and tired Of controversy, where no end appears, No clue to his research,...