English country life, by Martingale1843 - 80 páginas |
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Página 14
... throwing his strength away in the accumulation of wealth , the root of all evil , returns to the spot of his boyhood , with the sleet of winter around his brow , what changes meet his eye ! His parents have gone down to the cold , cold ...
... throwing his strength away in the accumulation of wealth , the root of all evil , returns to the spot of his boyhood , with the sleet of winter around his brow , what changes meet his eye ! His parents have gone down to the cold , cold ...
Página 15
... . The tall fox - glove stands erect in the hedge - row , ringing his bells for the bee before the day de- clines . The wild rose throws around a richer perfume . The woodbine is creeping over the wide thicket THE OLD GREEN LANES . 15.
... . The tall fox - glove stands erect in the hedge - row , ringing his bells for the bee before the day de- clines . The wild rose throws around a richer perfume . The woodbine is creeping over the wide thicket THE OLD GREEN LANES . 15.
Página 29
... throw around our path the light of mercy and of for- giveness , and clothe ourselves in the garb of love and of all sweet affections . Over this scene of surpassing loveliness , on the right hand and on the left , comes the sweet music ...
... throw around our path the light of mercy and of for- giveness , and clothe ourselves in the garb of love and of all sweet affections . Over this scene of surpassing loveliness , on the right hand and on the left , comes the sweet music ...
Página 32
... throw their sober melody - how much more so must it be to him who has been a wanderer over the face of the wide waters , and who , having visited far distant lands , has returned to the scenes of his boyhood , and heard once more their ...
... throw their sober melody - how much more so must it be to him who has been a wanderer over the face of the wide waters , and who , having visited far distant lands , has returned to the scenes of his boyhood , and heard once more their ...
Página 39
... throwing them off the scent , and causing a perplexing check ; -if a like feeling animates the bosom of the shooter in pursuit of the pheasant , the cock , or the snipe ; the Wood side is far from being destitute of attraction to the ...
... throwing them off the scent , and causing a perplexing check ; -if a like feeling animates the bosom of the shooter in pursuit of the pheasant , the cock , or the snipe ; the Wood side is far from being destitute of attraction to the ...
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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,...