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Página 13
... tion , and at length consented to become his ; that thereupon she wore the full - blown flower , but she was totally ignorant which of the two brothers it was by whom it was given her . She concluded by saying that she was ready to ...
... tion , and at length consented to become his ; that thereupon she wore the full - blown flower , but she was totally ignorant which of the two brothers it was by whom it was given her . She concluded by saying that she was ready to ...
Página 27
... tion to her father , to consider how to speak of him without injury to her- self , or in what manner she might en- gage Fitead to make use of him upon the present occasion in a way that might appear natural , and without dan- ger to ...
... tion to her father , to consider how to speak of him without injury to her- self , or in what manner she might en- gage Fitead to make use of him upon the present occasion in a way that might appear natural , and without dan- ger to ...
Página 28
... tion that is asked is , How many she ga- thered up ? Fitead , pleased , endeavoured to guess how many the woman had really ga- thered up : but Moradbak interrupted him in his calculation , and said to him , she took one hundred and ...
... tion that is asked is , How many she ga- thered up ? Fitead , pleased , endeavoured to guess how many the woman had really ga- thered up : but Moradbak interrupted him in his calculation , and said to him , she took one hundred and ...
Página 38
... tion , pointed to himself . The king , pleased with that turn of delicacy , which he joined to such considerable presents , received him with extreme distinction ; and his natural eloquence increas- ing his favour , it was impossible ...
... tion , pointed to himself . The king , pleased with that turn of delicacy , which he joined to such considerable presents , received him with extreme distinction ; and his natural eloquence increas- ing his favour , it was impossible ...
Página 45
... tion . Dakianos being informed of it , sent for them into his pre sence , and said to them , Do you adore another God beside me ? They contented themselves with answering him , We adore the sovereign master of the world . The king , who ...
... tion . Dakianos being informed of it , sent for them into his pre sence , and said to them , Do you adore another God beside me ? They contented themselves with answering him , We adore the sovereign master of the world . The king , who ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
appearance arms asked bath beauty body brother Caliph called Casket chalybeate spring church cold continued CowIE and STRANGE cried Dakianos daugh daughter death Devil's Dyke door dreadful dress eunuchs eyes father fear feel feet Fetter Lane fire gave Gelert give gold half hand happy Haroun head heard heart honour hour Jemlikha king Knapp Hill lady Lancashire Lelamain length light live look lord ment mind morning never night palace passed Paternoster Row pawnbroker person poor present Printed and Published Published by CowIE racter replied returned Rhys Meredith robber rock round Ruth seen side sleep slightly saline smile soon stranger street sulphureous sword tell temazcalli thee thing thou thought tion Tom Willis took turn uncon vizier voice walk whole woman words young Zesbet
Passagens conhecidas
Página 158 - She sings the wild songs of her dear native plains, Every note which he loved awaking — Ah! little they think who delight in her strains, How the heart of the minstrel is breaking...
Página 157 - The most delicate and cherishing attentions were paid her by families of wealth and distinction. She was led into society ; and they tried by all kinds of occupation and amusement to dissipate her grief, and wean her from the tragical story of her loves. But it was all in vain. There are some strokes of calamity that scath and scorch the soul — that penetrate to the vital seat of happiness — and blast it, never again to put forth bud or blossom.
Página 322 - The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report, what my dream was.
Página 157 - When every worldly maxim arrayed itself against him ; when blasted in fortune, and disgrace, and danger darkened around his name, she loved him the more ardently for his very sufferings. If, then, his fate could awaken the sympathy even of his foes, what must have been the agony of her...
Página 157 - The person who told me her story had seen her at a masquerade. There can be no exhibition of far-gone wretchedness more striking and painful than to meet it in such a scene. To find it wandering like a spectre, lonely and joyless, where all around is gay, — to see it dressed out in the trappings of mirth, and looking so wan and wo-begone, as if it had tried in vain to cheat the poor heart into a momentary forgetfulness of sorrow.
Página 48 - O'erturned his infant's bed he found, With blood-stained covert rent ; And all around, the walls and ground With recent blood besprent. He called his child — no voice replied — He searched, with terror wild ; Blood, blood he found on every side, But nowhere found his child. " Hell-hound ! my child's by thee devoured," The frantic father cried ; And to the hilt his vengeful sword He plunged in Gelert's side.
Página 157 - The noble indignation with which he repelled the charge of treason against his country— the eloquent vindication of his name, and his pathetic appeal to posterity, in the hopeless hour of condemnation — all these entered deeply into every generous bosom, and even his enemies lamented the stern policy that dictated his execution.
Página 363 - And if they hap to fail of these They plague them with their warrants. But now they feed them with good cheer, And what they want they take in beer, For Christmas comes but once a year, And then they shall be merry.
Página 158 - It completely won the heart of a brave officer, who paid his addresses to her, and thought that one so true to the dead could not but prove affectionate to the living.
Página 157 - To render her widowed situation more desolate, she had incurred her father's displeasure by her unfortunate attachment, and was an exile from the paternal roof. But could the sympathy and kind offices of friends have reached a spirit so shocked and driven in by horror, she would have experienced no want of consolation, for the Irish are a people of quick and generous sensibilities.