The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 14;Volume 18William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder., 1866 |
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... young country woman was sitting not far off on the side of a boat- a shabby old boat it was , full of water and sand and seaweed , with a patch of deal in its old brown coat . I was tired , and I went and sat down too . The woman did ...
... young country woman was sitting not far off on the side of a boat- a shabby old boat it was , full of water and sand and seaweed , with a patch of deal in its old brown coat . I was tired , and I went and sat down too . The woman did ...
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... young woman pointed to the sea . Then he brightened up . " There , indeed , I have learnt a great many things , and I defy any one of those fine gentlemen to teach me a single fact regarding it . " " And yet there are some of them - of ...
... young woman pointed to the sea . Then he brightened up . " There , indeed , I have learnt a great many things , and I defy any one of those fine gentlemen to teach me a single fact regarding it . " " And yet there are some of them - of ...
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... young lady so disgracious and ill brought - up . " " Then you have thought of marrying again ? " asked Butler , glancing at the spruce figure beside him . The maire looked conscious , and buttoned his coat . " I once con- templated some ...
... young lady so disgracious and ill brought - up . " " Then you have thought of marrying again ? " asked Butler , glancing at the spruce figure beside him . The maire looked conscious , and buttoned his coat . " I once con- templated some ...
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... young lady with a great deal of money . He had made the offer at the instigation of his rela- tions , and to quiet them and deliver himself from their persecutions , and he then behaved shamefully , as it is called , for he was no ...
... young lady with a great deal of money . He had made the offer at the instigation of his rela- tions , and to quiet them and deliver himself from their persecutions , and he then behaved shamefully , as it is called , for he was no ...
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... young heifers with leaves out of her hand ? Did she scatter grain for the fowls of the air ? did she call all the animals by their names and fondle them with her pretty slim fingers ? did she , when they had been turned out of Paradise ...
... young heifers with leaves out of her hand ? Did she scatter grain for the fowls of the air ? did she call all the animals by their names and fondle them with her pretty slim fingers ? did she , when they had been turned out of Paradise ...
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Alessandria Archie arms army asked Austrian Beamish beauty better boat breech-loader Burton Butler called Captain Clavering Catherine Catherine George Celtic church course dear Desaix Dick Doodles English eyes face Fanny Faust fear feeling Florence Fontaine Genoa German give granny hand happy Harry Clavering head heard heart Hugh Julia kind knew Lady Ongar Landwehr Leucathea little governess living looked Lord Madame de Tracy Madame Gordeloup Madame Mérard marriage marry means mind Miss George Monsieur morning mother nature never night once passed pearls perhaps Piacenza poor present Reine Richard round Saladin Saul seemed ship sleep Snider rifle Sophie speak standing talk tell Theodore Burton things thought told Trafoi Transylvania Turin turned Vienna voice walked Westley Richards wife woman women words young
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Página 583 - Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
Página 455 - tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now ; if it be not now, yet it will come : the readiness is all : Since no man, of aught he leaves, knows, what is't to leave betimes ?
Página 110 - If I were asked where English poetry got these three things, its turn for style, its turn for melancholy, and its turn for natural magic, for catching and rendering the charm of nature in a wonderfully near and vivid way, — I should answer, with some doubt, that it got much of its turn for style from a Celtic source ; with less doubt, that it got much of its melancholy from a Celtic source ; with no doubt at all, that from a Celtic source it got nearly all its natural magic.
Página 225 - ... were my memory as faithful as my reason is then fruitful, I would never study but in my dreams...
Página 456 - If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep My dreams presage some joyful news at hand. My bosom's lord sits lightly in his throne, And all this day an unaccustom'd spirit Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts.
Página 118 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Página 122 - These are the forgeries of jealousy: And never, since the middle summer's spring, Met we on hill, in dale, forest, or mead, By paved fountain or by rushy brook, Or in the beached margent of the sea, To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind, But with thy brawls thou hast disturb'd our sport.
Página 117 - Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen, Count o'er thy days from anguish free, And know, whatever thou hast been, 'Tis something better not to be.
Página 122 - I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where ox-lips and the nodding violet grows ; Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine...
Página 116 - ... residue with the very soul of the Celtic genius in it, and which has the proud distinction of having brought this soul of the Celtic genius into contact with the genius of the nations of modern Europe and enriched all our poetry by it. Woody Morven, and echoing Sora, and Selma with its silent halls! we all owe them a debt of gratitude, and when we are unjust enough to forget it, may the Muse forget us.