The Ward of Thorpe-CombeBaudry, 1842 - 352 pages |
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Page 55 - Hark, hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes: With every thing that pretty is, My lady sweet, arise: Arise, arise.
Page 90 - Wide the celestial soil, and saw beneath The originals of nature in their crude Conception; sulphurous and nitrous foam They found, they mingled, and, with subtle art, Concocted and adusted, they reduced To blackest grain, and into store convey'd...
Page 22 - I think, madam, I cannot be mistaken; it is a long time since I had the pleasure of seeing you, but is not your name Allen?
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Page 324 - I ever said of her. She is a handsome woman, and no mistake ; and I will say that she is the best waltzer that I ever met with in the whole course of my life- — without exception. But she's the sort of woman who, if I married her, would want some looking after— I mean, that is my impression. The fact is, Macleod, away there in Mull you have been brought up too much on books and your own imagination. You were ready to believe any pretty woman, with soft...
Page 89 - If you do, I will scratch you out of the pedigree!" " Huzza, then, for Australasia ! " " Well, well, well," said my uncle, " With a smile on his lip, and a tear in his eye; " "the old sea-king's blood will force its way— a soldier or a rover, there is no other choice for you. We shall mourn and miss you ; but who can chain the young eagles to the eyrie ? " I had a harder task with my father, who at first seemed to listen to me as if I had been talking of an excursion...
Page 49 - Meanwhile that dear resource of young ladies, whether they can play or not play, whether they can sing or not sing , — that pretty occasion of display for faces and graces, — that concealer of yawns, — that relaxer of aching limbs. — in one word, the piano-forte, formed a centre about which the three Misses Wilkyns, Sir Charles Temple, Mr.
Page 233 - ... or inquisitive; but, but you understand me, Dr. Sly?' 'Perfectly; and if I were to speak my mind, which I do not hesitate to do in confidence to you, Miss Graves, I really should say that she is the most jealous, irritable, malicious, meddling, and at the same time fawning, disposition that I ever met with in the whole course of my life, and I speak from experience.