The Seer: Or, Common-places Refreshed, 2. kötetRoberts, 1864 |
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8. oldal
... observe the tiger propensities of his stomach and fingers , how worthy of killing he thinks the cook , and what boxes of the ear he feels inclined to give the footboy . Animals , by the nature of things , in their present state ...
... observe the tiger propensities of his stomach and fingers , how worthy of killing he thinks the cook , and what boxes of the ear he feels inclined to give the footboy . Animals , by the nature of things , in their present state ...
27. oldal
... Observe also what a proper saint he was for every day , as well as for holidays ; and how he could sit down at table , and be an ordinary , unaffected gentle- man among gentlemen , and dine at less elegant tables at inns , and say a ...
... Observe also what a proper saint he was for every day , as well as for holidays ; and how he could sit down at table , and be an ordinary , unaffected gentle- man among gentlemen , and dine at less elegant tables at inns , and say a ...
36. oldal
... observing that it was facing another inn , and that in the inter- mediate space a cross had been erected , he soothed his rage by exclaiming , " Truly this place is a second . Calvary , where the holy cross is stationed between two ...
... observing that it was facing another inn , and that in the inter- mediate space a cross had been erected , he soothed his rage by exclaiming , " Truly this place is a second . Calvary , where the holy cross is stationed between two ...
40. oldal
... observing , ' We have no reason to suppose that she should have lost her spirit of contradiction . ' 999 St. Francis gave an excellent rule ; which is , that " if an action may be considered in more lights than one , always to choose ...
... observing , ' We have no reason to suppose that she should have lost her spirit of contradiction . ' 999 St. Francis gave an excellent rule ; which is , that " if an action may be considered in more lights than one , always to choose ...
55. oldal
... observe . The high taste of the exordium is kept up . All is still wintry . There is to be no comfort in the poem but what is given by love . All else may be willingly left to the cold walls . XIV . " St. Agnes ! Ah ! it is St. Agnes ...
... observe . The high taste of the exordium is kept up . All is still wintry . There is to be no comfort in the poem but what is given by love . All else may be willingly left to the cold walls . XIV . " St. Agnes ! Ah ! it is St. Agnes ...
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56. oldal - Sudden a thought came like a full-blown rose, Flushing his brow, and in his pained heart Made purple riot: then doth he propose A stratagem that makes the beldame start: "A cruel man and impious thou art...
97. oldal - HOW oft, when thou, my music, music play'st, Upon that blessed wood whose motion sounds With thy sweet fingers, when thou gently sway'st The wiry concord that mine ear confounds, Do I envy those jacks that nimble leap To kiss the tender inward of thy hand, Whilst my poor lips, which should that harvest reap, At the wood's boldness by thee blushing stand!
60. oldal - Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees, In fancy, fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled.
58. oldal - But to her heart, her heart was voluble, Paining with eloquence her balmy side; As though a tongueless nightingale should swell Her throat in vain, and die, heart-stifled, in her dell.
53. oldal - Fix'd on the floor, saw many a sweeping train Pass by — she heeded not at all: in vain Came many a tiptoe, amorous cavalier, And back retir'd; not cool'd by high disdain, But she saw not: her heart was otherwhere: She sigh'd for Agnes' dreams, the sweetest of the year.
63. oldal - These delicates he heaped with glowing hand On golden dishes and in baskets bright Of wreathed silver : sumptuous they stand In the retired quiet of the night, Filling the chilly room with perfume light. — ' And now, my love, my seraph fair, awake ! Thou art my heaven, and I thine eremite : Open thine eyes, for meek St. Agnes' sake, Or I shall drowse beside thec, so my soul doth ache.
48. oldal - Eve — Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold; The hare limped trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold; Numb were the Beadsman's fingers, while he told His rosary, and while his frosted breath, Like pious incense from a censer old, Seemed taking flight for heaven, without a death, Past the sweet Virgin's picture, while his prayer he saith.
77. oldal - The village-clock tolled six— I wheeled about, Proud and exulting like an untired horse That cares not for his home. — All shod with steel We hissed along the polished ice, in games Confederate...
54. oldal - Ah, happy chance! the aged creature came, Shuffling along with ivory-headed wand, To where he stood, hid from the torch's flame, Behind a broad hall-pillar, far beyond The sound of merriment and chorus bland...
52. oldal - The silver, snarling trumpets 'gan to chide : The level chambers, ready with their pride, Were glowing to receive a thousand guests : The carved angels, ever eager-eyed, Stared, where upon their heads the cornice rests, With hair blown back, and wings put cross-wise on their breasts.