Tales of a TravellerJohn B. Alden, 1887 - 270 oldal |
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... Scott and Byron and Moore . When I applied at the publisher's house there was something in the loftiness of my air , and the dinginess of my dress , that struck the clerks with reverence . some person of consequence , probably a digger ...
... Scott and Byron and Moore . When I applied at the publisher's house there was something in the loftiness of my air , and the dinginess of my dress , that struck the clerks with reverence . some person of consequence , probably a digger ...
171. oldal
... Scott and Lord Byron , and the dandy was hectoring the postilions from the coach box . The Alderman got out , as he said , to stretch his legs up the hill . It was a long winding ascent , and obliged him every now and then to stop and ...
... Scott and Lord Byron , and the dandy was hectoring the postilions from the coach box . The Alderman got out , as he said , to stretch his legs up the hill . It was a long winding ascent , and obliged him every now and then to stop and ...
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... Scott ( he had not yet been made a Baronet ) to receive a visit from me in the course of the morning . While the postilion was on his errand , I had time to survey the mansion . It stood some short distance below the road , on the side ...
... Scott ( he had not yet been made a Baronet ) to receive a visit from me in the course of the morning . While the postilion was on his errand , I had time to survey the mansion . It stood some short distance below the road , on the side ...
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... Scott as an old friend and comrade . In our walks , Scott would frequently pause in conversation to notice his dogs and speak to them , as if rational companions ; and indeed there appears to be a vast deal of rationality in these ...
... Scott as an old friend and comrade . In our walks , Scott would frequently pause in conversation to notice his dogs and speak to them , as if rational companions ; and indeed there appears to be a vast deal of rationality in these ...
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... Scott , with a slight sparkling of his blue eye , as if waiting his turn ; for the old fellow knew himself to be a favorite . Scott accosted him in an affable tone , and asked for a pinch of snuff . The old man drew forth a horn snuff ...
... Scott , with a slight sparkling of his blue eye , as if waiting his turn ; for the old fellow knew himself to be a favorite . Scott accosted him in an affable tone , and asked for a pinch of snuff . The old man drew forth a horn snuff ...
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Abbey Abencerrage adventure ancient Annesley Hall appeared beautiful beheld Bianca bosom Bracebridge Buckthorne captain chamber companions delight Dolph door dress Dutch eyes face fair fancy father feelings fellow felt fond Fondi garden gazed Genoa gentleman ghost Granada Hall hand haunted head heard heart horse Inez Iron John Joe Murray Johnny Bower kind Lady Lillycraft laugh length lived looked Lord Byron lover mansion Master Simon melancholy mind morning mountains neighborhood never Newstead Newstead Abbey night once passed passion poetical poor Prossedi recollection robbers Robin Hood romantic round ruin scene Scott seemed seen servants Sleepy Hollow smile song spirit Squire stood story strange talk Terracina thing thought tion told Tom Walker took town trees turned uncle village walked whole wild window Wolfert Wolfert Acker young
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63. oldal - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres. To hear the sea-maid's music.
57. oldal - I saw ,two beings in the hues of youth Standing upon a hill, a gentle hill, Green and of mild declivity, the last As 'twere the cape of a long ridge of such, Save that there was no sea to lave its base, But a most living landscape...
63. oldal - With a convulsion — then arose again, And with his teeth and quivering hands did tear What he had written, but he shed no tears. And he did calm himself, and fix his brow Into a kind of quiet : as he paused, The Lady of his love re-entered there ; She was serene and smiling then, and yet She knew she was by him beloved, — she knew, For quickly comes such knowledge...
7. oldal - Knowledge before — a discovery that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in our philosophy.
23. oldal - ... rising from her reeking hide; a wall-eyed horse, tired of the loneliness of the stable, was poking his spectral head out of a window, with the rain dripping on it from the eaves; an unhappy cur, chained to a doghouse hard by, uttered something every now and then, between a bark and a yelp; a drab of a...
9. oldal - To him the venerable Priest, Our frequent and familiar guest, Whose life and manners well could paint Alike the student and the saint ; Alas...
30. oldal - The morning wore away in forming these and similar surmises. As fast as I wove one system of belief, some movement of the unknown would completely overturn it, and throw all my thoughts again into confusion. Such are the solitary operations of a feverish mind. I was, as I have said, extremely nervous; and the continual meditation on the concerns of this invisible personage began to have its effect — I was getting a fit of the fidgets. Dinner-time came. I hoped the stout gentleman might dine In...
207. oldal - Tells how the drudging goblin sweat To earn his cream-bowl duly set. When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail...
207. oldal - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
63. oldal - ... and gentle grasp He took her hand ; a moment o'er his face A tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced, and then it faded, as it came ; He...