The Novels and Romances of Anna Eliza Bray ..., 6. kötet

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Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845

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159. oldal - O good old man ; how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world, When service sweat for duty, not for meed!
377. oldal - You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both! If it be you that stir these daughters...
265. oldal - That man of loneliness and mystery, Scarce seen to smile, and seldom heard to sigh ; Whose name appals the fiercest of his crew, And tints each swarthy cheek with sallower hue ; Still sways their souls with that commanding art That dazzles, leads, yet chills the vulgar heart.
216. oldal - For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks...
91. oldal - He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
432. oldal - The cease of majesty Dies not alone ; but, like a gulf, doth draw What's near it with it : it is a massy wheel, Fix'd on the summit of the highest mount, To whose huge spokes ten thousand lesser things Are mortis'd and adjoin'd ; which, when it falls, Each small annexment, petty consequence, Attends the boisterous ruin.
168. oldal - He reads much; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing.
167. oldal - I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much ; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men...
367. oldal - Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once ; • And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy : How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are ? O, think on that ; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
94. oldal - Resolved to smooth his shaggy face, He sought the barber of the place. A flippant monkey, spruce and smart, Hard by...

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