Peter's Letters to His KinsfolkC. S. Van Winkle, 101 Greenwich street, 1820 - 575 sidor |
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... regard not a few both of its men and its things , with somewhat of the coldness of an un- concerned visiter . In short , for there is no need to dis- guise the fact to you , he has nursed himself into such a fer- vent veneration for the ...
... regard not a few both of its men and its things , with somewhat of the coldness of an un- concerned visiter . In short , for there is no need to dis- guise the fact to you , he has nursed himself into such a fer- vent veneration for the ...
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... regard to a few particular points connected with his former devotedness to classical learning ; and he now declares , that unless he should be tempted to visit Spain for the sake of her cathedrals , he will never again leave the white ...
... regard to a few particular points connected with his former devotedness to classical learning ; and he now declares , that unless he should be tempted to visit Spain for the sake of her cathedrals , he will never again leave the white ...
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... regard the original without the reverence of humility . How could any common mortal feel otherwise than abashed in the presence of that " grey discrowned head ? " - And Charles kept his court here too for a time , and Laud preached ...
... regard the original without the reverence of humility . How could any common mortal feel otherwise than abashed in the presence of that " grey discrowned head ? " - And Charles kept his court here too for a time , and Laud preached ...
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... regard to the history and perform- ances of all the leading characters of the present day in Scot- land ; but , unless questions are put to him , he seems , with a very few exceptions , to make a point of never alluding to their ...
... regard to the history and perform- ances of all the leading characters of the present day in Scot- land ; but , unless questions are put to him , he seems , with a very few exceptions , to make a point of never alluding to their ...
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... regard to such a man as S- or even St - t ; but I think the interest felt with respect to him is of a more vivacious and eager kind , and they rush with all speed to gratify it — exactly as men give immediate vent to their petty ...
... regard to such a man as S- or even St - t ; but I think the interest felt with respect to him is of a more vivacious and eager kind , and they rush with all speed to gratify it — exactly as men give immediate vent to their petty ...
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Peter's Letters to His Kinsfolk John Gibson Lockhart,Association for Scottish Literary Studies Fragmentarisk förhandsgranskning - 1977 |
Peter's Letters to His Kinsfolk John Gibson Lockhart,Association for Scottish Literary Studies Fragmentarisk förhandsgranskning - 1977 |
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Sida 124 - Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But, oh ! she dances such a way— No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.
Sida 102 - All strength — all terror, single or in bands, That ever was put forth in personal form — Jehovah — with his thunder, and the choir Of shouting Angels, and the empyreal thrones — I pass them unalarmed.
Sida 70 - Love had he found in huts where poor Men lie : His daily Teachers had been Woods and Rills, The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills.
Sida 345 - On the soft grass through half a summer's day, With music lulled his indolent repose : And, in some fit of weariness, if he, When his own breath was silent, chanced to hear A distant strain, far sweeter than the sounds Which his poor skill could make, his Fancy fetched, Even from the blazing Chariot of the Sun, A beardless Youth, who touched a golden lute, And filled the illumined groves with ravishment.
Sida 398 - With solemn touches,* troubled thoughts, and chase Anguish and doubt and fear and sorrow and pain From mortal or immortal minds. Thus they Breathing united force with fixed thought Moved on in silence to soft pipes that charmed Their painful steps o'er the burnt soil...
Sida 80 - From that bleak tenement He, many an evening, to his distant home In solitude returning, saw the hills Grow larger in the darkness; all alone Beheld the stars come out above his head, And travelled through the wood, with no one near To whom he might confess the things he saw.
Sida 340 - ... so thick the aery crowd swarmed and were straitened ; till, the signal given, behold a wonder ! they but now who seemed in bigness to surpass earth's giant sons, now less than smallest dwarfs in narrow room throng numberless...
Sida 494 - As if their silent company were charged With peaceful admonitions for the heart Of all-beholding Man, earth's thoughtful lord ; Then, in full many a region, once like this The assured domain of calm simplicity And pensive quiet, an unnatural light Prepared for never-resting Labour's eyes...
Sida 76 - I AM a son of Mars who have been in many wars, And show my cuts and scars wherever I come ; This here was for a wench, and that other in a trench, When welcoming the French at the sound of the drum.
Sida 76 - And now a widow, I must mourn The pleasures that will ne'er return; No comfort but a hearty can, When I think on John Highlandman. RECITATIVO A pigmy scraper, wi...