Charles Dayrell: A Modern BacchanalE. Stock, 1883 - 459 pages |
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... perhaps turn out to be of such sound and genuine stuff as no delirious Don ever possessed ; and these might prove sufficient for mastering the evil spirits he must surely encounter . ' Might prove . ' Yes ; but then again they might not ...
... perhaps turn out to be of such sound and genuine stuff as no delirious Don ever possessed ; and these might prove sufficient for mastering the evil spirits he must surely encounter . ' Might prove . ' Yes ; but then again they might not ...
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... perhaps even more because his gipsy favourite and her relations had been disgraced ; while one of his strongest proclivities , the desire for adventurous mirth and sport , was so painfully discredited , and another , that of being ...
... perhaps even more because his gipsy favourite and her relations had been disgraced ; while one of his strongest proclivities , the desire for adventurous mirth and sport , was so painfully discredited , and another , that of being ...
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... ( perhaps the better ) for them , during the rest of their lives . Two or three youthful attachments which blossomed into life - long wedded love dated from these singular pastimes in the picturesque grounds and mysterious pinewoods of ...
... ( perhaps the better ) for them , during the rest of their lives . Two or three youthful attachments which blossomed into life - long wedded love dated from these singular pastimes in the picturesque grounds and mysterious pinewoods of ...
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... perhaps , also the greatest triumph of her educational labours that there was none of the last and so little of the first of these odious qualities visible in her son , and that whatever might have . been discovered in him of that ...
... perhaps , also the greatest triumph of her educational labours that there was none of the last and so little of the first of these odious qualities visible in her son , and that whatever might have . been discovered in him of that ...
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... perhaps have been broken by Charlie , and he would have speedily vanished from Elmsley never to return . But heavy impositions ' for punishment sometimes drove him half wild with the weary confinement in play hours they entailed . More ...
... perhaps have been broken by Charlie , and he would have speedily vanished from Elmsley never to return . But heavy impositions ' for punishment sometimes drove him half wild with the weary confinement in play hours they entailed . More ...
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Page 9 - I betook me among those lofty fables and romances which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings and from hence had in renown over all Christendom. There I read it in the oath of every knight, that he should defend to the expense of his best blood, or of his life, if it so befell him, the...
Page 184 - But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for human kind, Is happy as a Lover ; and attired With sudden brightness, like a Man inspired...
Page 431 - Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.
Page 270 - WHEN the lamp is shattered The light in the dust lies dead — When the cloud is scattered The rainbow's glory is shed. When the lute is broken, Sweet tones are remembered not ; When the lips have spoken, Loved accents are soon forgot. As music and splendour Survive not the lamp and the lute, The heart's echoes render No song when the spirit is mute : — No song but sad dirges, Like the wind through a ruined cell, Or the mournful surges That ring the dead seaman's knell.
Page 184 - Who, doomed to go in company with Pain, And Fear, and Bloodshed, miserable train! Turns his necessity to glorious gain; In face of these doth exercise a power Which is our human nature's highest dower; Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves Of their bad influence, and their good receives...
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Page 268 - He fed on poisons, and they had no power, But were a kind of nutriment ; he lived Through that which had been death to many men, And made him friends of mountains : with the stars And the quick Spirit of the Universe He held his dialogues ; and they did teach To him the magic of their mysteries ; To him the book of Night was open'd wide, And voices from the deep abyss reveal'd A marvel and a secret— Be it so.
Page 178 - Let Israel rejoice in him that made him : let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Let them praise his name in the dance ; let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
Page 237 - Flows with the wild bees' nectar-dews divine ; And soars, like smoke, the Syrian incense pale — The while the frantic Bacchanal The beaconing pine-torch on her wand Whirls around with rapid hand, And drives the wandering dance about, Beating time with joyous shout, And casts upon the breezy air All her rich luxuriant hair ; Ever the burthen of her song, " Raging, maddening, haste along Bacchus' daughters, ye the pride Of golden Tmolus' fabled side ; While your heavy cymbals ring, Still your ' Evoe!...