Hurry-graphs: Or, Sketches of Scenery, Celebrities and Society, Taken from LifeKerr, Doughty & Lapham, 1853 - 364 pages |
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... off small with the other probabilities . I have made two visits to Plymouth - one of several days , in which I enjoyed its usual sights and pleasures ; and another of a few hours , in which 12 MR . WEBSTER . I sat down at the.
... off small with the other probabilities . I have made two visits to Plymouth - one of several days , in which I enjoyed its usual sights and pleasures ; and another of a few hours , in which 12 MR . WEBSTER . I sat down at the.
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... usual strength and spirits , and , when not conversing , he looked scarcely in fit condition , even for silent presence at a festivity . At the announcement of dinner , Mr. Webster , who was to fill " the chair , " took the arm of a ...
... usual strength and spirits , and , when not conversing , he looked scarcely in fit condition , even for silent presence at a festivity . At the announcement of dinner , Mr. Webster , who was to fill " the chair , " took the arm of a ...
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... usual line of travel , is upon a bank of sand , which affords only a scanty hold to vegetation , and it looks like a settlement of Socialists , or like the ideal of Pitcairn's island - so all alike are its houses , and so tidy , thrifty ...
... usual line of travel , is upon a bank of sand , which affords only a scanty hold to vegetation , and it looks like a settlement of Socialists , or like the ideal of Pitcairn's island - so all alike are its houses , and so tidy , thrifty ...
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... usual indications of renewed prosperity are at all to be trusted . The little fleets of fishing vessels which are constantly visible in the distance , following the " schools " of their prey , are beautiful objects , looking like flocks ...
... usual indications of renewed prosperity are at all to be trusted . The little fleets of fishing vessels which are constantly visible in the distance , following the " schools " of their prey , are beautiful objects , looking like flocks ...
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... usual dimensions . As a careful and observant traveller , I must record , apropos of ladies , that , among those who were promena- ding " before tea , " on the plank sidewalk , I noticed two who were remarkably pretty . There was an air ...
... usual dimensions . As a careful and observant traveller , I must record , apropos of ladies , that , among those who were promena- ding " before tea , " on the plank sidewalk , I noticed two who were remarkably pretty . There was an air ...
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Page 244 - The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me; Yes, that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
Page 244 - For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee...
Page 243 - IT WAS many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me.
Page 186 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me : I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Page 185 - Like the poor cat i' the adage? Macb. Prithee, peace I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. Lady M. What beast was't then That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; And, to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man.
Page 185 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuff'd bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Page 186 - What beast was't then That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; And, to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place Did then adhere, and yet you would make both: They have made themselves, and that their fitness now Does unmake you.
Page 184 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve, By his loved mansionry, that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here. No jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle. Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed, The air is delicate.
Page 185 - Merciful heaven! What, man! ne'er pull your hat upon your brows; Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Page 185 - But I must also feel it as a man: I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me. Did heaven look on, And would not take their part?