London Society: An Illustrated Magazine of Light and Amusing Literature for the Hours of Relaxation, Volume 1William Clowes and Sons, 1862 |
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... speak of first . Dinner - tables , however , will per- haps be the most useful ; for it needs a good deal of practice amongst flowers to be able at first to choose a really good set for this peculiar purpose . For one great rule , how ...
... speak of first . Dinner - tables , however , will per- haps be the most useful ; for it needs a good deal of practice amongst flowers to be able at first to choose a really good set for this peculiar purpose . For one great rule , how ...
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... speak of youth , health , and hope , three blessings long lost to the old man standing behind her . It would be ... speaking with great decision . She knows very well what she wants , 22 On the Threshold of a Door .
... speak of youth , health , and hope , three blessings long lost to the old man standing behind her . It would be ... speaking with great decision . She knows very well what she wants , 22 On the Threshold of a Door .
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... speak to me of women's instincts ; I believe they are all like Eve - the crawling snake attracts them always . ' My dear , the snake did not crawl when he whispered to Eve , it was afterwards ; thy French scep- ticism and cynicism blind ...
... speak to me of women's instincts ; I believe they are all like Eve - the crawling snake attracts them always . ' My dear , the snake did not crawl when he whispered to Eve , it was afterwards ; thy French scep- ticism and cynicism blind ...
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... speak to you , know this by experience . ' Miss Torrington gathered up her bonnet and mantle , making an exit as abrupt as her entrance had been . Romeo had not felt so lonely nor so miserable since his first days in Paris . That ...
... speak to you , know this by experience . ' Miss Torrington gathered up her bonnet and mantle , making an exit as abrupt as her entrance had been . Romeo had not felt so lonely nor so miserable since his first days in Paris . That ...
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... speak as if you were . ' ' Never mind ; if you only knew what I have suffered on your ac- count . ' ' On my account , sir ? Why , I never remember to have set eyes on you before . ' And perhaps you never did ; for this is the first time ...
... speak as if you were . ' ' Never mind ; if you only knew what I have suffered on your ac- count . ' ' On my account , sir ? Why , I never remember to have set eyes on you before . ' And perhaps you never did ; for this is the first time ...
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Page 256 - A wave o' the sea, that you might ever do Nothing but that ; move still, still so, And own no other function : each your doing, So singular in each particular, Crowns what you are doing in the present deeds, That all your acts are queens.
Page 140 - ON THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE UNDERNEATH this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse: Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother: Death, ere thou hast slain another Fair, and learned, and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
Page 42 - ... with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play and old men from the chimney corner...
Page 351 - For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.
Page 44 - There were hills, which garnished their proud heights with stately trees ; humble valleys, whose base estate^ seemed comforted with the refreshing of silver rivers; meadows, enamelled with all sorts of eye-pleasing flowers ; thickets, which being lined with most pleasant shade were witnessed so...
Page 42 - Now therein of all sciences (I speak still of human, and according to the humane conceits) is our poet the monarch. For he doth not only show the way, but giveth so sweet a prospect into the way, as will entice any man to enter into it.
Page 78 - Is nearest unto heaven: quiet coves His soul has in its Autumn, when his wings He furleth close; contented so to look On mists in idleness — to let fair things Pass by unheeded as a threshold brook. He has his Winter too of pale misfeature, Or else he would forego his mortal nature.
Page 264 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face ; Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Page 44 - ... comfort ; here a shepherd's boy piping, as though he should never be old ; there a young shepherdess knitting, and withal singing, and it seemed that her voice comforted her hands to work and her hands kept time to her voice-music.
Page 150 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known : riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none : No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil : No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too ; but innocent and pure : No sovereignty : — Seb.