Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 6Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith Richard Bentley, 1839 |
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... Lady Singing , Retiring from Business , The Withered Rose , The Dead Bird , To Julia , Farewell Sonnet , 37 45 271 46 50 65 380 395 462 475 • 597 The Veterans of Chelsea Hospital , by the Author of " The Subaltern , " 51.450 Tales and ...
... Lady Singing , Retiring from Business , The Withered Rose , The Dead Bird , To Julia , Farewell Sonnet , 37 45 271 46 50 65 380 395 462 475 • 597 The Veterans of Chelsea Hospital , by the Author of " The Subaltern , " 51.450 Tales and ...
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... lady scorn- fully . " Though you lorded it over that fond fool , Mrs. Wood , you shan't lord it over me , I can promise you . That for you ! ” And she snapped her fingers in his face . " Zounds ! " cried Kneebone , furiously . " Go to ...
... lady scorn- fully . " Though you lorded it over that fond fool , Mrs. Wood , you shan't lord it over me , I can promise you . That for you ! ” And she snapped her fingers in his face . " Zounds ! " cried Kneebone , furiously . " Go to ...
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... lady . " Help ! - Mr. Wood ! " help , " Leave go ! " thundered Blueskin , - " leave go - you'd bet- ter ! " and he held the sack as firmly as he could with one hand , while with the other he searched for his knife . " No , I won't leave ...
... lady . " Help ! - Mr. Wood ! " help , " Leave go ! " thundered Blueskin , - " leave go - you'd bet- ter ! " and he held the sack as firmly as he could with one hand , while with the other he searched for his knife . " No , I won't leave ...
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... ladies were both there , sir . The cavern was about fifty feet in depth , sloping upwards towards the back , and partly filled with weeds , stones , and sand . Here Mrs. Clements and her sister had been driven to take refuge by the ...
... ladies were both there , sir . The cavern was about fifty feet in depth , sloping upwards towards the back , and partly filled with weeds , stones , and sand . Here Mrs. Clements and her sister had been driven to take refuge by the ...
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... ladies gently into the end of the boat . They couldn't hear him for the noise of the waves ; there was plenty of room ... lady comprehended all ; and then , sir , in a moment the frightful truth flashed upon her . The devils had scuttled ...
... ladies gently into the end of the boat . They couldn't hear him for the noise of the waves ; there was plenty of room ... lady comprehended all ; and then , sir , in a moment the frightful truth flashed upon her . The devils had scuttled ...
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Page 85 - Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope ; to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy Prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Page 478 - He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. "My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled; "Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. "They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear.
Page 270 - Knowledge before — a discovery that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in our philosophy.
Page 133 - Close to those walls where Folly holds her throne, And laughs to think Monroe would take her down, Where o'er the gates, by his famed father's hand Great Gibber's brazen, brainless brothers stand ; One cell there is, conceal'd from vulgar eye, The cave of Poverty and Poetry. Keen hollow winds howl thro' the bleak recess, Emblem of music caus'd by emptiness.
Page 478 - I have nought that is fair?" saith he; "Have nought but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. "My...
Page 607 - And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him : and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand ; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
Page 616 - Rialto shoot along, By night and day, all paces, swift or slow, And round the theatres, a sable throng, They wait in their dusk livery of woe ; But not to them do...
Page 84 - Enchanting vale ! beyond whate'er the Muse Has of Achaia or Hesperia sung! O vale of bliss ! O softly-swelling hills ! On which the Power of Cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonders of his toil.
Page 79 - Remembrance oft shall haunt the shore When Thames in summer wreaths is drest, And oft suspend the dashing oar, To bid his gentle spirit rest!
Page 125 - Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death : but he shall be surely put to death.