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Page 205
On they came , slowly , steadily , — on and on , till they had reached the middle of
the moor . Murdoch ' s heart quailed and sickened within him , and Mari laughed
in her agony with a cry of madness . “ God be merciful ! The pool ! the pool !
On they came , slowly , steadily , — on and on , till they had reached the middle of
the moor . Murdoch ' s heart quailed and sickened within him , and Mari laughed
in her agony with a cry of madness . “ God be merciful ! The pool ! the pool !
Page 279
Scarcely had they reached those latitudes when a violent tempest arose . Don
Fernando soon lost sight of the accompanying caravel , and was driven out of all
reckoning by the fury of the storm . For several weary days and nights he was ...
Scarcely had they reached those latitudes when a violent tempest arose . Don
Fernando soon lost sight of the accompanying caravel , and was driven out of all
reckoning by the fury of the storm . For several weary days and nights he was ...
Page 458
... at Greenwich , in the presence of the King and the royal family , and dropped
down the same night as far as Long Reach . ... the whole fleet weighed anchor ,
and on the 30th of March , after a rough and uncomfortable passage , we
reached ...
... at Greenwich , in the presence of the King and the royal family , and dropped
down the same night as far as Long Reach . ... the whole fleet weighed anchor ,
and on the 30th of March , after a rough and uncomfortable passage , we
reached ...
Page 544
Independently of other risks , and of the chance of breaking his neck in the
descent , he was aware that to reach the leads he should have to break open six
of the strongest doors of the prison . Armed , however , with the implement he had
so ...
Independently of other risks , and of the chance of breaking his neck in the
descent , he was aware that to reach the leads he should have to break open six
of the strongest doors of the prison . Armed , however , with the implement he had
so ...
Page 548
He had now reached what was called the Lower Leads , - a flat , covering a part
of the prison contiguous to the ... He could have easily forced it , but preferred a
more expeditious mode of reaching the roof which suggested itself to him .
He had now reached what was called the Lower Leads , - a flat , covering a part
of the prison contiguous to the ... He could have easily forced it , but preferred a
more expeditious mode of reaching the roof which suggested itself to him .
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Page 87 - 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 480 - 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 272 - Knowledge before — a discovery that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in our philosophy.
Page 135 - 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 480 - 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 609 - 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 618 - 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 86 - 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 81 - 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 127 - 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.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 6 |
| Editors | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith |
| Publisher | Richard Bentley, 1839 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Nov 2007 |
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