The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington, Volumen2Harper, 1855 |
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... write . It would amuse and instruct you , and would be highly gratifying to the world . Pray write to me often , and your letters shall be punctually answered . " Believe me , my dear Countess Guiccioli , your sincere and affectionate ...
... write . It would amuse and instruct you , and would be highly gratifying to the world . Pray write to me often , and your letters shall be punctually answered . " Believe me , my dear Countess Guiccioli , your sincere and affectionate ...
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... write now merely to request you will keep me au courant of your movements , that in case I should be able to leave England I may know where you are . May all happiness attend you . If only half what you merit falls to your share , you ...
... write now merely to request you will keep me au courant of your movements , that in case I should be able to leave England I may know where you are . May all happiness attend you . If only half what you merit falls to your share , you ...
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... write about . Madame de Staël , even , I will not except from this general rule : she has done a plaguy deal of mischief , and no good , by med- dling in literary matters , and I wish to heaven she would re- nounce pen , ink , and paper ...
... write about . Madame de Staël , even , I will not except from this general rule : she has done a plaguy deal of mischief , and no good , by med- dling in literary matters , and I wish to heaven she would re- nounce pen , ink , and paper ...
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... write this morning , but she was so employed the previous evening , when she delivered to deponent two let- ters for friends in England , and was affected at the thought of deponent leaving her ; that when deponent saw her last 48 ...
... write this morning , but she was so employed the previous evening , when she delivered to deponent two let- ters for friends in England , and was affected at the thought of deponent leaving her ; that when deponent saw her last 48 ...
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... writing a single line to his betrothed . Her feelings under this treatment you can well imagine . Beset by inquiries from all her friends as to where Mr. Maclean was , when she was to be married , & c . , & c . , all indicating a strong ...
... writing a single line to his betrothed . Her feelings under this treatment you can well imagine . Beset by inquiries from all her friends as to where Mr. Maclean was , when she was to be married , & c . , & c . , all indicating a strong ...
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Página 39 - 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.
Página 563 - I see the deep's untrampled floor With green and purple sea-weeds strown ; I see the waves upon the shore, Like light dissolved in star-showers, thrown ; I sit upon the sands alone, The lightning of the noontide ocean Is flashing round me, and a tone Arises from its measured motion, How sweet ! did any heart now share in my emotion.
Página 16 - WHERE MANY OF HIS ANCESTORS AND HIS MOTHER ARE BURIED, LIE THE REMAINS OF GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON, LORD BYRON, OF ROCHDALE, IN THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER, THE AUTHOR OF "CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE.
Página 564 - This grave contains all that was mortal of a young English poet, who, on his death-bed, in the bitterness of his heart at the malicious power of his enemies, desired these words to be engraven on his tombstone : " Here lies one whose name was writ in water...
Página 564 - Yet now despair itself is mild, Even as the winds and waters are; I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne and yet must bear, Till death like sleep might steal on me, And I might feel in the warm air My cheek grow cold, and hear the sea Breathe o'er my dying brain its last monotony.
Página 386 - After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker of my living actions, To keep mine honour from corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith.
Página 563 - Nor fame, nor power, nor love, nor leisure. Others I see whom these surround; Smiling they live, and call life pleasure; To me that cup has been dealt in another measure.
Página 564 - Rome. The cemetery is an open space among the ruins, covered in winter with violets and daisies. It might make one in love with death, to think that one should be buried in so sweet a place.
Página 83 - E'en while with us thy footsteps trod, His seal was on thy brow. Dust to its narrow house beneath ! Soul to its place on high ! They that have seen thy look in death, No more may fear to die.
Página 15 - The Pilgrim of Eternity, whose fame Over his living head like Heaven is bent, An early but enduring monument...