The White Cottage: A TaleWilliam Blackwood, 1817 - 344 páginas |
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Página 124
... door of Dr. Delby . He was shewn into this great man's study . It was occupied on two sides by shelves filled with books . On the third , behind the door , hung a large map of the world , on Mercator's projec tion ; a small time - piece ...
... door of Dr. Delby . He was shewn into this great man's study . It was occupied on two sides by shelves filled with books . On the third , behind the door , hung a large map of the world , on Mercator's projec tion ; a small time - piece ...
Página 154
... door . The man stared . " How is she ! Sir . " " She is not worse , I hope ? " The man looked upon the ground . " My master will know , Sir ; -he wished you to go to him in the study . " " Cannot you tell me whether she is bet- ter or ...
... door . The man stared . " How is she ! Sir . " " She is not worse , I hope ? " The man looked upon the ground . " My master will know , Sir ; -he wished you to go to him in the study . " " Cannot you tell me whether she is bet- ter or ...
Página 155
... door , afraid to be asked any more questions ; and Henry entered the room with a certainty that his mother was dan- gerously ill . He found his father sitting by an open window , which looked into the garden , and he appeared to look ...
... door , afraid to be asked any more questions ; and Henry entered the room with a certainty that his mother was dan- gerously ill . He found his father sitting by an open window , which looked into the garden , and he appeared to look ...
Página 158
... door , " and we shall meet no more , till I become a corpse like her . " This idea was some consolation . He felt powerful in a consciousness of immor tality ; and his imagination led him in a mo- ment to the end of life . Death , which ...
... door , " and we shall meet no more , till I become a corpse like her . " This idea was some consolation . He felt powerful in a consciousness of immor tality ; and his imagination led him in a mo- ment to the end of life . Death , which ...
Página 160
... turned gloomily to the fire ; -the wind whistled through the door with a low tone of wintry desolation . Mr : Welburn was in general not much affected by sounds , but in his present mood , the mournful playing of CHAPTER XVIIE. ...
... turned gloomily to the fire ; -the wind whistled through the door with a low tone of wintry desolation . Mr : Welburn was in general not much affected by sounds , but in his present mood , the mournful playing of CHAPTER XVIIE. ...
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affection appeared assured Atlantic Ocean attached beautiful began beloved billiard table bless blush Captain Elgar chaise CHAPTER charm cheeks COTTAGE countenance curtesies daugh daughter dear Julia death Delby's delightful Doctor door duty Edward Sanwell Elmsey Lodge Elwyn eyes fancy father feel felicity fortune gave GIAOUR girl give hand happy heard heart heaven Henry felt Henry Welburn Henry's hills hope hour husband idea imagined kind knew lady Leswald letter listened looked LORD BYRON lover Maria marriage married mind Miss Delby morning mother mountain ash nature nephew ness never pain pale passed peared philosopher pleasure quadrupeds rambled recollected rectory replied scarcely shew side smile soon sound talk tears tell tenderly tenderness theory ther thing tion Torley town tranquil vale of Dalsy walk Welburn felt Weymouth wife wind window wish woman young
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Página 231 - Thou know'st the mask of night is on my face, Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night. Fain would I dwell on form, fain, fain deny What I have spoke : but farewell compliment ! Dost thou love me ? I know thou wilt say ' Ay,' And I will take thy word : yet, if thou swear'st. Thou mayst prove false : at lovers' perjuries, They say, Jove laughs.
Página 326 - tis that alone, Amid life's pains, abasements, emptiness, The soul can comfort, elevate, and fill: That only, and that amply, this performs; Lifts us above life's pains, her joys above; Their terror...
Página 140 - Yes, The limner's art may trace the absent feature, And give the eye of distant weeping faith To view the form of its idolatry; But oh ! the scenes 'mid which they met and parted — The thoughts, the recollections sweet and bitter — Th...
Página 166 - Had wandered from its dwelling, and her eyes, They had not their own lustre, but the look Which is not of the earth; she was become The queen of a fantastic realm ; her thoughts Were combinations of disjointed things; And forms impalpable and unperceived Of others' sight, familiar were to hers.
Página 44 - Fair as herself ; but the boy gazed on her ; And both were young, and one was beautiful : And both were young, yet not alike in youth. As the sweet moon on the horizon's verge, The maid was on the eve of womanhood ; The boy had fewer summers, but his heart Had far outgrown his years, and to his eye There was but one beloved face on earth, And that was shining on him...
Página 194 - And lead him near to little but his last ; But mighty Nature bounds as from her birth, The sun is in the heavens, and life on earth ; Flowers in the valley, splendor in the beam, Health on the gale, and freshness in the stream, Immortal man ! behold her glories shine, And cry, exulting inly,
Página 17 - I shall hang first ! I'll no more love, that's certain ; 'tis a bane, Next that they poison rats with, the most mortal. No, I thank Heaven, I have got my sleep again, And now begin to write sense ; I can walk ye A long hour in my chamber like a man, And think of something that may better me, Some serious point of learning or my state : No more ah-me's, and mitererfa, Tranio, Come near my brain.
Página 35 - In grace and comeliness surpass his peers: Whilst I to a dead husband bore a son, And to the roaring waters gave my child.
Página 166 - ... me walk the waves of this wild world Through faith unsinking ; — stretch thy saving hand To a lone castaway upon the sea, Who hopes no resting-place except in heaven. And oh ! this holy calm, — this peace profound,— That sky so glorious in infinitude, — That countless host of softly-burning stars, And all that floating universe of light, Lift up my spirit far above the grave, And tell me that my pray'rs are heard in Heaven. I feel th' Omnipotent is Merciful ! (A voice exclaims from an...