| James Montgomery - 1835 - 360 Seiten
...and THE FATHERLESS. A TALE WITHOUT A NAME. " O woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please ; — When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! " SCOTT'S Marmiont canto vi. PART I. HE had no friend on earth but thee ; No hope in heaven above... | |
| 1837 - 596 Seiten
...the brute, is most plainly developed in woman. " Who, in our hours of case, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou." Finding water difficult to obtain, we up anchor and stood along the Spanish main in search of a bay... | |
| 1837 - 612 Seiten
...assiduities of an affectionate wife — " Oh, woman ! in our hotirs of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please ! When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel, then art thou !" — restored him to the stage. • Soon after this he was induced, by promises of... | |
| John William Carleton - 1851 - 726 Seiten
...concern and pity for the sufferer within. " Oh woman ! in oar honn of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou." says the bard, and so say I ; at least so I said cordially on that sunny afternoon, as reclining at... | |
| James Montgomery - 1841 - 358 Seiten
...FATHERLESS. 1830. A TALE WITHOUT A NAME. " O woman ! in our hours of ease. Uncertain, coy, and hard to please ; — When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! " SCOTT'* Marmion, canto vi. PART I. HE had no friend on earth but thee ; No hope in heaven above... | |
| 1842 - 482 Seiten
...beautiful exemplification of the Poet's line»: "Oh, woman, in your hours of esse, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please; When pain and anguish wring the brow A ministering angel thou." With a patient energy she administered to his every want, and with a gentle meekness yielded to all... | |
| Noble Butler - 1846 - 268 Seiten
...He can walk as rapidly as you. Life passes as rapidly as a dream. A good name is better than riches. When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou. — Sir W. Scott. What constitutes a state ? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated... | |
| 1878 - 496 Seiten
...cheer with angel smile the sufferer's head." " 0 woman, in our hour of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou." Community at East Griustead consisted of forty-one Sisters, seventyeight girls in S. Agnes' School,... | |
| Blanchard Jerrold - 1848 - 324 Seiten
...VISIT, AND THE CONFUSION OF HENRY GOSP1TCH. " 0, woman ! in our hours ot ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, * • * * When pain and anguish wring the...brow, A ministering angel thou ! " SIR WALTER SCOTT. WEARY and fevered with the long unrest of a sleepless night, Henry Gospitch rose early that he might... | |
| Blanchard Jerrold - 1848 - 320 Seiten
...VISIT, AND THE CONFUSION OF HENRY 'GOSP1TCH. " 0, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, * * * * When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! " SIB WAITER SCOTT. WEARY and fevered with the long unrest of a sleepless night, Henry Gospitch rose... | |
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