Dreamthorp: a Book of Essays Written in the CountryStrahan, 1863 - 296 Seiten |
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... heads her coverlet of green sod , and tenderly tuck us in , as a mother her sleeping ones , so that no sound from the world shall ever reach us , and no sor- row trouble us any more . The village stands far inland ; and the streams that ...
... heads her coverlet of green sod , and tenderly tuck us in , as a mother her sleeping ones , so that no sound from the world shall ever reach us , and no sor- row trouble us any more . The village stands far inland ; and the streams that ...
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... head in front of the banqueting - hall of his own palace , the icicles hung from the eaves of the houses here , and ... heads would be a famous one in the calendar . Battles have been fought , kings have died , history has transacted ...
... head in front of the banqueting - hall of his own palace , the icicles hung from the eaves of the houses here , and ... heads would be a famous one in the calendar . Battles have been fought , kings have died , history has transacted ...
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... heads have bent over it , hands have touched and tingled , and it has heard vows and protestations as passionate as any its pages contained . Coming down in the world , Cinderella in the kitchen has blubbered over it by the light of a ...
... heads have bent over it , hands have touched and tingled , and it has heard vows and protestations as passionate as any its pages contained . Coming down in the world , Cinderella in the kitchen has blubbered over it by the light of a ...
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... head uncovers , every knee grows supple . Bruin in winter- time fondly sucking his own paws , loses flesh ; and love , feeding upon itself , dies of inanition . Take the candle of death in your hand , and walk through the stately ...
... head uncovers , every knee grows supple . Bruin in winter- time fondly sucking his own paws , loses flesh ; and love , feeding upon itself , dies of inanition . Take the candle of death in your hand , and walk through the stately ...
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... head of his legions . The business of the one is to depopulate kingdoms , the business of the other to reap beards seven days old ; but their rela- tive positions do not affect the question . The one works with razors and soap - lather ...
... head of his legions . The business of the one is to depopulate kingdoms , the business of the other to reap beards seven days old ; but their rela- tive positions do not affect the question . The one works with razors and soap - lather ...
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Seite 140 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one (from whence they came) Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Seite 281 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known : riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none : No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil : No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too ; but innocent and pure : No sovereignty : — Seb.
Seite 128 - And sullen Moloch fled, Hath left in shadows dread His burning idol all of blackest hue ; In vain with cymbals' ring They call the grisly king, In dismal dance about the furnace blue : The brutish gods of Nile as fast, Isis and Orus, and the dog Anubis, haste.
Seite 129 - A power from the unknown God, A Promethean conqueror, came; Like a triumphal path he trod The thorns of death and shame. A mortal shape to him Was like the vapour dim Which the orient planet animates with light; Hell, Sin, and Slavery came, Like bloodhounds mild and tame, Nor preyed, until their Lord had taken flight; The moon of Mahomet Arose, and it shall set : While blazoned as on Heaven's immortal noon The cross leads generations on.
Seite 128 - Not Typhon huge ending in snaky twine : Our Babe to show his Godhead true, Can in his swaddling bands control the damned crew.
Seite 280 - And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. And Esau said, I have enough, my brother ; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
Seite 49 - It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates * and masters the fear of death; and therefore death is no such terrible enemy when a man hath so many attendants about him that can win the combat of him.
Seite 49 - Fear preoccupateth it; nay we read, after Otho the emperor had slain himself, Pity (which is the tenderest of affections) provoked many to die, out of mere compassion to their sovereign, and as the truest sort of followers. Nay Seneca adds niceness and satiety: Cogita quamdiu eadem feceris; mori velle, non tantum fortis, aut miser, sed etiam fastidiosus potest.
Seite 49 - It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood; who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours of death; but, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is, 'Nunc dimittis' when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations.
Seite 49 - ... as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit is like one that is wounded in hot blood, who for the time scarce feels the hurt' and therefore, a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours of death. But above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is Nunc dimittis, when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations.