The Vale of Cedars: Or, The MartyrD. Appleton & Company, 1851 - Počet stran: 256 |
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Strana 17
... voice of singular and thrilling beauty sounded from within . It was evidently a hymn she chanted , for the strain was slow and solemn , but though words were distinctly in- telligible , their language was entirely unknown . The young ...
... voice of singular and thrilling beauty sounded from within . It was evidently a hymn she chanted , for the strain was slow and solemn , but though words were distinctly in- telligible , their language was entirely unknown . The young ...
Strana 22
... voice had proved how vain had been her dream . " I will obey thee , Marie , " Stanley said , at length , paus- ing before her . " I will leave thee now , but not - not for ever . No , no ; if indeed thou lovest me time will not change ...
... voice had proved how vain had been her dream . " I will obey thee , Marie , " Stanley said , at length , paus- ing before her . " I will leave thee now , but not - not for ever . No , no ; if indeed thou lovest me time will not change ...
Strana 36
... voice was hushed , her sweet counsels buried in the grave ; and the fond , proud father , only thought of his child's bril liant beauty , and how she would be admired and beloved , could she be but generally known . And so , for her ...
... voice was hushed , her sweet counsels buried in the grave ; and the fond , proud father , only thought of his child's bril liant beauty , and how she would be admired and beloved , could she be but generally known . And so , for her ...
Strana 41
... voice faltered ) , unto another , whose love is mine as well ? " " Better for him , as for thee , to wed another , Marie ! Would'st thou wed the stranger , wert thou free ? " She buried her face in his bosom , and murmured OR , THE ...
... voice faltered ) , unto another , whose love is mine as well ? " " Better for him , as for thee , to wed another , Marie ! Would'st thou wed the stranger , wert thou free ? " She buried her face in his bosom , and murmured OR , THE ...
Strana 44
... voice was recalled by the tender , earnest accents of her cousin , beseeching her to ratify her father's consent - to say she would learn to love him , if she did not then ; that she would not refuse the devotedness he prof- fered what ...
... voice was recalled by the tender , earnest accents of her cousin , beseeching her to ratify her father's consent - to say she would learn to love him , if she did not then ; that she would not refuse the devotedness he prof- fered what ...
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Strana 115 - We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.
Strana 55 - You would have thought the very windows spake, So many greedy looks of young and old Through casements darted their desiring eyes Upon his visage, and that all the walls With painted imagery had said at once 'Jesu preserve thee! welcome, Bolingbroke! Whilst he, from one side to the other turning, Bare-headed, lower than his proud steed's neck, Bespake them thus: 'I thank you, countrymen...
Strana 65 - Yet was I calm : I knew the time My breast would thrill before thy look ; But now to tremble were a crime — We met, — and not a nerve was shook.
Strana xi - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Strana 167 - Far other times our fathers' grandsires knew, A virtuous race, to godliness devote. What though the sceptic's scorn hath dared to soil The record of their fame ! what though the men Of worldly minds have dared to stigmatize The sister-cause, Religion and the Law, With Superstition's name ! yet, yet their deeds, Their constancy in torture and in death, — These on Tradition's tongue still live ; these shall On History's honest page be pictured bright To latest times. Perhaps some bard, whose muse...
Strana xi - ... back to Frankfort, to the house of a family of most kind friends, where every attention and care was lavishly bestowed. In vain. She took to her bed the very day of her arrival, and never rose from it again ; she became daily weaker, and in three weeks from that time her sufferings ceased for ever.
Strana 248 - When shall I not think of thee?" he passionately rejoined. "Oh, Marie, Marie ! I thought separation on earth the worst agony that could befall me ; but what — what is it compared to the eternal one of death ? " "No, no; not eternal, Arthur. In heaven I feel there is no distinction of creed or faith ; we shall all love God and one another there, and earth's fearful distinctions can never come between us. I know such is not the creed of thy people, nor of some of mine ; but when thou standest on...