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Strana 548 - Do but mark, her forehead's smoother Than words that soothe her ; And from her arched brows, such a grace Sheds itself through the face, As alone there triumphs to the life All the gain, all the good of the elements
Strana 524 - Every tress must be confest, But neatly tangled at the best; Like a clue of golden thread Most excellently ravelled. Do not, then, wind up that light In ribbands, and o'ercloud in night, Like the Sun in's early ray; But shake your head, and scatter day ! ABRAHAM COWLEY 1618 - 1667 THE PROPHET Teach me to Love?
Strana 562 - All the gain, all the good, of the elements' strife. Have you seen but a bright lily grow, Before rude hands have touched it ? Have you marked but the fall o' the snow Before the soil hath smutched it? Have you felt the wool of beaver ? Or swan's down ever? Or have smelt o' the bud o
Strana 270 - Paint me, then, a room seventeen feet by twelve, and not more than seven and a half feet high. This, reader, is somewhat ambitiously styled, in my family, the drawing-room ; but, being contrived
Strana 604 - ... consideration. Truly sensitive persons were never yet heard to declare themselves to be so. They go through the world trying to conceal the fact. Nature has placed their hearts on their sleeve, but they carefully cover them from the daws who are ever ready to peck at hearts. If we take as a guide the inimitable maxim, " Do unto others as ye would they should do unto you...
Strana 36 - A lease is properly a conveyance of any lands or tenements (usually in consideration of rent or other annual recompense) made for life, for years, or at will, but always for a less time than the lessor hath in the premises ; for if it be for the whole interest, it is more properly an assignment than a lease.
Strana 287 - The embroidered couches, themselves striking objects, allowed the ease of position at once delightful in the relaxing climates of the south, and capable of combining with every grace of the human figure. At a slight distance, the table loaded with plate glittering under a profusion of lamps, and surrounded by couches thus covered by rich draperies, was like a central source of light radiating in broad shafts of every brilliant hue.
Strana 610 - Be not the first by whom the new is tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Strana 250 - Ever their phantoms arise before us, Our loftier brothers, but one in blood; At bed and table they lord it o'er us, With looks of beauty, and words of good.
Strana 288 - ... pleasure of the entertainment. " The wine, cookery, and dishes were but little attended to, nor was the fish or venison ever talked of or recommended. Amidst this convivial, animated bustle...