The Etonian, Volum 2H.Colburn, and C.Knight, 1824 |
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Side 44
... passing strange that the pride of a Saxon thane , nay , the pride of a Saxon heiress , could be , with such facility , subdued . Reflection , however , was not his province ; and , banishing as quickly as possible the intrusive idea ...
... passing strange that the pride of a Saxon thane , nay , the pride of a Saxon heiress , could be , with such facility , subdued . Reflection , however , was not his province ; and , banishing as quickly as possible the intrusive idea ...
Side 66
... pass his days in despised security . Upon the present occasion it seemed that he had some unusually clever design in view . He was perpetually giving some instructions to the domestics , in a tone of voice mysteriously low , and again ...
... pass his days in despised security . Upon the present occasion it seemed that he had some unusually clever design in view . He was perpetually giving some instructions to the domestics , in a tone of voice mysteriously low , and again ...
Side 72
... passing wind . Marry , I had forgot how I have linked myself to a wife ! Kiss me , fair Elfrida ! I love thee very much , Elfrida ; but thou knowest , when war calleth us away , we soldiers leave ye like a whistle . How dost thou , old ...
... passing wind . Marry , I had forgot how I have linked myself to a wife ! Kiss me , fair Elfrida ! I love thee very much , Elfrida ; but thou knowest , when war calleth us away , we soldiers leave ye like a whistle . How dost thou , old ...
Side 81
... passing breeze float by Voices we loved in infancy- They tell of some untroubled land , Where souls that love repose together , And many a white and radiant hand With gentlest motion waves us thither . And oh ! ' t is sweet to rove on ...
... passing breeze float by Voices we loved in infancy- They tell of some untroubled land , Where souls that love repose together , And many a white and radiant hand With gentlest motion waves us thither . And oh ! ' t is sweet to rove on ...
Side 83
... ear ; And , one by one , familiar forms pass'd by me , In sad succession , to that house of woe . They were my friends in childhood , and I sigh'd To see how thus with pallid looks they came To SOMNIA MONTGOMERIANA . 83.
... ear ; And , one by one , familiar forms pass'd by me , In sad succession , to that house of woe . They were my friends in childhood , and I sigh'd To see how thus with pallid looks they came To SOMNIA MONTGOMERIANA . 83.
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admiration amusement appeared beautiful Bellamy beneath blue bosom bright Caernarvon Castle Cantab character Charles Lamb charms Courtenay dark daughter dear delight dream dress Edward Overton Effie Elfrida Eton Etonian eyes face fair fancy father favour feelings friends gaze gentle gentleman give glance Golightly Guiscard hand happy hath head hear heard heart honour hope hour Kennet-hold King of Clubs Knave Lady laugh Leofwyn light lips look Lord Lothaire Lozell maiden Menedemus mind Moscow nature never night Norman Number o'er Oakley observed pain pleasure Poem Poet poetry racter raptures readers Reginald d'Arennes replied Robin round Sacrebleu Saxon scene seemed sigh Sigismunda silent smile song Sonnet sorrow soul speak spirit sweet Swinburne syllabub talk Tancred tears tell Thane thee thine thing thou art thou hast thought tion turbed turned voice Weathercock wish words young youth
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Side 97 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn. Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Side 26 - ... from the ordinary purposes of life, but exerting its powers, as the wind blows where it listeth, at will upon the corruptions and abuses of mankind. What have looks or tones to do with that sublime identification of his age with that of the heavens themselves, when, in his reproaches to them for conniving at the injustice of his children, he reminds them that
Side 26 - ... insignificant to be thought on; even as he himself neglects it. On the stage we see nothing but corporal infirmities and weakness, the impotence of rage; while we read it, we see not Lear, but we are Lear,— we are in his mind, we are sustained by a grandeur which baffles the malice of daughters and storms; in the aberrations of his reason, we discover a mighty irregular power of reasoning, immethodized from the ordinary purposes of life, but exerting its powers, as the wind blows where it listeth,...
Side 23 - Though it be, as they, perforce, Guiltless of the sad divorce. For I must (nor let it grieve thee, Friendliest of plants, that I must) leave thee. For thy sake, Tobacco, I Would do anything but die, And but seek to extend my days Long enough to sing thy praise.
Side 26 - A happy ending ! — as if the living martyrdom that Lear had gone through — the flaying of his feelings alive, did not make a fair dismissal from the stage of life the only decorous thing for him.
Side 197 - With head up-raised, and look intent, And eye and ear attentive bent, And locks flung back, and lips apart, Like monument of Grecian art, In listening mood, she seemed to stand The guardian Naiad of the strand.
Side 35 - Some flow'rets of Eden ye still inherit, But the trail of the serpent is over them all!
Side 8 - Ishmael among commentators, — his hand was against every man and every man's hand was against him.
Side 20 - A month or more hath she been dead, Yet cannot I by force be led To think upon the wormy bed And her together. A springy motion in her gait, A rising step, did indicate Of pride and joy no common rate, That...
Side 24 - Any title of her state, Though a widow, or divorced, So I, from thy converse forced, The old name and style retain, A right Katherine of Spain ; And a seat, too, 'mongst the joys Of the blest Tobacco...