Striking likenesses; or, The votaries of fashion, Volume 3B. Clarke, 1808 |
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... Antholine's was wrapt in silence , for night , that void in creation , had hushed them to repose . She replaced the miniature , and rose to throw aside her dress ; but softly approached the window to hear the düll monotony of the waves ...
... Antholine's was wrapt in silence , for night , that void in creation , had hushed them to repose . She replaced the miniature , and rose to throw aside her dress ; but softly approached the window to hear the düll monotony of the waves ...
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... Antholine's was haunted ; pray in what shape does it appear ? Come , Lady Selina , do tell us ; is it a headless virgin ? or is it the spectre of Peter the wild boy ? " " It seems a ghost of taste , however , " said Lord Westbrook ...
... Antholine's was haunted ; pray in what shape does it appear ? Come , Lady Selina , do tell us ; is it a headless virgin ? or is it the spectre of Peter the wild boy ? " " It seems a ghost of taste , however , " said Lord Westbrook ...
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... Antho- line's . " 3 In the evening Antonia , shrinking from the offensive gallantry of Lord Carberry , quitted the cloisters , and stole alone to the beach . Not a breeze agitated the atmosphere , or swelled the dark surface of the ...
... Antho- line's . " 3 In the evening Antonia , shrinking from the offensive gallantry of Lord Carberry , quitted the cloisters , and stole alone to the beach . Not a breeze agitated the atmosphere , or swelled the dark surface of the ...
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... Antholine's and trembled at the distance she had wan- dered . Nearer and nearer did the storm approach , and the terrific peals in loud reverberations rocked the white clift . shore . She looked around for a place of refuge , but no ...
... Antholine's and trembled at the distance she had wan- dered . Nearer and nearer did the storm approach , and the terrific peals in loud reverberations rocked the white clift . shore . She looked around for a place of refuge , but no ...
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... have you left St. Antholine's ??? she faltered why have you braved the storm ? Indeed , Mr. Dauverne , I I could have borne it better had- " " 66 you been safe , her heart dictated , c 6 35 she saw a person hastening, almost fly- ...
... have you left St. Antholine's ??? she faltered why have you braved the storm ? Indeed , Mr. Dauverne , I I could have borne it better had- " " 66 you been safe , her heart dictated , c 6 35 she saw a person hastening, almost fly- ...
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Page 45 - O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear; Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!
Page 179 - Tis almost morning; I would have thee gone: And yet no further than a wanton's bird; Who lets it hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves, And with a silk thread plucks it back again, So loving-jealous of his liberty.
Page 44 - Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye Than twenty of their swords : look thou but sweet, And I am proof against their enmity.
Page 44 - Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, Having some business, do entreat her eyes To twinkle in their spheres till they return. What if her eyes were there, they in her head ; The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars, As daylight doth a lamp ; her- eyes in heaven Would through the airy region stream so bright, That birds would sing, and think it were not night.
Page 114 - Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deaf'ning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude; And, in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king ? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Page 46 - But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou her maid art far more fair than she.
Page 38 - ... blows, And quaff the palm's rich nectar as it glows; The oral tale of elder time rehearse, And chant the rude traditionary verse With those, the loved companions of his youth, When life was luxury, and friendship truth. Ah ! why should Virtue...
Page 84 - O beware, my lord, of jealousy ; It is the green-ey'd monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on...
Page 38 - MEMORY'S ceaseless sun-shine blest, The home of Happiness, an honest breast. But most we mark the wonders of her reign, When Sleep has locked the senses in her chain.
Page 83 - I have garner'd up my heart, Where either I must live, or bear no life; The fountain from the which my current runs...