Striking likenesses; or, The votaries of fashion, Volume 3B. Clarke, 1808 |
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... heaven pardon me ! " ) " I know the form is no longer visi- ble , " exclaimed the marquis , as though he was answering a question which had been applied to him --- " I know it ' is only the dust which covers her : I know 4.
... heaven pardon me ! " ) " I know the form is no longer visi- ble , " exclaimed the marquis , as though he was answering a question which had been applied to him --- " I know it ' is only the dust which covers her : I know 4.
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... heaven ! what am I to believe ? what am I to hear ? ” " Kneel upon the hallowed earth , " solemnly articulated the marquis ; “ for beneath moulders the most perfect of beings --- moulders your sweet sem- blance - moulders your injured ...
... heaven ! what am I to believe ? what am I to hear ? ” " Kneel upon the hallowed earth , " solemnly articulated the marquis ; “ for beneath moulders the most perfect of beings --- moulders your sweet sem- blance - moulders your injured ...
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... heaven ! what 4 an I hearve ? what am I to hear ? " - Kneel upon the hallowed earth , " solemnly articulated the marquis ; " for beneath moulders the most perfect of hegs - moulders your sweet sem- hance - moulders your injured , spot ...
... heaven ! what 4 an I hearve ? what am I to hear ? " - Kneel upon the hallowed earth , " solemnly articulated the marquis ; " for beneath moulders the most perfect of hegs - moulders your sweet sem- hance - moulders your injured , spot ...
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... heaven , " who witnesses - the anguish of thy orphan , and readest her heart bowed down with sorrow for thy calamities , visit with mercy and com- passion , if still in existence , the un- happy being who shortened thy earthly ...
... heaven , " who witnesses - the anguish of thy orphan , and readest her heart bowed down with sorrow for thy calamities , visit with mercy and com- passion , if still in existence , the un- happy being who shortened thy earthly ...
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... heaven , recall your spirits ; for know that peace , that life , that honour , dépends on your exertion . " " diss We have had a delightful ride , " said the Duchess of Delaware , spring- ing from the barouche : Carberry has driven us ...
... heaven , recall your spirits ; for know that peace , that life , that honour , dépends on your exertion . " " diss We have had a delightful ride , " said the Duchess of Delaware , spring- ing from the barouche : Carberry has driven us ...
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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...