The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal, Volume 89W. Curry, jun., and Company, 1877 |
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... Fairfax , eldest son of Lord Wimburne , of Wimburne Priory , near W-- , one of the oldest and wealthiest families in the shire . A good catch in every sense of the word , and as such of course , cares- sed and fêted and made much of ...
... Fairfax , eldest son of Lord Wimburne , of Wimburne Priory , near W-- , one of the oldest and wealthiest families in the shire . A good catch in every sense of the word , and as such of course , cares- sed and fêted and made much of ...
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... Fairfax than did any of the Bishop's guests - I mean the lady guests to whom he , Mr. Fairfax , made himself so agreeable that August afternoon . But Rachel Scott had attracted him , and to Rachel Scott he must be introduced . But he ...
... Fairfax than did any of the Bishop's guests - I mean the lady guests to whom he , Mr. Fairfax , made himself so agreeable that August afternoon . But Rachel Scott had attracted him , and to Rachel Scott he must be introduced . But he ...
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... Fairfax placed a book upon the desk before her . " I cannot even try to tell you now what I think of your song , " he whispered , as he fumbled very unnecessarily with the little brass hooks which kept the leaves of the music steady ...
... Fairfax placed a book upon the desk before her . " I cannot even try to tell you now what I think of your song , " he whispered , as he fumbled very unnecessarily with the little brass hooks which kept the leaves of the music steady ...
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... Fairfax drove back to Wimburne Priory with his mother and sisters , he smiled to himself over the new conquest he had made . CHAPTER IV . " In the court of Cupid fancies are Just as valid as affidavits , And the vaguest illusions quite ...
... Fairfax drove back to Wimburne Priory with his mother and sisters , he smiled to himself over the new conquest he had made . CHAPTER IV . " In the court of Cupid fancies are Just as valid as affidavits , And the vaguest illusions quite ...
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... Fairfax , I might have got you back to the piano . I suppose you found him agreeable . " 66 Agreeable is no word for what he is , " cried Rachel , enthusiastically , " he is charming ! There is some- thing about him so - so - ob , so un ...
... Fairfax , I might have got you back to the piano . I suppose you found him agreeable . " 66 Agreeable is no word for what he is , " cried Rachel , enthusiastically , " he is charming ! There is some- thing about him so - so - ob , so un ...
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Page 764 - To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite; To forgive wrongs darker than death or night; To defy Power, which seems omnipotent; To love, and bear; to hope till Hope creates From its own wreck the thing it contemplates; Neither to change, nor falter, nor repent; This, like thy glory, Titan, is to be Good, great and joyous, beautiful and free; This is alone Life, Joy, Empire, and Victory.
Page 98 - Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met, or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
Page 763 - Throughout this varied and eternal world Soul is the only element: the block That for uncounted ages has remained The moveless pillar of a mountain's weight Is active, living spirit. Every grain Is sentient both in unity and part, And the minutest atom comprehends A world of loves and hatreds...
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Page 100 - The poetic genius of my country found me, as the prophetic bard Elijah did Elisha, at the plough, and threw her inspiring mantle over me. She bade me sing the loves, the joys, the rural scenes and rural pleasures of my native soil, in my native tongue. I tuned my wild, artless notes, as she inspired.
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Page 765 - Man, one harmonious soul of many a soul, Whose nature is its own divine control, Where all things flow to all, as rivers to the sea...
Page 40 - NOTES of a COURSE of SEVEN LECTURES On ELECTRICAL PHENOMENA and THEORIES, delivered at the Royal Institution AD 1870.