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... hand that has borne the sword in a hundred famous fields , and pointed the British guns in the greatest siege in the world . Shall we point out others ? We are fellow - travellers , and shall make acquaintance as the voyage proceeds ...
... hand that has borne the sword in a hundred famous fields , and pointed the British guns in the greatest siege in the world . Shall we point out others ? We are fellow - travellers , and shall make acquaintance as the voyage proceeds ...
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... hand ; and so , bon soir , and pleasant dreams to you . I have frequently seen men at clubs asleep over their humble ... hands . I bless them . I say , " Good - by , my little dears . " I am quite sorry to part with them : but the fact ...
... hand ; and so , bon soir , and pleasant dreams to you . I have frequently seen men at clubs asleep over their humble ... hands . I bless them . I say , " Good - by , my little dears . " I am quite sorry to part with them : but the fact ...
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... hand ( it really does do the bites a great deal of good ) , whom should I light upon but one of my little Heidelberg - Baden boys ! I have said how handsomely they were dressed as long as they were with their mother . When I saw the boy ...
... hand ( it really does do the bites a great deal of good ) , whom should I light upon but one of my little Heidelberg - Baden boys ! I have said how handsomely they were dressed as long as they were with their mother . When I saw the boy ...
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... hand who lays the little cross on the bleeding bosom . At home you have the Dukes and Earls jobbing and intriguing ... hands the cross bearing her royal name . And , remember , there are not only the cross wearers , but all the fathers ...
... hand who lays the little cross on the bleeding bosom . At home you have the Dukes and Earls jobbing and intriguing ... hands the cross bearing her royal name . And , remember , there are not only the cross wearers , but all the fathers ...
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... hand up to to the laurels , and pass on , waving him a grace- ful recognition . Up the Hill of Ludgate · around the ... hands , now growing old , shall lay down sword and truncheon , may you mount the car , and ride to the temple of ...
... hand up to to the laurels , and pass on , waving him a grace- ful recognition . Up the Hill of Ludgate · around the ... hands , now growing old , shall lay down sword and truncheon , may you mount the car , and ride to the temple of ...
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Page 225 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Page 292 - tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep...
Page 284 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Tho' round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 164 - What though in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball! What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found! In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice; For ever singing as they shine, " The Hand that made us is divine.
Page 191 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of" some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Page 164 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball? What...
Page 95 - When, on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay And woo the cooler wind. I miss thee when by Gunga's stream My twilight steps I guide, But most beneath the lamp's pale beam I miss thee from my side. I spread my books, my pencil try The lingering noon to cheer, But miss thy kind approving eye, Thy meek attentive ear. But when...
Page 287 - But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.
Page 191 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents...
Page 158 - The marriage, if uncontradicted report can be credited, made no addition to his happiness ; it neither found them nor made them equal. She always remembered her own rank, and thought herself entitled to treat with very little ceremony the tutor of her son. Rowe's ballad of The Despairing Shepherd is said to have been written, either before or after marriage, upon this memorable pair...