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... present proud position by his own talents and virtue , found no impediment even in his master . The plot ripened to such an extent , that the secretary and daughter were occa- sionally left alone without exciting surprise or envy . But ...
... present proud position by his own talents and virtue , found no impediment even in his master . The plot ripened to such an extent , that the secretary and daughter were occa- sionally left alone without exciting surprise or envy . But ...
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... present paper on the potency of love , by giving one more illustration , and we venture to assert that history never recorded nor song enshrined anything more romantic than the life of SOLARIO , THE ITALIAN PAINTER . Solario de Antonio ...
... present paper on the potency of love , by giving one more illustration , and we venture to assert that history never recorded nor song enshrined anything more romantic than the life of SOLARIO , THE ITALIAN PAINTER . Solario de Antonio ...
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... present myself with that qualification ? Will you give me ten years to learn to paint , and so to entitle myself to the hand of your daughter ? ' The painter , thinking he was not hazarding much by agreeing to such a proposal , and ...
... present myself with that qualification ? Will you give me ten years to learn to paint , and so to entitle myself to the hand of your daughter ? ' The painter , thinking he was not hazarding much by agreeing to such a proposal , and ...
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... present shall admire , and the future will not willingly let die , ' let the companions of his youth be the companions of his manhood ; let books and nature be his daily and his nightly study and enjoyment . Let him have faith in ...
... present shall admire , and the future will not willingly let die , ' let the companions of his youth be the companions of his manhood ; let books and nature be his daily and his nightly study and enjoyment . Let him have faith in ...
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... present . 6 Five months , ' continued Jemima in her tantalising way ; ' and only two months now to wait . ' Here Jane had reached her climax of temper , and away went the table on the floor with a tremendous crash of crockery ; the hot ...
... present . 6 Five months , ' continued Jemima in her tantalising way ; ' and only two months now to wait . ' Here Jane had reached her climax of temper , and away went the table on the floor with a tremendous crash of crockery ; the hot ...
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Page 133 - In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam warm and bright; Above, the spectral glaciers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan, Excelsior! "Try not the pass!
Page 205 - One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime.
Page 168 - ... rapidity. He repeats the tune' taught him by his master, though of considerable length, fully and faithfully. He runs over the quiverings of the canary, and the clear whistlings of the Virginia nightingale or red-bird, with such superior execution and effect, that the mortified songsters feel their own inferiority, and become altogether silent, while he seems to triumph in their defeat, by redoubling his exertions.
Page 63 - Little deeds of kindness, Little words of love, Make our earth an Eden, Like the heaven above.
Page 40 - To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring warbler! that love-prompted strain, 'Twixt thee and thine a never-failing bond, Thrills not the less the bosom of the plain: Yet might'st thou seem, proud privilege! to sing All independent of the leafy spring.
Page 133 - The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior...
Page 168 - Bird, which he exquisitely manages, are mingled with the screaming of swallows, or the cackling of hens ; amidst the simple melody of the...
Page 29 - THE lark is singing in the blinding sky, Hedges are white with May. The bridegroom sea Is toying with the shore, his wedded bride, And, in the fulness of his marriage joy, He decorates her tawny brow with shells, Retires a space, to see how fair she looks, Then proud runs up to kiss her.
Page 166 - ... and even handsome. The ease, elegance and rapidity of his movements, the animation of his eye, and the intelligence he displays in listening and laying up lessons from almost every species of the feathered creation within his hearing, are really surprising, and mark the peculiarity of his genius.
Page 166 - ... dewy morning, while the woods are already vocal with a multitude of warblers, his admirable song rises preeminent over every competitor. The ear can listen to his music alone, to which that of all the others seems a mere accompaniment.