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... returned love for love , had to encounter a similar obstacle . The young lovers were so closely guarded that they were not allowed even to speak . But Pyramus , having ascertained that Thisbe's room was only separated from his own by a ...
... returned love for love , had to encounter a similar obstacle . The young lovers were so closely guarded that they were not allowed even to speak . But Pyramus , having ascertained that Thisbe's room was only separated from his own by a ...
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... returned to Naples as a stranger , but with letters of introduction to some of the distinguished families of that city . He brought with him a Madonna and Child of his own drawing , and presented it to his former patroness , the prin ...
... returned to Naples as a stranger , but with letters of introduction to some of the distinguished families of that city . He brought with him a Madonna and Child of his own drawing , and presented it to his former patroness , the prin ...
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... vessel , while the pursuers , seeing the fugitives were rescued , returned to the shore . The affect- ing tale of Antonio and Roger gained them the hearts of all wen fr their Same , the al de bigh TERE HEROIC FRIENDSHIP . 51.
... vessel , while the pursuers , seeing the fugitives were rescued , returned to the shore . The affect- ing tale of Antonio and Roger gained them the hearts of all wen fr their Same , the al de bigh TERE HEROIC FRIENDSHIP . 51.
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... returned home , and soon forgot all the suggestions of death with which the grave and the corpse of the old man had filled them , and were soon seated round the table in the four - roomed cottage , partaking of those animal enjoyments ...
... returned home , and soon forgot all the suggestions of death with which the grave and the corpse of the old man had filled them , and were soon seated round the table in the four - roomed cottage , partaking of those animal enjoyments ...
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... returned to its perihelion at the very hour predicted by Le Verrier . Nine or ten other comets are expected to return shortly , and so to con- firm the theory which asserts that they revolve regularly round the sun ; but what must we ...
... returned to its perihelion at the very hour predicted by Le Verrier . Nine or ten other comets are expected to return shortly , and so to con- firm the theory which asserts that they revolve regularly round the sun ; but what must we ...
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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.