The matchmaker, by the author of 'Cousin Geoffrey'. |
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... ruined past redemption . As Miss Maxwell observes , old people enforce no discipline , and young people have no idea of obedience , or punctuality . " " It was na sae in my younger days , " re- peated Tibby , pleased with the success of ...
... ruined past redemption . As Miss Maxwell observes , old people enforce no discipline , and young people have no idea of obedience , or punctuality . " " It was na sae in my younger days , " re- peated Tibby , pleased with the success of ...
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... ruined yet . " Julian entered the drawing - room the very pink of Parisian elegance ; his person , how- ever , was of a style which gave dignity even to dandyism ; and a sculptor could have se- lected 46 THE MATCHMAKER .
... ruined yet . " Julian entered the drawing - room the very pink of Parisian elegance ; his person , how- ever , was of a style which gave dignity even to dandyism ; and a sculptor could have se- lected 46 THE MATCHMAKER .
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... child of Italy , with a heart all fire and a soul all song - well , we alone survive , proud beggars as we are ! I cannot tell you all our story , nor why it would be ruin were she known now as my sister and a De Ville- THE MATCHMAKER . 85.
... child of Italy , with a heart all fire and a soul all song - well , we alone survive , proud beggars as we are ! I cannot tell you all our story , nor why it would be ruin were she known now as my sister and a De Ville- THE MATCHMAKER . 85.
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... ruins of a name With the sweet parasites of song divine ! " Wherever Ellen turned , whether she gazed on Anna Boleyn or poor Malibran ; on Na- poleon , great wholesale destroyer ; or Burke and Hare , vile retail miscreants , reckoning ...
... ruins of a name With the sweet parasites of song divine ! " Wherever Ellen turned , whether she gazed on Anna Boleyn or poor Malibran ; on Na- poleon , great wholesale destroyer ; or Burke and Hare , vile retail miscreants , reckoning ...
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... ruin , and with tears had im- plored her not so to humble her own child , promising that , if her unaided charms did not bring Julian to her feet , she would , by a few words , recal Sir Peter , and , as she 134 THE MATCHMAKER .
... ruin , and with tears had im- plored her not so to humble her own child , promising that , if her unaided charms did not bring Julian to her feet , she would , by a few words , recal Sir Peter , and , as she 134 THE MATCHMAKER .
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Page 46 - And, when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring, To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan loves, Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe, with heaved stroke, Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallowed haunt.
Page 222 - Is there, in human form, that bears a heart — A wretch ! a villain ! lost to love and truth ! That can, with studied, sly, ensnaring art, Betray sweet Jenny's unsuspecting youth ? Curse on his...
Page 42 - I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly dress'd, Fresh as a bridegroom; and his chin, new reap'd, Show'd like a stubble-land at harvest-home.
Page 247 - MY birth-day" — what a different sound That word had in my youthful ears ! And how, each time the day comes round, Less and less white its mark appears ! When first our scanty years are told, It seems like pastime to grow old ; And, as Youth counts the shining links. That Time around him binds so fast, Pleased with the task, he little thinks How hard that chain will press at last. Vain was the man, and false as vain, Who said* — "were he ordain'd to run " His long career of life again, . " He...
Page 143 - Winter comes, to rule the varied year, Sullen and sad, with all his rising train — Vapours, and clouds, and storms. Be these my theme ; These, that exalt the soul to solemn thought And heavenly musing. Welcome, kindred glooms...
Page 178 - The light of love, the purity of grace, The mind, the Music breathing from her face, The heart whose softness harmonized the whole, And oh! that eye was in itself a Soul...
Page 254 - THOU lingering star, with lessening ray, That lov'st to greet the early morn, Again thou usher'st in the day My Mary from my soul was torn. O Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? See'st thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?
Page 237 - Was my own lord. Then did I seek to rise Out of the prison of my mean estate ; And, with such jewels as the exploring Mind Brings from the caves of Knowledge, buy my ransom From those twin gaolers of the daring heart — Low Birth and iron Fortune.
Page 273 - She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love : A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky.
Page 7 - Alas ! regardless of their doom, The little victims play! No sense have they of Ills to come; Nor Care, beyond to-day! Yet see, how all around them wait The Ministers of human fate; And black Misfortune's baleful Train!