The First Lieutenant's Story, Volume 140Routledge, 1856 - 455 pages |
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... blessed epithet of Saint , ' but ill borne out , I fear , by any great holiness in me . But that is not my first Christian name ; Wilfred is the name by which I used to be called ; but I had a fancy - a silly one perhaps― which made me ...
... blessed epithet of Saint , ' but ill borne out , I fear , by any great holiness in me . But that is not my first Christian name ; Wilfred is the name by which I used to be called ; but I had a fancy - a silly one perhaps― which made me ...
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... blessed temper was ever as far from taking as from giving offence ! I sat silent , half - confused , half - angry , till the striking of one of the church - clocks reminded me that the time allowed for staying on shore was fast passing ...
... blessed temper was ever as far from taking as from giving offence ! I sat silent , half - confused , half - angry , till the striking of one of the church - clocks reminded me that the time allowed for staying on shore was fast passing ...
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... blessed night - watch came at last ; such a night as one often has in those delightful climates - warm , soft , and starry ; and if ever there was a happy being on earth or sea , it was I , as I mounted the companion that night , and ...
... blessed night - watch came at last ; such a night as one often has in those delightful climates - warm , soft , and starry ; and if ever there was a happy being on earth or sea , it was I , as I mounted the companion that night , and ...
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... blessed prospects . Conditional , indeed , I could not feel it to be ; for , unread in the mysteries of the frail human heart , I never dreamt of love like ours fading away , or changing its object . A blissful , an eternal " Now seemed ...
... blessed prospects . Conditional , indeed , I could not feel it to be ; for , unread in the mysteries of the frail human heart , I never dreamt of love like ours fading away , or changing its object . A blissful , an eternal " Now seemed ...
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... blessing her for the benign influence she had over me , I felt that to approach nearer to her perfection was an object worthy of any exertion ; and the thought that she would be pleased with me could she see the effort I was making ...
... blessing her for the benign influence she had over me , I felt that to approach nearer to her perfection was an object worthy of any exertion ; and the thought that she would be pleased with me could she see the effort I was making ...
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Page 329 - Blest power of sunshine ! — genial Day, What balm, what life is in thy ray ! To feel thee is such real bliss, That had the world no joy but this, To sit in sunshine calm and sweet, — It were a world too exquisite For man to leave it for the gloom, The deep, cold shadow of the tomb.
Page 156 - O'er youth's bright locks, and beauty's flowery crown, — Yet must thou hear a voice — restore the dead ! Earth shall reclaim her precious things from thee ! — Restore the dead, thou sea ! BRING FLOWERS.
Page 25 - Yet, fill'd with all youth's sweet desires, Mingling the meek and vestal fires Of other worlds with all the bliss, The fond, weak tenderness of this ! A soul, too, more than half divine, Where, through some shades of earthly feeling, Religion's...
Page 356 - Slave, I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die: I think, there be six Richmonds in the field ; Five have I slain to-day, instead of him: — A horse ! a horse ! my kingdom for a horse ! [Exeunt.
Page 156 - Give back the lost and lovely ! those for whom The place was kept at board and hearth so long, The prayer went up...