The First Lieutenant's Story, Volume 140Routledge, 1856 - 455 pages |
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... SIDE OF NATURE . LILLY DAWSON . " Mrs. Crowe has a clearness and plain force of style , and a power in giving reality to a scene , by accumulating a number of minute details , that reminds us forcibly of Defoe . " - Aberdeen Banner ...
... SIDE OF NATURE . LILLY DAWSON . " Mrs. Crowe has a clearness and plain force of style , and a power in giving reality to a scene , by accumulating a number of minute details , that reminds us forcibly of Defoe . " - Aberdeen Banner ...
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... side , sorrow on the other , lift the soul to God ; " and as he felt how little that was now his own experience , and as the memory of that delightful hour flashed across him , his spirits completely gave way , and a deep burst of grief ...
... side , sorrow on the other , lift the soul to God ; " and as he felt how little that was now his own experience , and as the memory of that delightful hour flashed across him , his spirits completely gave way , and a deep burst of grief ...
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... sides , accompanied by the frantic gesticulation and vehement action natural to the Italian ; while no one seemed to do anything , or to know indeed what to do . No ladder was at hand ; so I ran down to some boats which were lying on ...
... sides , accompanied by the frantic gesticulation and vehement action natural to the Italian ; while no one seemed to do anything , or to know indeed what to do . No ladder was at hand ; so I ran down to some boats which were lying on ...
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... side of the vessel lay in deep shade , and the calm waters of the bay received and returned faithfully the perfect shadow of her beautiful proportions , as they were cast on them by the bright flames from the shore . Very different was ...
... side of the vessel lay in deep shade , and the calm waters of the bay received and returned faithfully the perfect shadow of her beautiful proportions , as they were cast on them by the bright flames from the shore . Very different was ...
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... side . You have broken your leave , Mr. St. Clair , " he said , in a quiet , cutting tone . " I am very sorry , sir ; but just as I was going to join my boat , I saw that house on fire yonder , and I thought you could not be displeased ...
... side . You have broken your leave , Mr. St. Clair , " he said , in a quiet , cutting tone . " I am very sorry , sir ; but just as I was going to join my boat , I saw that house on fire yonder , and I thought you could not be displeased ...
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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...
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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...