Ravenscliffe, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz jun., 1851 |
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... seemed killing him . And then he began to walk up and down , up and down the room , like a wild beast in his den . His fists were clenched , his arms crossed tightly over his breast , his head bent down , his face towards the earth . Oh ...
... seemed killing him . And then he began to walk up and down , up and down the room , like a wild beast in his den . His fists were clenched , his arms crossed tightly over his breast , his head bent down , his face towards the earth . Oh ...
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... seemed impossible for him to re- Icede with honour . The perception of the fix he was in was hailed with unmeasured delight . They had him in a trap the grim monster of whom all these wild lads had felt more or less a little in awe and ...
... seemed impossible for him to re- Icede with honour . The perception of the fix he was in was hailed with unmeasured delight . They had him in a trap the grim monster of whom all these wild lads had felt more or less a little in awe and ...
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... seemed to creep more sluggishly along , as the mist , which had risen from its waters , hung heavy over the trees and towers of the colleges , and college walks and gardens . The sun was not to rise for two hours , but there was a kind ...
... seemed to creep more sluggishly along , as the mist , which had risen from its waters , hung heavy over the trees and towers of the colleges , and college walks and gardens . The sun was not to rise for two hours , but there was a kind ...
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... seemed to breathe amidst its multi- tudinous wilderness of leaves . Sublime relict of ages gone by ! In the very centre of this huge tree was situated the raven's nest . A pair of ravens , and one pair - only , had built there time out ...
... seemed to breathe amidst its multi- tudinous wilderness of leaves . Sublime relict of ages gone by ! In the very centre of this huge tree was situated the raven's nest . A pair of ravens , and one pair - only , had built there time out ...
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... seemed in- dissolubly associated in every imagination . Nay , the character of the ravens , and of the raven's oak , seemed in some mysterious way attached to the family . The Langfords were all of lofty stature , dark , with raven hair ...
... seemed in- dissolubly associated in every imagination . Nay , the character of the ravens , and of the raven's oak , seemed in some mysterious way attached to the family . The Langfords were all of lofty stature , dark , with raven hair ...
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Page 1 - Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, These three alone lead life to sovereign power. Yet not for power (power of herself Would come uncalled for) but to live by law, Acting the law we live by without fear; And, because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence.
Page 24 - Dreary gleams alxmt the moorland flying over Locksley Hall ; Locksley Hall, that in the distance overlooks the sandy tracts, And the hollow ocean-ridges roaring into cataracts. Many a night from yonder ivied casement, ere I went to rest, Did I look on great Orion sloping slowly to the West. Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising thro...
Page 169 - ... fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a...
Page 158 - OPE, FOLDED ROSE! OPE, folded rose! Longs for thy beauty the expectant air; Longs every silken breeze that round thee blows; The watching summer longs to vaunt thee fair; Ope, folded rose!
Page 263 - I take it the carriages will be at the door, and down the lovely bride will come." " But you do not or will not understand me, Everard. Every one seems in a league, I think, wilfully to misunderstand me this morning. I want — I wish — I must — and I will — speak to Eleanor for a few minutes alone, — before she comes down to enter your father's carriage." He spoke earnestly, angrily, passionately. Everard cast a hasty, alarmed, scrutinizing, glance at him. The glance did not escape Randal....
Page 262 - ... whistled around the house or among the trees. The hall clock told the quarter past nine, and then Sir John Wharncliffe accompanied by the other young men, sallied forth from a small breakfast-room where they had been taking chocolate over a blazing fire, and began to look for their hats, great-coats, and gloves, for the carriages were by this time prepared to come round ; there they found Randal. " ' Heyday !' cried Sir John, ' you here, my good fellow. It is dreadfully cold ; there is chocolate...
Page 69 - Gilfillan again smiled scornfully as he made this indirect answer, — " Even thus are the children of this world wiser in their generation than the children of light...
Page 267 - And his servant came up with his hat and gloves, which he took mechanically, and followed passively into the carriage, whilst the winds lifted their loud voices, and whistled, and roared, as if in wild and gloomy mockery ; the huge trees bent and bowed their huge branches to the earth, as if in a bitter irony of congratulation ; the vanes upon the roofs shrieked and cried, and all nature seemed rushing together in wildest uproar, like that which was raging in his own breast. Miss Montague took her...
Page 124 - I do not love him as a woman ought to love the man she marries. Do not, mother! If this marriage were to take place — which, please God, it never, never shall — it would be a miserable one.
Page 262 - ... windows of the hall, and watch the sleet and rain driving against the small panes, or listen to the swell of the winds, which, at intervals, shook the casements as if they would burst them through, and groaned and whistled around the house or among the trees. It was, indeed, a dreadful morning. • The...