Waverley Novels, Volumen16

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A. & C. Black, 1853
 

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Página 35 - Look here, upon this picture, and on this, The counterfeit presentment of two brothers. See what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury...
Página 501 - THE wretch, condemn'd with life to part, Still, still on hope relies ; And every pang that rends the heart, Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way ; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray.
Página 8 - Il regrette tout ce qu'il donne , et craint toujours de perdre ; il se tourmente pour gagner. On ne le voit presque jamais ; il est seul , triste , abattu au fond de son palais : ses amis mêmes n'osent J'aborder , de peur de lui- devenir suspects.
Página 79 - The village maid steals through the shade, Her shepherd's suit to hear ; To beauty shy, by lattice high, Sings high-born 'Cavalier. The star of Love, all stars above, Now reigns o'er earth and sky ; And high and low the influence know — But where is County Guy?
Página 79 - The lark, his lay who thrill' d all day, Sits hush'd his partner nigh ; Breeze, bird', and flower, confess the hour, But where is County Guy? The village maid steals through the shade, Her shepherd's suit to hear ; To beauty shy, by lattice high. Sings high-born Cavalier. The star of Love, all stars above, Now reigns o'er...
Página 207 - I read with as certain augury as by any combination of the heavenly bodies the most awful and portentous changes. When I reflect with what slow and limited supplies the stream of science hath hitherto descended to us, how difficult to be obtained by those most ardent in its search, how certain to be neglected by all who regard their ease, how liable to be diverted, or altogether dried up, by the invasions of barbarism — can I look forward without wonder and astonishment to the lot of a succeeding...
Página 236 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.

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