Quentin DurwardMarcus Ward & Company, 1878 - 432 páginas |
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Página 398 - 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 267 - God's free air around you, and one by your side who will hazard life to conduct you to England, to Germany, even to Scotland, in all of which you shall find generous protectors...
Página 11 - The fairy pictures are full of life and drollery. . . . The narratives are miracles of wonder and invention." — Daily Albion. The Little Flower-Seekers; or, the Adventures of Trot and Daisy in a Wonderful Garden by Moonlight. BY ROSA MULHOLLAND, Author of "Puck and Blossom, " Eldergowan,
Página 21 - Illustrations numerous and well executed." — Daily Telegraph. "Embraces the whole story from the creation to the ascension; told as Miss Yonge knows so well how to tell it.
Página 61 - The lark, his lay who thrilled all day, Sits hushed 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 187 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Página 20 - Illuminating: a Practical Treatise on the Art. By MARCUS WARD, Illuminator to the Queen. With 26 examples of the styles prevailing at different periods, from the sixth century to the present time ; Chromographed in facsimile and in outline. Foolscap 410, cloth extra, bevelled boards, gilt edges, 5/-, or, in Morocco extra, 10/6. "A very creditable and remarkably cheap little book.
Página 5 - The Overland Mail. China, Historical and Descriptive. By CH EDEN. With an Appendix on COREA. Numerous Illustrations, Map, and Coloured Frontispiece by a Native Artist. Crown octavo, cloth extra. Price 5/— . " A concise and interesting account of China, and of the manners and customs of the inhabitants of that vast country.
Página 221 - The lofty houses ; the stately, though narrow and gloomy, streets ; the splendid display of the richest goods and most gorgeous armour in the warehouses and shops around; the walks crowded by busy citizens of every description, passing and repassing with, faces of careful importance or eager bustle ; the huge wains, which transported to and fro the subjects of...
Página 11 - Not only will interest be derived from the story, but instruction as to the manners and habits of the people in the days of good Queen Bess."— City Press.