Sayings and Doings: New [i.e. Third] Series ..., Volumen2H. Colburn, 1834 |
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Sayings and Doings: Or, Sketches from Life. Second Series, Volumen1 Theodore Edward Hook Sin vista previa disponible - 2013 |
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Página 30 - Tis not to make me jealous, To say my wife is fair, feeds well, loves company, Is free of speech, sings, plays, and dances well ; Where virtue is, these are more virtuous : Nor from mine own weak merits will I draw The smallest fear or doubt of her revolt ; For she had eyes, and chose me.
Página 53 - Cal. Force, and the wills of our imperious rulers, May bind two bodies in one wretched chain ; But minds will still look back to their own choice. So the poor captive in a foreign realm, Stands on the shore, and sends his wishes back To the dear native land from whence he came.
Página 143 - The Tartar is my bane, I cannot bear him : One heaven and earth can never hold us both ; Still shall we hate, and with defiance deadly Keep rage alive, till one be lost for ever ; As if two suns should meet in the meridian, And strive, in fiery combat, for the passage.
Página 138 - what sheets of writing — is it a sermon, or a lecture, or a history, or are you following the fashion and turning novelist?" " Neither one nor the other," said William — his eyes full of tears. " Well, my dear boy," said she, with one of her sweetest smiles, " I'll not interrupt you — God bless you, William." She kissed him fondly and fervently — and with a countenance beaming with innocence, left the room with a light step, and passed through the lobby to her bed-chamber. " The world is...
Página 255 - Those joyous hours are past away ; And many a heart, that then was gay, Within the tomb now darkly dwells, And hears no more those evening bells. And so 'twill be when I am gone ; That tuneful peal will still ring on, While other bards shall walk these dells, And sing your praise, sweet evening bells ! SHOULD THOSE FOND HOPES.
Página 138 - Flora declares she will not bid you good night, because you have been so cross, and shut yourself up, and would not come down to ecarte. Mercy on us !' cried she, ' what sheets of writing — is it a sermon, or a lecture, or a history, or are you following the fashion and turning novelist ?' " ' Neither one nor the other,' said William — his eyes full of tears.
Página 140 - ... two, and the grey tint of morning was spread over the face of nature— still William was engaged in his task, nor was it near its conclusion, when a hasty footstep in the lobby caught his ear — again his door was assailed. " ' Who's there ?' said he — starting up— thinking at this untimely hour it might be some hostile visitor. " Again the door opened, and again Davis stood before him. " ' Are you up, boy ?' said she — looking more horribly, and more wildly than before — ' is your...
Página 1 - Tis by degrees the sly enchanter works Assuming friendship's name, and fits the soul For soft impressions, ere the faltering tongue, And guilty-blushing cheek, with many a glance Shot inadvertent, tells the secret flame.
Página 220 - That's by no means genteel, Mr. F.," said the heroine. " It is a sort of hint," said Mrs. Mac Brisket, hastily finishing a huge bumper which she had just begun to sip deliberately, in order that nothing might be wasted. " If you are for a stroll," said Skinner unwittingly to the strollers, " you'll find a pleasant walk in the rookery : that is, if you don't dislike the noise.
Página 221 - JB., let us beat our retreat" — and then, turning to our hero, she added, with one of her very best Lydian languishes, " you'll not be very long after us, Mr. S." Poor Gervase ! that was the finishing blow to the conquest— he could not speak ; he looked again ; and although it must be admitted that his countenance was not the most expressive in the world, he suited the action to the look, and pressing the hand which he so gallantly held, felt a reciprocal squeeze, which confirmed him in the opinion,...