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... lords of Capelmonte and Amaldi , neighbouring barons who lived on good terms with the loose population of the district , and in mortal enmity with one another , were to grace the festivities with their presence . The scene would have ...
... lords of Capelmonte and Amaldi , neighbouring barons who lived on good terms with the loose population of the district , and in mortal enmity with one another , were to grace the festivities with their presence . The scene would have ...
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... Lords of the Castle ever relied . Their rents , if that be the proper term , were on the whole well paid , his steward not being particular as to how this was managed . The Capelmontes were , in truth , an ancient and proud house . They ...
... Lords of the Castle ever relied . Their rents , if that be the proper term , were on the whole well paid , his steward not being particular as to how this was managed . The Capelmontes were , in truth , an ancient and proud house . They ...
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... Lord Grahame Falconer had the advantage of years and of a life against the honourable propriety of which no whisper was ever heard . A Nestor of the clubs and a man of the highest family and fashion , his life had been a sort of model ...
... Lord Grahame Falconer had the advantage of years and of a life against the honourable propriety of which no whisper was ever heard . A Nestor of the clubs and a man of the highest family and fashion , his life had been a sort of model ...
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... distingué , were simple and easy . Darcy was the youngest of the party ; Lord Grahame Falconer the eldest . Every feature about the veteran was characteristic . Tall , with a slight stoop , the venerable age Algernon Darcy . 15.
... distingué , were simple and easy . Darcy was the youngest of the party ; Lord Grahame Falconer the eldest . Every feature about the veteran was characteristic . Tall , with a slight stoop , the venerable age Algernon Darcy . 15.
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... Lord Grahame at last broke the silence . " This is the sort of thing , " said he , " for poor fellows like me . We have no expense , no responsibility , and we dine at £ 20,000 a year . A useful and benevolent dispensation for a man ...
... Lord Grahame at last broke the silence . " This is the sort of thing , " said he , " for poor fellows like me . We have no expense , no responsibility , and we dine at £ 20,000 a year . A useful and benevolent dispensation for a man ...
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Página 440 - To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie. "An inner impulse rent the veil Of his old husk : from head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. "He dried his wings: like gauze they grew: Thro' crofts and pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew.
Página 84 - The year's at the spring And day's at the morn; Morning's at seven; The hill-side's dew-pearled; The lark's on the wing; The snail's on the thorn: God's in his heaven — All's right with the world!
Página 318 - Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Página 150 - No body can be healthful without exercise, neither natural body nor politic ; and, certainly, to a kingdom, or estate, a just and honourable war is the true exercise. A civil war, indeed, is like the heat of a fever : but a foreign war is like the heat of exercise, and serveth to keep the body in health ; for in a slothful peace, both courages will effeminate and manners corrupt...
Página 368 - Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Página 461 - I know nothing that could, in this view, be said better, than " do unto others as ye would that others should do unto you...
Página 318 - But little-minded people's thoughts move in such small circles that five minutes' conversation gives you an arc long enough to determine their whole curve. An arc in the movement of a large intellect does not sensibly differ from a straight line. Even if it have the third vowel as its centre, it does not soon betray it.
Página 429 - When you censure the age, Be cautious and sage, Lest the courtiers offended, should be ; If you mention vice or bribe, 'Tis so pat to all the tribe, Each cries — That was levelld at me.
Página 86 - There's a bliss beyond all that the minstrel has told, When two, that are link'd in one heavenly tie, With heart never changing, and brow never cold, Love on through all ills, and love on till they die!
Página 430 - When Bibo thought fit from this world to retreat, As full of Champagne as an egg's full of meat, He waked in the boat, and to Charon he said, That he would be row'd back, for he was not yet dead.