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... be accommodated , and yet , that the consistency of the surprise may be preserved . I remember , when at Leipzig , hearing a young lady say : ' I wonder what Mamma will put under my tree on my birth- BIRTH - DAYS IN FRANCE AND ITALY . 5 ...
... be accommodated , and yet , that the consistency of the surprise may be preserved . I remember , when at Leipzig , hearing a young lady say : ' I wonder what Mamma will put under my tree on my birth- BIRTH - DAYS IN FRANCE AND ITALY . 5 ...
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... young Kauffmann's mother , on his birth- day , was congratulating herself that his ' last set had lasted so nicely till now ; ' when , to my amusement , I beheld under his birthday - tree , not only a pair of boots , but a set of new ...
... young Kauffmann's mother , on his birth- day , was congratulating herself that his ' last set had lasted so nicely till now ; ' when , to my amusement , I beheld under his birthday - tree , not only a pair of boots , but a set of new ...
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... young heart and grey locks , will all be with us at dinner . Your friend , too , sweet Bessie Mountain , with her simple manners and sound understanding , and lily - and - rose complexion , will be sure to come over from the farm ; and ...
... young heart and grey locks , will all be with us at dinner . Your friend , too , sweet Bessie Mountain , with her simple manners and sound understanding , and lily - and - rose complexion , will be sure to come over from the farm ; and ...
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... the magnificence of the scene . There lay the waving corn- fields in their green , spring beauty ; there were the smooth pasture - meadows , with the young lambs chasing each other 10 BIHTH - DAY REFLECTIONS . about ; near at.
... the magnificence of the scene . There lay the waving corn- fields in their green , spring beauty ; there were the smooth pasture - meadows , with the young lambs chasing each other 10 BIHTH - DAY REFLECTIONS . about ; near at.
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... young women , with perhaps the rare vision of bliss in the shape of a slice of cake to each . And lastly , the lady of the house , by a glass of wine or some fruit , from her own abundant dessert , to her servants . In short , there is ...
... young women , with perhaps the rare vision of bliss in the shape of a slice of cake to each . And lastly , the lady of the house , by a glass of wine or some fruit , from her own abundant dessert , to her servants . In short , there is ...
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Página 92 - Round-hoof d, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide, High crest, short ears, straight legs and passing strong, Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock, tender hide : Look, what a horse should have he did not lack, Save a proud rider on so proud a back.
Página 19 - Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow, It shall be still in strictest measure even To that same lot, however mean or high, Toward which Time leads me, and the will of Heaven ; All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great Task-Master's eye.
Página 42 - Creatures that by a rule in nature teach The act of order * to a peopled kingdom : They have a king, and officers of sorts ; Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds ; Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the...
Página 18 - How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth year ! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th.
Página 43 - Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their ( emperor; Who, busied in his majesty, surveys The singing masons building roofs of gold, The civil citizens kneading up the honey, The poor mechanic porters crowding in Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate, The sad-eyed justice, with his surly...
Página 94 - Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And witch the world with noble horsemanship.
Página 292 - Now move to war her sable Matadores, In show like leaders of the swarthy Moors. Spadillio first, unconquerable Lord ! Led off two captive trumps, and swept the board.
Página 293 - Thus when dispers'da routed army runs, Of Asia's troops, and Afric's sable sons, With like confusion different nations fly, Of various habit, and of various dye, The pierc'd battalions disunited fall, In heaps on heaps; one fate o'erwhelms them all.
Página 193 - Joying to hear the birds' sweet harmony, Which therein shrouded from the tempest dread, Seem'd in their song to scorn the cruel sky. Much can they praise the trees so straight and high, The sailing Pine, the Cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop Elm, the Poplar never dry, The builder Oak, sole king of forests all, The Aspen good for staves, the Cypress funeral...
Página 85 - What delight To back the flying steed, that challenges The wind for speed ! — seems native more of air Than earth ! — whose burden only lends him fire ! — Whose soul, in his task, turns labour into sport ! Who makes your pastime his ! I sit him now ! He takes away my breath ! — He makes me reel ! I touch not earth — I see not — hear not — All Is ecstasy of motion ! Wild.