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... close as the straits of Gibraltar . " What would become of the dominion and of her loyal feelings towards the mother country , adds Mr. Waddington , to this opinion of the American hydrographer , if , after being elevated by England ...
... close as the straits of Gibraltar . " What would become of the dominion and of her loyal feelings towards the mother country , adds Mr. Waddington , to this opinion of the American hydrographer , if , after being elevated by England ...
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... close to the gloomy cave— Her flowing tresses in the breezes wave . It is her will to enter - she commands Her nymphs torches to bring ; but see ! she stands- She starts - what in the grotto meets her gaze , Causing her cheeks to flush ...
... close to the gloomy cave— Her flowing tresses in the breezes wave . It is her will to enter - she commands Her nymphs torches to bring ; but see ! she stands- She starts - what in the grotto meets her gaze , Causing her cheeks to flush ...
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... close Her sprightly , laughing eyes in calm repose . By yon rude stone where lengthening shadows fall , The honest peasant rests to plough no more ; In that white tomb , once courted , loved by all , The squire's career is o'er ...
... close Her sprightly , laughing eyes in calm repose . By yon rude stone where lengthening shadows fall , The honest peasant rests to plough no more ; In that white tomb , once courted , loved by all , The squire's career is o'er ...
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... close their lids , for sleep had left their pillows . They were deaf , and heard a hundred hammers in their ears ; the roaring in their heads might be heard for miles off . They had no taste , so they could not touch a thing , and they ...
... close their lids , for sleep had left their pillows . They were deaf , and heard a hundred hammers in their ears ; the roaring in their heads might be heard for miles off . They had no taste , so they could not touch a thing , and they ...
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... close my eyes . " " Pray tell me about it ! " " I was detained ; yes , by ! ” Mrs. Prentis feared that James was crazy , and that he meant to swear . " I was detained by " James struck his forehead , then added , " The name has escaped ...
... close my eyes . " " Pray tell me about it ! " " I was detained ; yes , by ! ” Mrs. Prentis feared that James was crazy , and that he meant to swear . " I was detained by " James struck his forehead , then added , " The name has escaped ...
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Página 91 - There is a stern round tower of other days, Firm as a fortress, with its fence of stone, Such as an army's baffled strength delays, Standing with half its battlements alone, And with two thousand years of ivy grown, The garland of eternity, where wave The green leaves over all by time o'erthrown ; — 4 What was this tower of strength? within its cave What treasure lay so lock'd, so hid? — A woman's grave.
Página 537 - England ; and that the continuance and preservation of the said united church, as the established church of England and Ireland, shall be deemed and taken to be an essential and fundamental part of the Union...
Página 283 - But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.
Página 280 - To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began.
Página 682 - I hurried to the summit. The glory of our prize burst suddenly upon me ! There, like a sea of quicksilver, lay far beneath the grand expanse of water — a boundless sea horizon on the south and south-west, glittering in the noonday sun ; and on the west, at fifty or sixty miles...
Página 572 - Is thy face like thy mother's, my fair child ! ADA ! sole daughter of my house and heart ? When last I saw thy young blue eyes they smiled, And then we parted, — not as now we part, But with a hope. — Awaking with a start, The waters heave around me ; and on high The winds lift up their voices : I depart, Whither I know not ; but the hour's gone by, When Albion's lessening shores could grieve or glad mine eye.
Página 283 - ... with his sweet-flowing ditty no more. My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in Its stead. 'Tis a sight to engage me, if any thing can, To muse on the perishing pleasures of man ; Though his life be a dream, his enjoyments, I see, Have a being less durable even than he.
Página 682 - I was about 1,500 feet above the lake, and I looked down from the steep granite cliff upon those welcome waters — upon that vast reservoir which nourished Egypt and brought fertility where all was wilderness — upon that great source so long hidden from mankind; that source of bounty and of blessings to millions of human beings ; and as one of the greatest objects in nature, I determined to honor it with a great name.
Página 209 - Art of Happiness ;" An art on which the artists greatly vary, And have not yet attain'd to much success. However...
Página 207 - For not to desire or admire, if a man could learn it, were more Than to walk all day like the sultan of old in a garden of spice.