Jack Urquhart's daughter. By Pamela Sneyd, Том 2

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Страница 316 - WHEN vain desire at last and vain regret Go hand in hand to death, and all is vain, What shall assuage the unforgotten pain And teach the unforgetful to forget ? Shall Peace be still a sunk stream long unmet, — Or may the soul at once in a green plain Stoop through the spray of some sweet life-fountain And cull the dew-drenched flowering amulet ? Ah ! when the wan soul in that golden air Between the scriptured petals softly blown...
Страница 212 - It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound; which inspired courage, while it mitigated ferocity ; which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which, vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness ! " This mixed system of opinion and sentiment had its origin in the ancient chivalry.
Страница 190 - At first she only stared, like one struck by sudden wonder; then, as surprise gave way to fear, she covered her face with her hands, as if to shut out the...
Страница 317 - For my heart was hot and restless, And my life was full of care, And the burden laid upon me Seemed greater than I could bear.
Страница 31 - If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, what good shall my life do me?
Страница 222 - We never go to meet, of set purpose, the important things of this life. We turn suddenly round a corner, and come upon them all at once.
Страница 51 - Frequent and unite yourselves with your betters, and pay the expenses; tell me with whom thou goest; and I will tell thee what thou doest...
Страница 107 - There are seasons when to be still demands immeasurably higher strength than to act. Composure is often the highest result of power. Think you it demands no power to calm the stormy elements of passion, to moderate the vehemence of desire, to throw off the load of dejection, to suppress every repining thought, when the dearest hopes are withered, and to turn the wounded spirit from...
Страница 37 - Marchmont, speaking to his wife in a very different tone to the one in which he had been addressing the footman about the luggage. ' I told him we were coming back at once,

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