The gentleman of the old school, Том 1 |
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affection agitated Andrew gazed answered Meakes beautiful believe better bosom calm Captain Strafford Castle Ball circumstances countenance cousin cried dark dear boy dear Edith dear Lady Mallory deep eagerly Edith Forrest exclaimed eyes father fear feelings felt Forrest rose gazed gentleman give hand happy head hear heard heart hope horse hour John Forrest knew Lallington look love truly Lucy Williams Mallory Park Mallory's means mind minutes Miss Forrest mistress morning nephew never night old soldier once painful passed passion paused perhaps person Philippina poor Lucy promise racter Ralph Strafford replied Lady Mallory replied Sir Andrew replied Strafford round seemed seen servant Sir Andrew Stalbrooke Sir Arthur Brotherton smile soon speak Stalbrooke Castle Straf strange sure sweet tell thing thought told tone took turned uncle voice Waters whole wish woman words young
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Страница 169 - They live no longer in the faith of reason! But still the heart doth need a language, still Doth the old instinct bring back the old names, And to yon starry world they now are gone, Spirits or gods, that used to share this earth With man as with their friend ; and to the lover Yonder they move, from yonder visible sky Shoot influence down: and even at this day 'Tis Jupiter who brings whate'er is great, And Venus who brings every thing that's fair!
Страница 169 - The intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion, The power, the beauty, and the majesty, That had their haunts in dale, or piny mountain, Or forest by slow stream, or pebbly spring, Or chasms and watery depths ; all these have vanished ; They live no longer in the faith of reason...
Страница 169 - And if this be the science of the stars, I too, with glad and zealous industry, Will learn acquaintance with this cheerful faith. It is a gentle and affectionate thought, That in immeasurable heights above us, At our first birth, the wreath of love was woven, With sparkling stars for flowers.
Страница 168 - Tis not merely The human being's Pride that peoples space With life and mystical predominance ; Since likewise for the stricken heart of Love This visible nature, and this common world, Is all too narrow: yea, a deeper import Lurks in the legend told my infant years Than lies upon that truth, we live to learn.
Страница 315 - And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me., and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad : for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again ; was lost, and is found.
Страница 24 - It is strange — perhaps the strangest of all the mind's intricacies — the sudden, the instantaneous manner, in which memory, by a single signal, casts wide the doors of one of those dark storehouses in which long-passed events have been shut up for years. That signal, be it a look, a tone, an...
Страница 24 - That signal, be it a look, a tone, an odour, a single sentence, is the cabalistic word of the Arabian tale, at the potent magic of which the door of the cave of the robber, Forgetfulness, is cast suddenly wide, and all the treasures that he had concealed displayed. Upon the memory of Ralph Strafford rushed up the visions of his youthful days ; the sports of boyhood, the transient cares, the quarrels soon forgotten, the pains which passed away like summer clouds ; the pure, sweet joys of youth, and...
Страница 64 - These sentences, to sugar or to gall, Being strong on both sides, are equivocal. But words are words; I never yet did hear That the bruised heart was pierced through the ear.
Страница 28 - ... how kindly, and nobly, and courteously you behaved to her and her mother in Germany." " I can assure you, my dear Sir," said Ralph ; but Sir Andrew again gently waved his hand with a smile, saying, " Nay, hear me out, dear nephew. I am not blaming you, but I would have you remember that, though dear Lady Mallory may be a year or two older than yourself, and though you may have been accustomed for years to treat her almost as an elder sister, yet she is still most beautiful, young, and deeply...