The Desultory Man, Том 1Harper & Brothers, 1836 |
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Сторінка 54 - Wit humane though keen, Turning the Night to Day and Day to Night ; For him the merry Bells had rung, I ween, If in this Nook of Quiet Bells had ever been.
Сторінка 116 - OF old, when Scarron his companions invited, Each guest brought his dish, and the feast was united. If our landlord supplies us with, beef and with fish, Let each guest bring himself, and he brings the best dish : Our Dean...
Сторінка 238 - Wi' cauk and keel' I'll win your bread, And spindles and whorles for them wha need, Whilk is a gentle trade indeed, To carry the gaberlunzie on. I'll bow my leg, and crook my knee. And draw a black clout o'er my ee ; A cripple or blind they will ca' me, While we shall be merry and sing.
Сторінка 30 - Francois would find her still a spinster, and very much at his service. " Mais si je perdois une jambe V said Francois Lormier. — " Qu'estce que c'a fait? "replied Mariette. They parted, — and first to follow the lady. Mariette wept a great deal, but soon after got calm again, went about her ordinary work, sang her song, danced at the village fete, talked with the talkers, laughed with the laughers, and won the hearts of all the youths in the place, by her unadorned beauty and her native grace....
Сторінка 29 - May walk with Mariette Duval, ere the relentless conscription called him from his happy home, his sweet valleys, and his early love. It was a sad walk, as may well be imagined ; for though the morning was bright, and nature, to her shame be it spoken, had put on her gayest smiles as if to mock their sorrow, yet the sunshine of the scene could not find its way to their hearts, and all seemed darkened and clouded around them. They talked a great deal, and they talked a long time ; but far be it from...
Сторінка 84 - House, were all awake and up, and, with anxious eyes, gazing from the small long windows upon the blank darkness that hung over the world. A single candle stood upon a plain oaken table in the midst of the room, by the light of which might be seen, at one of the windows, a small, finely-formed female figure, which still preserved all the lines of exquisite beauty, though a certain degree of stiffness, corresponding well with some deep wrinkles on the cheek, and...
Сторінка 89 - V exclaimed the other, turning sharp upon him. " This must not be, George," replied the other cavalier. " Must not be !" thundered Sir George Herrick ; " but it shall be ! Who shall stay me ?" " Your own better reason and honour, I trust,
Сторінка 86 - ... made no answer ; and, in a moment after, fresh coming sounds called her again to the window. It was a single horseman who now approached ; and though he rode at full speed, with his head somewhat bent over the saddle, yet he continued his course steadily, and neither turned his look to the right or left. As he approached the house his horse started suddenly from some object left by the road-side, plunged, and fell ; and the rider, cast with frightful violence from his seat, was thrown on his...
Сторінка 91 - ... prisoner, journeying towards the Tower of London. His trial was delayed some time ; but when it took place it was soon decided. No evidence was wanting to his full conviction of loyalty to his king; and the block and axe was the doom pronounced upon him. A brief three days lay between him and death; and Margaret, who was permitted to see him, clung in agony to her husband's bosom. Lady Herrick, to whom he had been more than a son, gazed for some time with equal agony upon his fine but faded countenance,...
Сторінка 88 - Fear not, fear not !" answered the lady ; " none should dare, by my hearth's side, to lay hands on one that common mercy bade me take in and shelter — fear not, I say. That is right, Margaret," she added, seeing her daughter pour some wine into a glass for the use of the stranger ; " take that ; it will revive you, and give you strength to speed on.