Who is he? By the marquis of ****.

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1879
 

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Сторінка 15 - Most potent, grave, and reverend signiors, My very noble and approved good masters, — That I have ta'en away this old man's daughter, It is most true ; true, I have married her ; The very head and front of my offending Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech, And little bless'd with the soft phrase of peace ; For since these arms of mine had seven years...
Сторінка 1 - Yes, Love indeed is light from heaven ; A spark of that immortal fire With angels shared, by Alia given, To lift from earth our low desire. Devotion wafts the mind above, But Heaven itself descends in love ; A feeling from the Godhead caught, To wean from self each sordid thought ; A Ray of Him who form'd the whole ; A Glory circling round the soul...
Сторінка 105 - Earth is sick, And Heaven is weary, of the hollow words Which states and kingdoms utter when they talk Of truth and justice.
Сторінка 264 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly; if the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success : that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come.
Сторінка 29 - To turn the balances of Heaven Surpasses mortal power; For every white there is a black, For every sweet a sour. For every up there is a down, For every folly, shame; And retribution follows guilt, As burning follows flame. If wrong you do, if false you play, In summer among the flowers, You must atone, you shall repay, In winter among the showers.
Сторінка 222 - You ought to know me well enough by this time to know that I wouldn't hurt him. " He looked at his mother reproachfully, and she hastened to apologize. "But what could I think?
Сторінка 85 - Byron's story of his own life would still bo in existence, in his own handwriting. It is not too much to say that John Cam Hobhouse was himself the destroyer of the " Memoirs." It is therefore in the highest degree improbable that he took care to transmit to posterity a copy of the writings which he...
Сторінка 161 - ... the chamber where his unhappy friend lay stretched upon the bed of pain and sickness. The boy Ignati sat beside him, tending him with care and affection ; and at the foot of the bed, with his arms crossed upon his chest, stood his faithful servant Gondrin, with tears in his eyes. The Duke seated himself by the young Count, and remained with him for nearly an hour ; and knowing well what effect the mind has upon the body...
Сторінка 18 - Astrid went up to him, threw her arms round his neck, and kissed him on the forehead.
Сторінка 73 - Marchmont's," murmured she ; but, a moment after, she reproached herself for her joy. What! could she wish him to give up an amusement ? Perhaps he had seen her dislike, and had yielded to it: she could not bear to think that he had made the least sacrifice for her. She rose from her seat, and began to pace the room with hurried and agitated steps ; suddenly she stopped, and earnestly contemplated a picture of her husband, that hung opposite.

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