The Works of Mary Russell Mitford: Prose and Verse ...James Crissy, 1841 - 666 strani |
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... sweet even in its monosyllables ; a dress remarkable for neat- ness and propriety , and borrowing from her delicate beauty an air of superiority not its own ; -such was the outward woman of Han- nah . Her mind was very like her person ...
... sweet even in its monosyllables ; a dress remarkable for neat- ness and propriety , and borrowing from her delicate beauty an air of superiority not its own ; -such was the outward woman of Han- nah . Her mind was very like her person ...
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... so sparkling or so glowing ; never saw such devotion to a bride , or such fondness for a step - mother , as Sir W. S. and his lovely chil- dren show to the sweet Cousin Mary . 1 scandal of a large county forty years ago , 30 OUR VILLAGE .
... so sparkling or so glowing ; never saw such devotion to a bride , or such fondness for a step - mother , as Sir W. S. and his lovely chil- dren show to the sweet Cousin Mary . 1 scandal of a large county forty years ago , 30 OUR VILLAGE .
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... sweet even at this season . We have the good fortune to live in an unen- closed parish , and may thank the wise obsti- nacy of two or three sturdy farmers , and the lucky unpopularity of a ranting madcap lord of the manor , for ...
... sweet even at this season . We have the good fortune to live in an unen- closed parish , and may thank the wise obsti- nacy of two or three sturdy farmers , and the lucky unpopularity of a ranting madcap lord of the manor , for ...
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... sweet wines are sure to turn sour . These are certainly her favourite topics ; but any one will do . Allude to some anecdote of the neighbourhood , and she forthwith treats you with as many parallel passages as are to be found in an air ...
... sweet wines are sure to turn sour . These are certainly her favourite topics ; but any one will do . Allude to some anecdote of the neighbourhood , and she forthwith treats you with as many parallel passages as are to be found in an air ...
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... sweet complacency ! We walked about desolate and forlorn , with the painful sense of want and insufficiency , and of that vacancy in our home , and at our board , which the departure of a cherished guest is sure to occasion . To lament ...
... sweet complacency ! We walked about desolate and forlorn , with the painful sense of want and insufficiency , and of that vacancy in our home , and at our board , which the departure of a cherished guest is sure to occasion . To lament ...
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Stran 40 - When shepherds pipe on oaten straws And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks, The cuckoo then, on every tree...
Stran 255 - Be still the unimaginable lodge For solitary thinkings; such as dodge Conception to the very bourne of heaven, Then leave the naked brain: be still the leaven, That spreading in this dull and clodded earth Gives it a touch ethereal — a new birth: Be still a symbol of immensity; A firmament reflected in a sea; An element filling the space between; An unknown — but no more : we humbly screen With uplift hands our foreheads, lowly bending, And giving out a shout most heaven-rending, Conjure thee...
Stran 90 - Or through our hamlets thou wilt bear The sightless Milton, with his hair Around his placid temples curled ; And Shakspeare at his side — a freight, If clay could think and mind were weight, For him who bore the world...
Stran 153 - Call for the robin redbreast, and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men. Call unto his funeral dole The ant, the fieldmouse, and the mole, To rear him hillocks that shall keep him warm. And (when gay tombs are robbed) sustain no harm ; But keep the wolf far thence, that's foe to men.
Stran 45 - But they were beaten sulky, and would not move — to my great disappointment ; I wanted to prolong the pleasure of success. What a glorious sensation it is to be for five hours together winning — winning — winning ! always feeling what a whist-player feels when he takes up four honours, seven trumps ! Who would think that a little bit of leather, and two pieces of wood, had such a delightful and delighting power ? The...
Stran 82 - A better preest I trowe that nowher non is. He waited after no pompe ne reverence, Ne maked him no spiced conscience, But Cristes lore, and his apostles twelve, He taught, but first he folwed it himselve.
Stran 40 - Some time thus spent, the young man grew at last Into a pretty anger ; that a bird, Whom art had never taught cliffs, moods, or notes, Should vie with him for mastery, whose study Had busied many hours to perfect practice : To end the controversy, in a rapture Upon his instrument he plays so swiftly, So many voluntaries, and so quick, That there was curiosity and cunning, Concord in discord, lines of differing...
Stran 40 - To glorify their Tempe, bred in me Desire of visiting that paradise. To Thessaly I came ; and living private, Without acquaintance of more sweet companions Than the old inmates to my love, my thoughts, I day by day frequented silent groves And solitary walks.
Stran 29 - ... about children, to jump over stiles, to scramble through hedges, to climb trees; and some of her knowledge of plants and birds may certainly have arisen from her delight in these boyish amusements. And which of us has not found that the strongest, the healthiest, and most flourishing acquirement has arisen from pleasure or accident, has been in a manner selfsown, like an oak of the forest? — Oh, she was a sad romp; as skittish as a wild colt, as uncertain as a butterfly, as uncatchable as a...
Stran 254 - Or upward ragged precipices flit To save poor lambkins from the eagle's maw; Or by mysterious enticement draw...