Bower of Taste, Volume 1Katherine Augusta Ware 1828 |
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... head ; my head is a burning ball ; ha , ha ! you should come to me when the moon is ripe . Then you shall see THE BOWER OF TASTE . 21.
... head ; my head is a burning ball ; ha , ha ! you should come to me when the moon is ripe . Then you shall see THE BOWER OF TASTE . 21.
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... head , ' said the stranger , when the master , ) - these you know com- faintness which here seized Ru - pose our first circle ; -not that my dolph had put an end to his tale . ' Methinks the error is here rather than in the moon ...
... head , ' said the stranger , when the master , ) - these you know com- faintness which here seized Ru - pose our first circle ; -not that my dolph had put an end to his tale . ' Methinks the error is here rather than in the moon ...
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... head when he thought of the jewel . The construction of English verse has met with a great change since the reign of Henry the first . The following eulo- gy by the Laureate Bard of his court , is an amusing specimen of the taste of the ...
... head when he thought of the jewel . The construction of English verse has met with a great change since the reign of Henry the first . The following eulo- gy by the Laureate Bard of his court , is an amusing specimen of the taste of the ...
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... head . After this begins a Te Deum , during which the procession is re- sumed . The queen with her crown upon her head , and attended in the same manner as she was when going to receive it , returns the way she came ; her triumph still ...
... head . After this begins a Te Deum , during which the procession is re- sumed . The queen with her crown upon her head , and attended in the same manner as she was when going to receive it , returns the way she came ; her triumph still ...
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... head of fashion . There , also , was the man of marble memory --- and all these were to be congregated , and placed down at one extensive board - and at the chiming of the tea bell , so they were . Oh ! it was a withering sight to the ...
... head of fashion . There , also , was the man of marble memory --- and all these were to be congregated , and placed down at one extensive board - and at the chiming of the tea bell , so they were . Oh ! it was a withering sight to the ...
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Adelaide ancholy appearance beauty bloom bosom of oblivion's BOWER OF TASTE Bowery Theatre breath bright brow Burgomaster charm cheek child clouds Copp's Hill cull the meadow Dæmon daugh daughter dear death deep delight door dream dress earth exclaimed face fair father fear feelings female friends gaze genius gentleman girl grace grave hair hand happy heard heart heaven honor hope hour lady laudanum light live look Lord Byron lyre marriage matron taste ment mind Miss moon morning mother native nature ness never night o'er oblivion's wave OMNIUM GATHERUM passed pleasure poetry replied ROMONT Rosline round Salency SAMUEL G scene seemed sigh smile soon sorrow soul spect spirit Stendhal sweet tain tears thee thing thou thought tion Tremont Theatre voice wish woman young
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Page 206 - mang the dewy weet ! Wi' spreckl'd breast, When upward-springing, blythe, to greet The purpling east. Cauld blew the bitter-biting north Upon thy early, humble birth ; Yet cheerfully thou glinted forth Amid the storm, Scarce rear'd above the parent-earth Thy tender form. The flaunting flow'rs our gardens yield, High shelt'ring woods and wa's maun shield, But thou, beneath the random bield O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane.
Page 456 - ... dissipate his thoughts in the whirl of varied occupation, or may plunge into the tide of pleasure ; or, if the scene of disappointment be too full of painful associations, he can shift his abode at will, and taking as it were the wings of the morning, can " fly to the uttermost parts of the earth, and be at rest," But woman's is comparatively a fixed, a secluded, and meditative life.
Page 444 - We depart, We vanish from the sky ; Ask what is deathless in thy heart, For that which cannot die." Speak then, thou voice of God within, Thou of the deep, low tone ! Answer me, through life's restless din, Where is the spirit flown ? And the voice answer'd — "Be thou still!
Page 7 - Neither Childe Harold, nor any of the most beautiful of Byron's earlier tales, contain more exquisite morsels of poetry than are to be found scattered through the cantos of Don Juan...
Page 70 - As the vine, which has long twined its graceful foliage about the oak, and been lifted by it into sunshine, will, when the hardy plant is rifted by...
Page 60 - Providence that woman, who is the mere dependent and ornament of man in his happier hours, should be his stay and solace when smitten with sudden calamity; winding herself into the rugged recesses of his nature, tenderly supporting the drooping head and binding up the broken heart. I was once congratulating a friend who had around him a blooming family knit together in the strongest affection. "I can wish you no better lot," said he, with enthusiasm, " than to have a wife and children.
Page 620 - THE SUNBEAM. THOU art no lingerer in monarch's hall — A joy thou art, and a wealth to all! A bearer of hope unto land and sea...
Page 456 - To a man the disappointment of love may occasion some bitter pangs: it wounds some feelings of tenderness, it blasts some prospects of felicity; but he is an active -being; he...
Page 7 - As various in composition as Shakspeare himself (this will be admitted by all who are acquainted with his Don Juan), he has embraced every topic of human life, and sounded every string on the divine harp, from its slightest to its most powerful and heart-astounding tones.
Page 752 - Candles were placed in all parts of the room, and a great fire made. At midnight, the candles all yet burning, a noise like the burst of a cannon was heard in the room, and the burning billets were tossed all over the room and about the beds ; and had not their honours called in Giles and his fellows, the house had assuredly been burnt.