Bower of Taste, Volume 1Katherine Augusta Ware 1828 |
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... object , con- It was on a wet evening , in the month of September , 17- , that an elderly man , respectably dress- ed , stopped at the little inn of the village of Rubeland . On dismount - taining a variety of curious instru- ing , he ...
... object , con- It was on a wet evening , in the month of September , 17- , that an elderly man , respectably dress- ed , stopped at the little inn of the village of Rubeland . On dismount - taining a variety of curious instru- ing , he ...
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... object of our wishes , and Hope bids us look forward to another , which imagination says is more to be desired than the We are now sailing easily and first . We have lost the gratifica- calmly down the stream of time , tion of some ...
... object of our wishes , and Hope bids us look forward to another , which imagination says is more to be desired than the We are now sailing easily and first . We have lost the gratifica- calmly down the stream of time , tion of some ...
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... objects of ambition , may still be superior to the generality of mankind . We rarely meet with a man who has talents for ... object , with- out allowing any minor considera- tions to divert our attention from The following is said to be ...
... objects of ambition , may still be superior to the generality of mankind . We rarely meet with a man who has talents for ... object , with- out allowing any minor considera- tions to divert our attention from The following is said to be ...
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... object , it is , per - rounds the crown of roses , that a haps , the only one which is dedi - ring is fastened to it , and the cated to the service of virtue . If young girls of her train , wear over virtue is the most useful and esti ...
... object , it is , per - rounds the crown of roses , that a haps , the only one which is dedi - ring is fastened to it , and the cated to the service of virtue . If young girls of her train , wear over virtue is the most useful and esti ...
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... object of attention . The queen being arrived at the church , the place appointed for her is always in the midst of the peo- ple , the only situation that could do her honor ; where she is , there is no longer any distinction of rank ...
... object of attention . The queen being arrived at the church , the place appointed for her is always in the midst of the peo- ple , the only situation that could do her honor ; where she is , there is no longer any distinction of rank ...
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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.