Forty years in the world; or, Sketches and tales of a soldier's life, by the author of Fifteen years in India, Band 2 |
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... rest of the world , not contented with knowing what God has thought sufficient to reveal . No , she longed to take a peep behind the curtain of futurity ; and , when the old beldame visited her , instead of informing against the witch ...
... rest of the world , not contented with knowing what God has thought sufficient to reveal . No , she longed to take a peep behind the curtain of futurity ; and , when the old beldame visited her , instead of informing against the witch ...
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... rest . Arima's little feet were slippered in gold , vel- vet , and silver ; her black hair was pearled with gems of ocean ; her soft bosom , panting alarm , was covered with muslin , half as soft as herself , and so fine that nothing ...
... rest . Arima's little feet were slippered in gold , vel- vet , and silver ; her black hair was pearled with gems of ocean ; her soft bosom , panting alarm , was covered with muslin , half as soft as herself , and so fine that nothing ...
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... rest ; but all was a heaven of bright colours , joy , and life . Bands of music were playing , jets of water were cooling the air , a thousand green plants and bright flowers were shining in the distant lights , and perfumes were flying ...
... rest ; but all was a heaven of bright colours , joy , and life . Bands of music were playing , jets of water were cooling the air , a thousand green plants and bright flowers were shining in the distant lights , and perfumes were flying ...
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... rest on his hand : and now her sweet voice accompanies the guitar . The cup - holder is offering the liquid opium to arouse his master to the dim enjoyment of the sight . " Starting , he dash'd away the cup , Which all the time of this ...
... rest on his hand : and now her sweet voice accompanies the guitar . The cup - holder is offering the liquid opium to arouse his master to the dim enjoyment of the sight . " Starting , he dash'd away the cup , Which all the time of this ...
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... . He might have been convinced of the wisdom of Mootee Moota ; and that , by raising him to the throne in disguise , he should not only ensure the happiness of the state , but set at rest a MOOTEE MOOTA AND HATTIMA . 63.
... . He might have been convinced of the wisdom of Mootee Moota ; and that , by raising him to the throne in disguise , he should not only ensure the happiness of the state , but set at rest a MOOTEE MOOTA AND HATTIMA . 63.
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Seite 135 - Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e'en those ills, that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Seite 215 - O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace...
Seite 217 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
Seite 167 - It must not be; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established: 'Twill be recorded for a precedent; And many an error, by the same example, Will rush into the state: it cannot be.
Seite 137 - When Heaven would kindly set us free, And earth's enchantment end ; It takes the most effectual means, And robs us of a friend.
Seite 296 - Such is the powre of that sweet passion, That it all sordid basenesse doth expell, And the refyned mynd doth newly fashion Unto a fairer forme, which now doth dwell In his high thought, that would it selfe excell, Which he beholding still with constant sight, Admires the mirrour of so heavenly light.
Seite 46 - Grace was in all her steps. Heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.
Seite 127 - WE may roam through this world, like a child at a feast. Who but sips of a sweet, and then flies to the rest ; And, when pleasure begins to grow dull in the east, We may order our wings, and be off to the west...
Seite 95 - BREATHES there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd, As home his footsteps he hath turn'd, From wandering on a foreign strand...
Seite 38 - There's a bliss beyond all that the minstrel has told, When two, that are linked in one heavenly tie, With heart never changing, and brow never cold, Love on through all ills, and love on till they die...