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Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear, A sigh the absent claims, the dead a tear. POPE. In the flattest and least agreeable part of the county of Essex, about five miles from the sea, is situ…
Settled in some secret nest, In calm leisure let me rest; And far off the public stage. Pass away my silent age. SENECA. Marvell's Trans. Twelve years previous to the opening of this tale, an…
Miranda. —Alack! what trouble Was I then to you! Prospero. —O, a cherubim Thou wast, that did preserve me! THE TEMPEST. Such was the Englishman who had taken refuge in the furthest wilds of an alm…
Les deserts sont faits pour les amants, mais l'amour ne se fait pas aux deserts. LE BARBIER DE PARIS. Twelve years had led Ethel from infancy to childhood; and from child's estate to the…
"The boy is father of the man." WORDSWORTH. Fitzhenry having formed his resolution, acted upon it immediately: and yet, while hastening every preparation for his departure, he felt retur…
What is youth? a dancing billow, Winds behind, and rocks before! WORDSWORTH. This exploit terminated Fitzhenry's career at Eton. A private tutor was engaged, who resided with the family, for …
Men oftentimes prepare a lot, Which ere it finds them, is not what Suits with their genuine station. SHELLEY. At the age of thirty-two, Lord Lodore returned to England. It was subject of discussio…
Hopes, what are they? beads of morning Strung on slender blades of grass, Or a spider's web adorning, In a strait and treacherous pass. WORDSWORTH. The months of July, August, and September h…
What are fears, but voices airy Whisp'ring harm, where harm is not? And deluding the unwary. Till the fatal bolt is shot? WORDSWORTH. Lord Lodore was disgusted at the very threshold of his ne…
Who then to frail mortality shall trust, But limns the water, or but writes in dust. BACON. They arrived in Berkeley-square. Lady Lodore alighted, and perceived with something of a beating heart, …
