The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music & Romance, Band 7Geo. Henderson, 1842 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Adelaide Alice Arnold appeared arms Augustus Cæsar Aunt Agatha battle of Coutras Battle of Marignano beautiful Bishop of Beauvais blue bonnets breath brim calm captain castle Charles chevalier Chevrollerie Christina colours corsage cried crown dark dear death dress Duke Duke of Burgundy exclaimed eyes fancy fashionable father fear feelings flowers France gaze George Somers hand happy head heard heart heaven holy honour hour Joan king knew lace lady laugh lips look lord lover Madame manner Marie de Medicis Mary Monsieur morning mother never night noble Nysmi Obeidah Old Bailey ornamented pale Paris passed passion replied ribbon robe rose round Rouvray Saracens satin seemed side silk Sire skirt smile soon soul sound Stelli stood sword tears tell thee thou thought tight sleeve tion trimmed Vatillen velvet voice Wareham forest woman words wounded young youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 176 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Seite 123 - tis her privilege Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
Seite 127 - Twas that friends, the beloved of my bosom, were near, Who made every dear scene of enchantment more dear, And who felt how the best charms of nature improve, When we see them reflected from looks that we love.
Seite 286 - Ah! well do I remember those Whose names these records bear, Who round the hearth-stone used to close After the evening prayer, And speak of what these pages said, In tones my heart would thrill! Though they are with the silent dead, Here are they living still! My father read this Holy Book To brothers, sisters dear...
Seite 414 - He pleased God and was beloved: and living among sinners he was translated. He was taken away, lest wickedness should alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul.
Seite 188 - ... and foul weather, which made every navigator and mariner to avoid them as Scylla and Charybdis, or as they would shun the Divell himself...
Seite 420 - The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily devour the treacherous bait...
Seite 286 - Ah ! well do I remember those Whose names these records bear; Who round the hearthstone used to close, After the evening prayer, And speak of what these pages said In tones my heart would thrill ! Though they are with the silent dead, Here are they living still ! My father read this holy book To brothers, sisters, dear ; How calm was my poor mother's look, Who loved God's word to hear!
Seite 128 - Gluck, in order to warm his imagination, and to transport himself to Aulis, or Sparta, was accustomed to place himself in the middle of a beautiful meadow. In this situation, with his piano before him, and a bottle of Champagne on each side, he wrote in the open air his two Iphigenias, his Orpheus, and his other works.
Seite 53 - ... together. As if aware of her hostile intentions, the silent youth endeavoured to exert his powers of pleasing, and, for the first time, commenced a conversation with his fair enslaver, by abruptly asking her what she thought of Alexander the Great? Christina burst out a laughing, and replied, with great simplicity, that...