Truth and Fancy: Tales Legendary, Historic, and DescriptiveC. Sherman, printer, 1850 - 303 pages |
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Truth and Fancy: Tales Legendary, Historic, and Descriptive Mary Jane Windle Affichage du livre entier - 1850 |
Truth and Fancy: Tales Legendary, Historic, and Descriptive Mary Jane Windle Aucun aperçu disponible - 2015 |
Truth and Fancy: Tales Legendary, Historic, and Descriptive Mary Jane Windle Aucun aperçu disponible - 2019 |
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Alice Heath Alice Lisle Alicia amidst Annie appeared approached arms beauty beheld beneath Blanche blessed brig brow cast CHAPTER Charles Stuart charms château child companion continued countenance Court Cromwell dark daughter Dauphiné death door earth entered excited exclaimed expression eyes face fair brow father feelings France Frank Stanley gaze gentle glance grace hand heard heart Heaven Henry Elmore hope hour Huguenots husband instant James Brooks Jessy Ellet king lady light Lisle look Lord lover Lucy Ellet manner marriage mind morning mysterious Napoleon never night opened Palace of Whitehall passed paused prayer present Puritan regicides replied retributive justice rock rose scarcely scene seated seemed sister sloop smile sorrow spirit spot Stanley stood strange stranger sweet tears thee Thomas Dale thou thought tion tone turned uttered valley village voice William Heath words young youth
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Page 278 - O'ER the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home!
Page 191 - Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty : For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: He woundeth, and his hands make whole. He shall deliver thee in six troubles: Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Page 65 - Tis night, and the landscape is lovely no more ; I mourn; but, ye woodlands, I mourn not for you : For morn is approaching, your charms to restore, Perfumed with fresh fragrance, and glittering with dew.
Page 287 - The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed; And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Page 250 - Bring flowers, fresh flowers, for the bride to wear ! They were born to blush in her shining hair; She is leaving the home of her childish mirth, She hath bid farewell to her father's hearth ; Her place is now by another's side, — Bring flowers for the locks of the fair young bride...
Page 241 - Zephyrs play in prosperous gales And Fortune's favour fills the swelling sails ; But would forsake the ship, and make the shore, When the winds wHistle, and the tempests roar...
Page 180 - There is, sir, but one stage more, which though turbulent and troublesome, is yet a very short one. Consider, it will soon carry you a great way; it will carry you from earth to heaven; and there you shall find, to your great joy, the prize to which you hasten, a crown of glory.
Page 165 - The soldiers, instigated by their superiors, were brought, though with difficulty, to cry aloud for justice: Poor souls! said the king to one of his attendants ; for a little money they would do as much against their commanders®.
Page 287 - And men stood breathless in their dread, And baffled in their skill — But One was there, who rose and said To the wild sea,
Page 218 - Where the car climbed the capitol; far and wide Temple and tower went down, nor left a site. Chaos of ruins! who shall trace the void, O'er the dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say, "Here was, or is,