Sketches of Irish character. Illustr. ed1855 |
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Page 119 - I have been young, and now am old : and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread.
Page 268 - She moved upon this earth a shape of brightness, A power, that from its objects scarcely drew One impulse of her being — in her lightness • Most like some radiant cloud of morning dew Which wanders through the waste air's pathless blue To nourish some far desert ; she did seem Beside me, gathering beauty as she grew, Like the bright shade of some immortal dream Which walks, when tempest sleeps, the wave of life's dark stream.
Page 120 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for ourselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.
Page 362 - Entomology; a selection of some of the rarer and more beautiful species of insects, natives of India and the adjacent islands, the greater portion of which are now for the first time described and figured.
Page x - To tell of thy loving-kindness early in the morning, and of thy truth in the night season ; 3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the lute ; upon a loud instrument, and upon the harp: 4 For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy works; and I will rejoice in giving praise for the operations of thy hands.
Page 358 - In Mr. Davis's account of China, we find every subject brought forward that can throw light on the laws and institutions of a people to whom, we think, that justice has not been rendered, by foreigners, which is their due.
Page 147 - ... uttered the words, her eye brightened, and her cheek flushed with greater feeling than high-born fashionables generally deem necessary. " Indeed ! " exclaimed the earl looking up at the animated features of his god-daughter, " and how comes my pretty Helen to know aught of the matter; methinks she has learned more than the mysteries of harp and lute, or the soft tones of the Italian and Spanish tongues: come...
Page 357 - THE NEW ZEALANDERS is a volume devoted to an account of that interesting people and the island which they inhabit, and embodies the personal narrative of a sailor who was detained by them for many years, and who was adopted into their society, and conformed to their customs and manners. It is illustrated by a map of the island, a portrait of the individual above mentioned, and forty-five other engravings on wood.
Page 47 - Why do you not mend the door of the sty? " True for ye, ma'am dear, so I would if I had the nails and I've been threat'ning to step down to Mickey Bow, the smith, to ask him to see about it." " I hear you've had a fine crop of wheat Philip.
Page 49 - Let me beg of you, Philip, not to take such an idea into your head ; do not lose a moment ; you will be utterly ruined if you do. Why not apply to your father-in-law ? — he is able to assist you ; for at present you only suffer from temporary embarrassment.