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... CHIMNEY SWEEPERS . I LIKE to meet a sweep - understand me - not a grown sweeper - old chimney sweepers are by no means attractive -but one of those tender novices , blooming through their first nigritude , the maternal washings not ...
... CHIMNEY SWEEPERS . I LIKE to meet a sweep - understand me - not a grown sweeper - old chimney sweepers are by no means attractive -but one of those tender novices , blooming through their first nigritude , the maternal washings not ...
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... chimney sweeper - whether the oily particles ( sassafras is slightly oleaginous ) do attenuate and soften the fuliginous concretions , which are sometimes found ( in dissections ) to adhere to the roof of the mouth in these unfledged ...
... chimney sweeper - whether the oily particles ( sassafras is slightly oleaginous ) do attenuate and soften the fuliginous concretions , which are sometimes found ( in dissections ) to adhere to the roof of the mouth in these unfledged ...
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... chimney sweeper . The little creature , having somehow confounded his passage among the intrica- cies of those lordly chimneys , by some unknown aperture had alighted upon this magnificent chamber ; and tired with his tedious ...
... chimney sweeper . The little creature , having somehow confounded his passage among the intrica- cies of those lordly chimneys , by some unknown aperture had alighted upon this magnificent chamber ; and tired with his tedious ...
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... chimney sweeper , ( all is not soot which looks so , ) was quoited out of the pres- ence with universal indignation , as not having on the wedding garment ; but in general the greatest harmony prevailed . The place chosen was a ...
... chimney sweeper , ( all is not soot which looks so , ) was quoited out of the pres- ence with universal indignation , as not having on the wedding garment ; but in general the greatest harmony prevailed . The place chosen was a ...
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... CHIMNEY SWEEPERS . I LIKE to meet a sweep - understand me — not a grown sweeper - old chimney sweepers are by no means attractive -but one of those tender novices , blooming through their first nigritude , the maternal washings not ...
... CHIMNEY SWEEPERS . I LIKE to meet a sweep - understand me — not a grown sweeper - old chimney sweepers are by no means attractive -but one of those tender novices , blooming through their first nigritude , the maternal washings not ...
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Page 217 - So every spirit, as it is most pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in, and it more fairly dight, With cheerful grace and amiable sight. For, of the soul, the body form doth take, For soul is form, and doth the body make.
Page 35 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war; Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page 173 - With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the skies! How silently, and with how wan a face! What, may it be that even in heavenly place That busy archer his sharp arrows tries? Sure, if that long-with-love-acquainted eyes Can judge of love, thou feel'st a lover's case, I read it in thy looks; thy languished grace, To me, that feel the like, thy state descries.
Page 173 - I read it in thy looks ; thy languisht grace To me, that feel the like, thy state descries. Then, even of fellowship, O Moon, tell me, Is constant love deem'd there but want of wit ? Are beauties there as proud as here they be ? Do they above love to be loved, and yet Those lovers scorn, whom that love doth possess ? Do they call virtue there — ungratefulness ? The last line of this poem is a little obscured by transposition.
Page 100 - twas beyond a mortal's share To wander solitary there : Two paradises 'twere in one, To live in paradise alone. How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new; Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run, And, as it works, the industrious bee Computes its time as well as we ! How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned but with herbs and flowers...
Page 381 - twas not pride, It was a joy to that allied, She did inherit. Her parents held the Quaker rule, Which doth the human feeling cool, But she was train'd in Nature's school, Nature had blest her. A waking eye, a prying mind, A heart that stirs, is hard to bind, A hawk's keen sight ye cannot blind, Ye could not Hester. My sprightly neighbour, gone before To that unknown and silent shore, Shall we not meet, as heretofore, Some summer morning...
Page 105 - ... and was nearly pulled down, and all its old ornaments stripped and carried away to the owner's other house, where they were set up, and looked as awkward as if some one were to carry away the old tombs they had seen lately at the Abbey, and stick them up in Lady C.'s tawdry gilt drawing-room. Here John smiled, as much as to say, " that would be foolish indeed.
Page 34 - Come back into memory, like as thou wert in the dayspring of thy fancies, with hope like a fiery column before thee — the dark pillar not yet turned — Samuel Taylor Coleridge — Logician, Metaphysician, Bard ! — How have I seen the casual passer through the Cloisters stand still, entranced with admiration (while he weighed the disproportion between the speech and the garb of the young Mirandula) to hear thee unfold, in thy deep and sweet intonations, the mysteries of...
Page 93 - June," and I could say with the poet, " But thou, that didst appear so fair To fond imagination, Dost rival in the light of day Her delicate creation !" Bridget's was more a waking bliss than mine, for she easily remembered her old acquaintance again — some altered features, of course, a little grudged at. At first, indeed, she was ready to disbelieve for joy ; but the scene soon reconfirmed itself in her affections — and she traversed every...
Page 388 - THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES. I HAVE had playmates, I have had companions, In my days of childhood, in my joyful schooldays, All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.