The Charmer: A Seaside ComedyJ. Bowden, 1897 - 275 pages |
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Page 34 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore. There is society where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not man the less, but nature more...
Page 126 - It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration ; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity ; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the Sea. Listen ! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A sound like thunder — everlastingly.
Page 135 - ... entered the turpentine-shed. A row of spirit-barrels were ranged along each of its sides, and two tiers occupied the centre of the building. On these a number of loose planks were placed, and on the planks lay the bodies of the metif woman and her child. The Colonel was seated on a barrel near them, with his head resting on his hands, and his eyes fixed on the ground. He did not seem to notice our entrance, and passing him without speaking, I stepped to the side of the dead.
Page 142 - but " Joe waited for no more. He seized Mr. Sparks by the nape of the neck with a grip that almost choked him — strong though he was — and thrust him out of the room, down the stairs, and out into the street, where he gave him a final kick, and shut the door. " Oh, dear Joe ! " exclaimed Mary, on his return, " you shouldn't have been so violent to 'im.
Page 143 - ... that, after all, there was something to be said in favour of the old-fashioned courting methods; that, in short, he had asked Stella too soon, and before she had seen sufficient of his ways and appearance. " I was too quick, William," said he,
Page 151 - Yi-kung walked alone, his hands clasped behind his back and his eyes fixed on the earth track immediately in front of him; he was probably thinking about his "local materials.
Page 259 - I have not been able to see as much of you as I " " No," interrupted Nell, " I know you haven't — even you hadn't impudence enough for that.