London Society, Volume 69James Hogg, Florence Marryat William Clowes and Sons, 1896 - Periodicals |
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Page 95 - That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so as in due time we may enjoy them ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
Page 32 - If tears which you saw and know I am not apt to shed — if the agitation in which I parted from you — agitation which you must have perceived through the whole of this most nervous affair, did not commence until the moment of leaving you approached — if all I have said and done, and am still but too ready to say and do, have not sufficiently proved what my real feelings are, and must ever be towards you, my love, I have no other proof to offer. God knows, I...
Page 371 - Contented mind. August . - Sardonyx. Conjugal felicity. September > Chrysolite. Antidote against madness. October - - Opal. Hope. November - Topaz. Fidelity. December - Turquoise. Prosperity.
Page 143 - The granite of Dartmoor is, as a whole, a coarse-grained mixture of quartz, felspar, and mica, the latter sometimes white, at others black, the two micas occasionally occurring in the same mass. It is very frequently porphyritic from the presence of large crystals of felspar, and here and there schorlaceous, but the latter character is chiefly confined to the outskirts, where the Dartmoor granite adjoins the slates.
Page 33 - I have received of the predilection ' you have shown in my favour. I shall ever continue your friend, ' if your ladyship will permit me so to style myself; and, as a first ' proof of my regard, I offer you this advice, correct your vanity, ' which is ridiculous ; exert your absurd caprices upon others ; and
Page 389 - If you choose to play ! — is my principle. Let a man contend to the uttermost For his life's set prize, be it what it will!
Page 33 - I am no longer your lover ; and since you oblige me to confess it by this truly unfeminine persecution, learn that I am attached to another, whose name it would of course be dishonest to mention. I shall ever remember with gratitude the many instances I have received of the predilection you have shown in my favour. I shall ever continue your friend, if your ladyship will permit me so to style myself. And as a first proof of my regard, I offer you this advice : correct your vanity, which is ridiculous...
Page 142 - At wide will ranging through the silent moors, Breaks the deep-felt monotony ; and all Is motionless, save where the giant shades Flung by the passing cloud, glide slowly o'er The grey and gloomy wild.
Page 149 - A shape enormous rises ! high it towers Above the hill's bold brow, and seen from far Assumes the human form ; a granite god ! To whom in days long flown the suppliant knee In trembling homage bowed— the hamlets near Those legends rude connected with the spot (Wild swept by every wind) on which he stands The Giant of the Moor!
Page 280 - Like a picture it seemed of the primitive, pastoral ages, Fresh with the youth of the world, and recalling Rebecca and Isaac, Old and yet ever new, and simple and beautiful always, Love immortal and young in the endless succession of lovers.