The VioletE.L. Carey and A. Hart, 1837 - Gift books |
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Alfred and Julian AMELIA amusements aunt aviary beautiful Beltramo Bianca bird of liberty boat Boston boys bright bird brother Carnival Caroline Carr CATHERINE E CENIA and IPHESIA child Colin cried daughter dear father delighted Desancey dove dress drest Ellmaker Emma exclaimed eyes face FAIRY Fancourt feel flowers fourth of July Francesca garden hair hand happy heart kissed L'ami des Enfans lady laugh LAURETTA leave lilies look looking-glass Louisa MADAME DE GENLIS Manzoni Mary medals MELINDA mind Miss Bennet MISS LESLIE MISS MILMOUR morning mother never Nicoletta o'er Palace Toricelli pass pleasure polenta poor prince and princess Prince Toricelli replied Viola Rome ROSINA Rossindale round Simons sister smile strawberry sure sweet tears tell tender thing thought told took translations tree trunk vase violet Viterbo wild wish young ZELIS
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Page 23 - There scattered oft, the earliest of the year, By hands unseen, are showers of violets found ; The redbreast loves to build and warble there, And little footsteps lightly print the ground.
Page 21 - DUKE'S PALACE. [Enter DUKE, CURIO, LORDS; MUSICIANS attending.] DUKE. If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken and so die.— That strain again;— it had a dying fall; O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour.— Enough; no more; 'Tis not so sweet now as it was before.
Page 25 - Farewell to thee, France ! — but when Liberty rallies Once more in thy regions, remember me then. The violet still grows in the depth of thy valleys ; Though wither'd, thy tear will unfold it again. Yet, yet, I may baffle the hosts that surround us, And yet may thy heart leap awake to my voice — There are links which must break in the chain that has bound us...
Page 28 - Multiplication is vexation ; Division is as bad; The Rule of Three doth puzzle me ; And Practice drives me mad.1
Page 22 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Page 69 - But it had been newly cut from the parent stock, and life stirred in its little heart. He sought out a sheltered spot, and planted it in the moist earth. Often did he visit it, and when the rains of summer were withheld, he watered it, at the cool sunset. The sap, which is the blood of plants, began to flow freely through its tender vessels.
Page 32 - Those children distract me," said Mr. Simons, peevishly. "Hush, Robert! Come here, Margaret!" said Mrs. Simons, gently; • and taking one on her lap, and another by her side, whispered a little story, and then put them to bed. When Mrs. Simons left the room, Louisa laid aside her book, and stood by her father. "Don't disturb me, child,
Page 34 - ... complain that you cannot afford another clerk at present. You have tried me, and find me worth something: I will keep your books until your affairs are regulated, and you may give me a little salary to furnish shells for my cabinet.
Page 71 - But it lived lovingly with the mosses, and with the flowers of the grass ; not counting itself more excellent than they. " Bright poppy," said the child, " why dost thou spread out thy scarlet dress so widely, and drink up all the sunbeams from the poor violet ?" Then the flaunting flower opened its rich silk mantle still more broadly, as though it would have stifled its humble neighbors. Yet nothing hindered the fragrance of the violet. The little child was troubled, and at the hour of sleep he...
Page 33 - matters are not as desperate as I feared ; if this girl gives me a few more hours like these, I shall be in a new world." " My beloved child !" said Mrs. Simons, pressing Louisa's fresh cheek to hers. Louisa retired, recommended herself to God, and slept profoundly. The next morning, after again seeking His blessing, she repaired to her father ; and again, day after day, with untiring patience, went through the details of his books, copied the accounts in a fair hand, nor left him until his brow...