The Novelist's Magazine, Opseg 1

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C. Alexander, 1833
 

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Stranica 178 - And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.
Stranica 104 - No — man is dear to man ; the poorest poor Long for some moments in a weary life •' When they can know and feel that they have been, Themselves, the fathers and the dealers out Of some small blessings ; have been kind to such As needed kindness, for this single cause, That we have all of us one human heart.
Stranica 54 - Remember that each glorious tree, and herb, and shrub, and flower owes to those drops its life, its freshness, and its beauty. Remember that half the loveliness of the green world is all their gift ; and that without them we should wander through a dull desert as dusty as the grave. Take but a single drop of rain, cloistered in the green fold of a blade of grass, and pour upon it one ray of the morning sun — where will you get lapidary with his utmost skill to cut a diamond that shall shine...
Stranica 207 - Man in society is like a flower Blown in its native bed : 'tis there alone His faculties, expanded in full bloom, Shine out; there only reach their proper use.
Stranica 115 - THE winds are high on Helle's wave, As on that night of stormy water When Love, who sent, forgot to save The young, the beautiful, the brave, The lonely hope of Sestos
Stranica 92 - ... science, whose existence we rather surmised than knew, stood beside me. " From that hour a new existence opened before me. I loved, and I was beloved — love, to which imagination gave poetry, and mind gave strength, was the new element added to my being. Alas ! how little do the miserable race to which I belong know of such a feeling ! They blend a moment's vanity, a moment's gratification, into a temporary excitement, and they call it love. Such are the many, and the many make the wretchedness...
Stranica 97 - By whom this is denied." Then stept a gallant squire forth, Witherington was his name, Who said : " I would not have it told To Henry our king for shame, "That e'er my captain fought on foot And I stood looking on.
Stranica 95 - She might have re-echoed her husband's words, for he himself looked wild and haggard. Still, it was near midnight when their guests dispersed; and Leoni — on returning from conducting la Presidente de Lanville, always the latest of the late, to her huge family coach — silently approached one of the windows, and stepping out upon the terrace, stood as if absorbed in the lovely view — and lovely indeed it was. Below, was a smooth turf, which sloped down to a lake, whose surface reflected the...
Stranica 91 - ... secrets, whose spell is over stars and over spirits ; you have heard of mortals to whom immortal power is given — such power is mine. You deem you are speaking to your cousin — would that you were ! I have but the borrowed likeness of her whose life long since reached its appointed boundary. Give me your hand, and in a few minutes we shall be in my own dwelling, amid those immeasurable deserts where only my story may be communicated. Do you consent to accompany me ?" Leoni answered by taking...
Stranica 95 - ... storm at sea, it was buried with him in the deep and fathomless waters. But now to return to our fugitives. At the first port they touched, they re-embarked, and finally landed at Marseilles ; a small but lovely cottage on the sea-shore received them, an olive plantation encircled the house, and the Provence rose looked in at the casements. The far plains were covered with heath and thyme on one side, and on the other was the sea, where the rich vessels of the merchants seemed to sail to and...

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