Helen: A Tale, Volume 1R. Bentley, 1834 - 444 pages |
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Page 125 - ... advancing in years, to expect of the young that confidence should come all and only on their side : the human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.
Page 267 - mong the horses of the Sun, One was, they say, of earthly race. Yet, next to Genius is the power Of feeling where true Genius lies ; And there was light around that hour Such as, in memory, never dies ; Light which comes o'er me, as I gaze, Thou Relic of the Dead, on thee. Like all such dreams of vanish'd days, Brightly, indeed — but mournfully ! TO CAROLINE, VISCOUNTESS VALLETORT.
Page 18 - Th" endearments of our early days, And ne'er the heart such fondness prove, As when we first began to love.
Page 239 - ... are concentred, and are fitted for stronger and bolder flights of science ; and that, in such pursuits, whether we take, or whether we lose the game, the chase is certainly of service...
Page 333 - Beauclerc sat apart; and presently she called to him, and begged to know what it was he was reading. She said she quite envied him the power he possessed of being rapt into future times or past, completely at his author's bidding, to be transported how and where he pleased. Beauclerc brought the book to her, and put it into her hand. As she took it she said, " As we advance in life, it becomes more and more difficult to find in any book the sort of enchanting, entrancing interest which we enjoyed...
Page 153 - D made no reply, but stood opposite to me playing in his peculiar manner with his great snuff-box, slowly swaying the snuff from side to side Knowing this to be a sign that he was in some great dilemma, I asked of what he was thinking. ' Of you,