Second Thoughts, Volume 1R. Bentley, 1880 - 278 pages |
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Page 140 - A Moment's Halt — a momentary taste Of BEING from the Well amid the Waste — And Lo! — the phantom Caravan has reach'd The NOTHING it set out from — Oh, make haste!
Page 225 - A MIGHTY pain to love it is, And 'tis a pain that pain to miss ; But, of all pains, the greatest pain It is to love, but love in vain.
Page 34 - EPIGRAM. ENGRAVED ON THE COLLAR OF A DOG, WHICH I GAVE TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS. I AM his Highness' dog at Kew ; Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you ? EPIGRAM.
Page 124 - ... ....Each alley has its brother, " And half the plat-form just reflects the other.
Page 288 - END OF VOL. I. PRINTING OFFICE OF THE PUBLISHER. COLLECTION OF BRITISH AUTHORS TAUCHNITZ EDITION. VOL. 2422. THE EVIL GENIUS BY WILKIE COLLINS. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. THE EVIL GENIUS. A DOMESTIC STORY. WILKIE COLLINS, AUTHOR OF "THE WOMAN IN WHITE,
Page 14 - It should be read," he plaintively breathed, "to the low, pale sound of the viol or virginal; with a subtle perfume of dead roses floating about while the eye is fed with porphyry vases and tender Tyrian dyes.
Page 3 - RED AS A ROSE IS SHE," ETC. COPYRIGHT EDITION. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. LEIPZIG BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ 1880.
Page 259 - Die Teufel, die nennen es Hollenleid, Die Menschen, die nennen es Liebe. 1 1 " Angels call it heavenly joy, Hell proclaims it torture, But men know it as love." CHAPTER II THE CASTLE OF AFFRONT Da gab es nirgends eine Staette Wo nicht mein Herz gekraenket ward Wo nicht mein Aug
Page 68 - ... you know as well as I do that this is not the first time by many that I have been reluctantly compelled to reason with you. I do you the justice to say that I believe your intention is harmless.