Crotchet CastleT. Hookham, 1831 - 300 頁 |
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... stream he had quitted , the occasional flap- ping of the wings of the heron , and at long intervals , the solitary springing of a trout , were the only sounds that came to his ear . The sun shone brightly half - way down the opposite ...
... stream he had quitted , the occasional flap- ping of the wings of the heron , and at long intervals , the solitary springing of a trout , were the only sounds that came to his ear . The sun shone brightly half - way down the opposite ...
第 214 頁
... stream , and attempted to pass round by the other side of the lake ; but there again the abruptly sinking precipice closed his way . Day after day he haunted the spot , but never saw again either the damsel or the coracle . At length ...
... stream , and attempted to pass round by the other side of the lake ; but there again the abruptly sinking precipice closed his way . Day after day he haunted the spot , but never saw again either the damsel or the coracle . At length ...
第 230 頁
... stream , crossed it by a series of stepping - stones , ascended to some height on the opposite side , and followed upwards the line of the stream , till the banks opened into a spacious amphitheatre , where stood , in its fields and ...
... stream , crossed it by a series of stepping - stones , ascended to some height on the opposite side , and followed upwards the line of the stream , till the banks opened into a spacious amphitheatre , where stood , in its fields and ...
第 233 頁
... stream , and his lamentations with its mur- murs . Mr. Chainmail inquired who that strange creature might be , and what was the matter with him . The young lady answered , that he was a very worthy young man , to whom she had been the ...
... stream , and his lamentations with its mur- murs . Mr. Chainmail inquired who that strange creature might be , and what was the matter with him . The young lady answered , that he was a very worthy young man , to whom she had been the ...
第 243 頁
... stream , which is said to have no bottom . There is a tradition connected with it ; and here is a ballad on it , at your service . LLYN - Y - DREIDDIAD - VRAWD . THE POOL OF THE DIVING FRIAR . GWENWYNWYN withdrew from the feasts of his ...
... stream , which is said to have no bottom . There is a tradition connected with it ; and here is a ballad on it , at your service . LLYN - Y - DREIDDIAD - VRAWD . THE POOL OF THE DIVING FRIAR . GWENWYNWYN withdrew from the feasts of his ...
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amusing AP-LLYMRY APPLETWIG arms Athenian Athenian theatre bamboo beautiful better blue gown CAPTAIN FITZCHROME Chainmail CHAP COMMISSIONER coracle creature Crotchet Castle dear devil dine dinner dived divine Eavesdrop enchanter eyes Fabliau father fight Firedamp fish friar give Greek Gwenwynwyn head heart Henbane infancy of society Jacquerie LADY CLARINDA learned friend Llymry London looked Lord Bossnowl MAC QUEDY malaria march of mind Miss Crotchet Miss Susan MISS SUSANNAH morning mountains never Nonnus nose party pass paterfamilias philosophy Philpot pleasant poetry political economy pool Pray question Reverend Doctor Folliott reverend gentleman reverend sir rock rotten borough round ruined castle salmo salar salmon scheme seat sing sketch SKIONAR Sleeping Venus STRANGER stream Thames thing thought tion Tiphys Toogood Touchandgo transcendental TRILLO true truth twelfth century voice wine young Crotchet young lady
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第 217 頁 - The stars of midnight shall be dear To her; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face.
第 295 頁 - He shrunk from the thorns, though he longed for the fruit; With a word he arrested his courser's keen speed, And he stood up erect on the back of his steed; On the saddle he stood while the creature stood still, And he gather'd the fruit till he took his good fill. "Sure never...
第 172 頁 - My quarrel with him is, that his works contain nothing worth quoting ; and a book that furnishes no quotations, is, me judice, no book — it is a plaything.
第 294 頁 - DID you hear of the curate who mounted his mare, And merrily trotted along to the fair? Of creature more tractable none ever heard; In the height of her speed she would stop at a word, And again with a word, when the curate said Hey, She put forth her mettle, and galloped away.
第 32 頁 - The sentimental against the rational, the intuitive against the inductive, the ornamental against the useful, the intense against the tranquil, the romantic against the classical; these are great and interesting controversies, which I should like, before I die, to see satisfactorily settled.
第 296 頁 - To the best-loved maid. Through the forests wild, O'er the mountains lonely, They were never weary Honour to pursue : If the damsel smiled Once in seven years only, All their wanderings dreary Ample guerdon knew. Now one day's caprice Weighs down years of smiling. Youthful hearts are rovers, Love is bought and sold : Fortune's gifts may cease, Love is less beguiling ; Wiser were the lovers, In the days of old.
第 24 頁 - DR. FOLLIOTT My principles, sir, in these things are, to take as much as I can get, and to pay no more than I can help. These are every man's principles, whether they be the right principles or no. There, sir, is political economy in a nutshell.
第 5 頁 - Castle, and determined to hand down to posterity the honours of Crotchet of Crotchet. He found it essential to his dignity to furnish himself with a coat of arms, which, after the proper ceremonies (payment being the principal), he obtained, videlicet: Crest, a crotchet rampant in A sharp: Arms, three empty bladders, turgescent, to show how opinions are formed; three bags of gold, pendent, to show why they are maintained; three naked swords, tranchant, to show how they are administered; and three...
第 119 頁 - If I drink water while this doth last, May I never again drink wine : For how can a man, in his life of a span, Do anything better than dine ? We'll dine and drink, and say if we think That anything better can be ; And when we have dined, wish all mankind May dine as well as we.
第 136 頁 - ... ancient sculpture is the true school of modesty. But where the Greeks had modesty, we have cant ; where they had poetry, we have cant ; where they had patriotism, we have cant ; where they had anything that exalts, delights, or adorns humanity, we have nothing but cant, cant, cant. And, sir, to show my contempt for cant in all its shapes, I have adorned my house with the Greek Venus, in all her shapes, and am ready to fight her battle against all the societies that ever were instituted for the...