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“A child forsaken, waking suddenly, Whose gaze afeard on all things round doth rove, And seeth only that it cannot see The meeting eyes of love.” Two hours later, Dorothea was seated in an inner…
“Hire facounde eke full womanly and plain, No contrefeted termes had she To semen wise.” —CHAUCER. It was in that way Dorothea came to be sobbing as soon as she was securely alone. But she was prese…
“Nous câusames longtemps; elle était simple et bonne. Ne sachant pas le mal, elle faisait le bien; Des richesses du coeur elle me fit l’aumône, Et tout en écoutant comme le coeur se donne, Sans oser …
“Your horses of the Sun,” he said, “And first-rate whip Apollo! Whate’er they be, I’ll eat my head, But I will beat them hollow.” Fred Vincy, we have seen, had a debt on his mind, and though…
“The offender’s sorrow brings but small relief To him who wears the strong offence’s cross.” —SHAKESPEARE: Sonnets . I am sorry to say that only the third day after the propitious events at Houndsle…
“Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair. . . . . . . . Love seeketh only self to please, To b…
He beats me and I rail at him: O worthy satisfaction! would it were otherwise—that I could beat him while he railed at me.— Troilus and Cressida . But Fred did not go to Stone Court the next day, fo…
Let the high Muse chant loves Olympian: We are but mortals, and must sing of man. An eminent philosopher among my friends, who can dignify even your ugly furniture by lifting it into the serene ligh…
1 st Gent . All times are good to seek your wedded home Bringing a mutual delight. 2 d Gent . Why, true. The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death W…
I found that no genius in another could please me. My unfortunate paradoxes had entirely dried up that source of comfort.—GOLDSMITH. One morning, some weeks after her arrival at Lowick, Dorothea—but…
