Dorothy Forster: A Novel, Том 2Chatto and Windus, 1884 - Всего страниц: 312 |
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afterwards asked Bamborough Bar-le-Duc beautiful believe Bishop Bishop of Durham Blanchland brother castle Catholic Charles Radcliffe Church Colonel Oxbrough Countess dear Dilston Dilston Hall Dorothy Forster doubt dress drink Earl Earl of Mar Errington étui eyes face faith father foolish Frank friends gentlemen ghosts gipsies girl hand happy hath head heard heart Heaven Hexham Hilyard honour hope Howard Jenny King knew Lady Crewe laugh learned London looked Lord Bolingbroke Lord Derwent Lord Derwentwater Lord Widdrington lordship lover maid messenger mind Miss Dorothy mistress morning never Northumberland Osmyn play poor pray present Prince Protestant quarterstaff Queen Queen is dead religion replied rode Rothbury rustic scholar sing spoke stories strange sure sweet talk tell thee things thou thought told trembling truly Wherefore Whig Widdrington William Swinburne woman women young gentleman
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Стр. 58 - For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And, though a late, a sure reward succeeds.
Стр. 131 - The lip of truth shall be established for ever : but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Стр. 57 - Heav'n has no rage like love to hatred turn'd, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorn'd.
Стр. 45 - THERE was a lady of the North Country, Lay the bent to the bonny broom And she had lovely daughters three. Fa la la la, fa la la la ra re 2 There was a knight of noble worth Which also lived in the North.
Стр. 30 - Charmante Gabrielle, Percé de mille dards, Quand la gloire m'appelle A la suite de Mars, Cruelle départie ! Malheureux jour! Que ne suis-je sans vie Ou sans amour ! L'amour, sans nulle peine, M'a, par vos doux regards, Comme un grand capitaine Mis sous ses étendards.
Стр. 70 - Of his self-love to stop posterity? Thou art thy mother's glass, and she in thee Calls hack the lovely April of her prime ; So thou through windows of thine age shalt see, Despite of wrinkles, this thy golden time.
Стр. 55 - It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tomb* And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a dullness to the trembling heart.
Стр. 82 - THE PAN. Learn, nymphs, from wondrous Daphne's art The uses of the fan. Designed to play a potent part When she undoes a man. As when the silly trout discerns The artificial fly, And rises, bites, and too...
Стр. 21 - Forster,' when in chap. xiii. the heroine is made to say : — " Had it not been for this munificent gift, which came in pudding-tinie, so to speak, I should have gone to Dilston crying instead of laughing, because my petticoats were so short and my best frock so shabby.
Стр. 35 - ... stove, it is a sure sign of death. When you hear mysterious raps which cannot be accounted for, it is a sign that the fairies are at work for you. Ghostly tappings are said to be warnings of impending evil. A ghostly and shadowy hearse is often heard in the winter nights, rolling slowly and softly up and down the roads, till it comes to the house where a death is going to happen. The hearer of footsteps in the hall or on the stair, when there is nobody there, may be sure that a spirit has come...