The Life and Letters of Washington Irving, Volume 4G.P. Putnam, 1864 |
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Page 263 - Look, where he comes ! Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday.
Page 142 - Our life contains a thousand springs, And dies if one be gone : Strange ! that a harp of thousand strings Should keep in tune so long.
Page 55 - THERE are few writers for whom the reader feels such personal kindness as for Oliver G-oldsmith, for few have so eminently possessed the magic gift of identifying themselves with their writings.
Page 406 - mid wild scenes I chanced the Muse to woo, Through glens untrod and woods that frowned on high, Two sleeping nymphs with wonder mute I spy !— And lo, she's gone! — in robe of...
Page 60 - Tu se' solo colui, da cui io tolsi Lo bello stile che m
Page 358 - He has written. He has confessed to my mother, as to a true and dear friend, his love for E , and his conviction of its utter hopelessness. He feels himself unable to combat it. He thinks he must try, by absence, to bring more peace to his mind. Yet he cannot bear to give up our friendship, — an intercourse become so dear to him, and so necessary to his daily happiness. Poor Irving ! " It is well for our peace of mind that we do not know what is going down concerning us in "journals.
Page 175 - And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
Page 235 - The best laid schemes of mice and men Gang aft a-gley, And lea'e us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.
Page 221 - Upon this, Mrs. Procter, cutting in, delivered (it is her own story) a neat oration on the life and writings of Carlyle, and enlightened him in her happiest and airiest manner ; all of which he heard, staring in the dreariest silence, and then said (indignantly, as before), " And who are you ? " Ever, my dear Irving, Most affectionately and truly yours.
Page 201 - I enclose an autograph for the "paragon of a young lady" whose beauty you extol beyond the stars. It is a good sign that your heart is yet so inflammable. I am glad to receive such good accounts as you give of yourself and your brother, "jogging on together in good humor with each other and with the world.