| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 pages
...light quivering a^pf-n made; When pain and anguish •, nng the brow, A ministering angel thoii! — Scarce were the piteous accents said, When, with the...The plaintive voice alone she hears, Sees but the dying mm She stooped her by the . .'..'iiel's side, She filled the helm, and back she hied, And with... | |
| 1829 - 760 pages
...for tliis, and females seem both formed and inclined by nature to yield it. ' O woman ! in our liours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; AVhen pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou !' '"• Unwilling, and indeed, unable... | |
| Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 pages
...bring Of blessed water from the spring, To slake my dying thirst !» — XXX. O, Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable...The plaintive voice alone she hears, Sees but the dying man. She stoop'd her by the runnel's side, But in abhorrence backward drew; For, oozing from... | |
| John Angell James - 1830 - 236 pages
...for this, and females seem both formed and inclined by nature to yield it. " Oh woman, in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, . And...and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou !" Unwilling, and, indeed, unable to subscribe to the former part of this description, I do most readily... | |
| Adrian Russell Terry - 1834 - 306 pages
...protection of whom, she devoted herself and the whole of her moderate fortune. "' O woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain coy and hard to please, And variable...anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou." The Roman Catholic religion is of course the religion of Colombia, but foreigners are not molested... | |
| 1834 - 896 pages
...dying moments of her lover made her dumb. " O, Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and bard to please, And variable as the shade By the light...and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! " Hearing a bustle in the room, Adderfang now spoke, in a low and interrupted voice — it was in... | |
| John Pierpont - 1835 - 484 pages
...to bring Of blessed water, from the spring, To slake my dying thirst !" — O, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable...The plaintive voice alone she hears, Sees but the dying man. She stooped her by the runnel's side, She filled the helm, and back she hied, .... And with... | |
| 1836 - 432 pages
...for this, and females seem both formed and inclined by nature to yield it. " O woman ! in onr houn of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable...and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou !" Unwilling, and. indeed, unable to subscribe to the former part of this description, I do most readily... | |
| 1836 - 436 pages
...for this, and females seem both formed and inclined by nature to yield it. " O woman ! in our hours of ease. Uncertain, coy, and hard to please. And variable...When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering augel them l" Unwilling, and, indeed,,nnable to subscribe to the former part of this description, I... | |
| Michael Scott - 1837 - 330 pages
...or the fear of disturbing the dying moments of her lover made her d umb. " О woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable...aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, ^V ministering angel thou !" Hearing a bustle in the room, Adderfang now spoke, in a low and interrupted... | |
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