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I'n got no long while t' live. An' I shall be took bad an' die, an' thee canst ne'er come a-nigh me, an' I shall die a-longing for thee." That had been the key-note of her wailing talk all day; for Adam was not in the house, and so she put no restraint on her complaining.
Years before, when she was at the centre of fashion in the Court of James II., she had written in an epistle to the Countess of Thanet: Give me, O indulgent Fate, Give me yet, before I die, A sweet, but absolute retreat, 'Mongst paths so lost, and trees so high, That the world may ne'er invade, Through such windings and such shade, My unshaken liberty.
DIEGO. Thy happiness is but delayed; enjoy The concord of thy sons. ISABELLA. The sight was rapture Supreme, when, locked in one another's arms, They glowed with brothers' love. DIEGO. And in the heart It burns; for ne'er their princely souls have stooped To mean disguise. ISABELLA. Now, too, their bosoms wake To gentler thoughts, and own their softening sway Of love.
He knew his old friend was jealous, and if he were jealous then the charming, cold lady must have been unbelievingly nice to him, and that meant he was getting on! "You are jealous because your lovely bride prefers me, Young Lochinvar," and he laughed as he quoted: "'For so faithful in love and so dauntless in war There ne'er was a gallant like Young Lochinvar!"
The fear of God, so to speak, has survived his personality; just as Madame de Stael said she did not believe in ghosts, but she was afraid of them. Mrs. Browning gives voice to this sentiment in one of her poems: And hearts say, God be pitiful, That ne'er said, God be blest. The fear of the Lord is, indeed, the beginning and the end of theology.
B. What! You are one of them that do deny To yield obedience by conformity. Q. Nay: we desire conformable to be. B. But unto what? Q. The Image of the Son. B. What's that to us! We'll have conformity Unto our form. Q. Then we shall ne'er have done. For, if your fickle minds should alter, we Should be to seek a new conformity. Thus, who to-day conform to Prelacy, To-morrow may conform to Popery.
"I see," said her father, "and yet I cannot help wishing that Harold " Here the hound, hearing his name, suddenly rose and looked at Gerard, who smiling, patted him and said, "We were not talking of thee, good sir, but of thy great namesake; but ne'er mind, a live dog they say is worth a dead king." "Ah! why have we not such a man now," said Sybil, "to protect the people!
In a little, their dominion was as if it ne'er had been. Had they swayed the sceptre justly, they had been repaid the like, But they were unjust, and Fortune guerdoned them with dole and teen. Now they're passed away, the moral of their case bespeaks them thus, "This is what your sins have earnt you: Fate is not to blame, I ween."
There was a glistening in his eyes; and he moved his head so as to sign down- stairs, as he said, 'I didn't think there was ne'er a one in the world like her. 'What, Mrs. King? I don't think there are many, said Mr. Cope warmly. 'And yet I hope there are. 'Ay, Sir, said Paul fervently. 'And there's Harold, and John Farden, and all the chaps.
"But his parents are rich people, and a poor body like me can give him ne'er more than empty thanks." "But if they come from the bottom of our hearts he'll prize them," observed Margaret. "And do ye ken who he is?" "Ay, that I do he is Donald's class-mate, no other than Alec Galbraith, your brother is always talking about." "Oh, I am so glad," exclaimed Margaret.
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