The Crayon MiscellanyG.P. Putnam, 1868 - 441 pages |
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Abbey Abbotsford ancient animal Annesley Annesley Hall Arkansas banks Beatte beautiful beheld border brought buffalo camp Captain chase Chaworth Colonel Wildman companions course cross Cross Timber deer distance encampment fancy favorite feel fire forest Fort Gibson friars frontier gallop gave gazed grazing grove half-breeds Hall head heard heart herbage hill hunting Indian Joe Murray Johnny Bower kind land length little Frenchman Little White Lady looked Lord Byron mansion Melrose Abbey miles mind mingled morning mounted neighborhood neighboring Newstead Newstead Abbey night old Ryan once Osage Agency party passed Pawnees poor prairies ramble rangers ravine rifle river Robin Hood round ruin saddle scene Scott seemed seen shot side sight skirts soon spirit steed stood story stream thickets Thomas the Rhymer tion Tonish took track trees troop turned valley walk wandered wild horse wood young Count
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Page 253 - IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray.
Page 382 - He had no breath, no being, but in hers ; She was his voice ; he did not speak to her...
Page 299 - Of witches' spells, of warriors' arms ; Of patriot battles, won of old By Wallace wight and Bruce the bold ; Of later fields of feud and fight, When, pouring from their Highland height, The Scottish clans, in headlong sway, Had swept the scarlet ranks away. While...
Page 386 - Was darken'd with her shadow, and she saw That he was wretched, but she saw not all. He rose, and with a cold and gentle grasp He took her hand; a moment o'er his face A tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced, and then it faded as it came ; He...
Page 298 - Yet was poetic impulse given, By the green hill and clear blue heaven. It was a barren scene, and wild, Where naked cliffs were rudely piled ; But ever and anon between Lay velvet tufts of loveliest green...
Page 394 - Had wander'd from its dwelling, and her eyes They had not their own lustre, but the look Which is not of the earth; she was become The queen of a fantastic realm; her thoughts Were combinations of disjointed things; And forms impalpable and unperceived Of others
Page 333 - Newstead and I stand or fall together. I have now lived on the spot. I have fixed my heart upon it, and no pressure, present or future, shall induce me to barter the last vestige of our inheritance. I have that pride within me which will enable me to support difficulties : could I obtain in exchange for Newstead Abbey, the first fortune in the country, I would reject the proposition.
Page 396 - exclaims he, with a sudden burst of feeling, " why do I say my? Our union would have healed feuds in which blood had been shed by our fathers ; it would have joined lands broad and rich ; it would have joined at least one heart, and two persons not ill-matched in years — and — and — and — what has been the result ? ' ' But enough of Annesley Hall and the poetical themes connected with it.
Page 395 - But the old mansion, and the accustom'd hall, And the remember'd chambers, and the place, The day, the hour, the sunshine, and the shade, All things pertaining to that place and hour, And her who was his destiny, came back And thrust themselves between him and the light : What business had they there at such a time?
Page 163 - This has to be done with extreme care, for the wild horse is the most readily alarmed inhabitant of the prairie, and can scent a hunter at a great distance, if to windward.