...in his ire: Sophronia and Olindo would be slain To save the rest, the King grants their desire; Clorinda hears their fact and fortunes plain, Their pa... ...ense; “Tell on,” quoth he, “unfold the chance aright, Thy people’s lives I grant for recompense.” Then she, “Behold the faulter here in sight, This ha... ...the king admired the noble maid, His purpose was not to deny her aught: “I grant them life,” quoth he, “your promised aid Against these Frenchmen hath... ...d doctrine fall and fade, Till woeful Asia all lie desolate. Sweet words I grant, baits and allurements sweet, But greatest hopes oft greatest crosses... ...ing fire and weapons keen, Against the angels of proud Heaven we fought, I grant we fell on the Phlegrean green, Y et good our cause was, though our f... ...ng blade, The face was fair and young, and on the chin No sign of heard to bud did yet begin. 193 Torquato Tasso LV “And how in sindal wrapt away he ... ... a lady late, and paramour; XV “So, in the passing of a day, doth pass The bud and blossom of the life of man, Nor e’er doth flourish more, but like t... ...re of her flowery weed, A fountain here, a wellspring there he found; Here bud the roses, there the lilies spread The aged wood o’er and about him rou...

... the King, which in those troublesome times his Majesty could not repay, a grant of land in the plantations of Virginia was given to the Lord Viscount... ...ou to malign her!” “Far be it from me to do so,” cried the Doctor. “Heaven grant I may be mistaken in the girl, and in you, sir, who have a truly prec... ... of what had taken place in that only sad interview which his mistress had granted him; how she had left him with anger and almost imprecation, whose ... ...t Europe for the Virginian planta- tions, where, indeed, your family had a grant of land from King Charles the First; sent her a supply of money, the ... ...ived at its close.” 276 Henry Esmond The Commander-in-Chief could not but grant this permis- sion, nor could he take notice of Webb’s letter, though ...

... NO MY AIN HOUSE; I ken by the biggin’ o’t.” T wo recent books* one by Mr. Grant White on England, one on France by the diabolically clever Mr. Hilleb... ...is better than John Bull, but he is tarred with the English stick. For Mr. Grant White the States are the New England States and nothing more. He wond... ...untrymen un- bending to him as to a performing dog. But in the case of Mr. Grant White example were better than precept. Wyo- ming is, after all, more... ...ot always widely, but always trenchantly. Many particulars that struck Mr. Grant White, a Yankee, struck me, a Scot, no less forcibly; he and I felt o... ... And perhaps neither a court of love nor an assembly of divines would have granted their premisses or welcomed their conclusions. Conclusions, indeed,... ...es; and below and about, dearer tenfold to me! the plays themselves, those bud- gets of romance, lay tumbled one upon another. Long and often have I l...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. The Foreigner At Home. ?This is no my ain house; I ken by the biggin? o?t.? Two recent books* one by Mr. Grant White on England, one on France by the diabolically clever Mr. Hillebrand, may well have set people thinking on the divisions of races and nations. Such thoughts should arise with particular congruity and force to inhab...

...I am the last that will last keep his oath. But is there no quick recreation granted? FERDINAND: Ay, that there is. Our court, you know, is haunted ... ...I hope in God for high words. LONGAVILLE: A high hope for a low heaven: God grant us patience! BIRON: To hear? or forbear laughing? LONGAVILLE: To ... ...ARIA: You sheep, and I pasture: shall that finish the jest? BOYET: So you grant pasture for me. [Offering to kiss her .] MARIA: ... ... blow? speak to be understood. BOYET: Fair ladies mask’d are roses in their bud; Dismask’d, their damask sweet commixture shown, Are angels vailing c... ...We did not quote them so. FERDINAND: Now, at the latest minute of the hour, Grant us your loves. PRINCESS: A time, methinks, too ...

... than the most faultless moss-rose amongst flow- ers, in its progress from bud to “bright consummate flower;” or, amongst human flowers, the most magn... ...htened patronage. Sint Mæcenates, non deerunt, Flacce, Marones. Consulting Grant’s “Observations on the Bills of Mortality,” (4th edition, Oxford, 166... ...h, that the lilies of France would decorate no garland for her. Flower nor bud, bell nor blossom, would ever bloom for her. But stop. What reason is t... ... throat cut in sup- port of France; which favor accordingly was cheerfully granted 59 to them in three great successive battles by the English and by... ...r, had long since persuaded her mind, that for her no such prayer could be granted. T oo well she felt that her mis- sion must be worked out to the en... ...does us, and the very indig- nant admiration which, under some aspects, he grants to us. Continued on page 81 78 ing against her, such as would not a... ... the savage delight I found in laughing at T om’s Latinity. That, I freely grant to M. Michelet, is in- imitable; else, as regards substance, it strik...

...not so much for myself as for baby” (Charles). Inward light must have been granted, for he heard no complaints in later years. They brought up their t... ...ster against him. All his affection and half his attention— it was what he granted her throughout their happy married life. “But you haven’t listened,... ...e ordinary plain man may be trusted to look after his own affairs. I quite grant—I look at the faces of the clerks in my own office, and observe them ... ...ozen men could not have spanned, became in the end eva- nescent, till pale bud clusters seemed to float in the air. It was a comrade. House and tree t... ... pendant. One of those delicious gales of spring, in which leaves still in bud seem to rustle, swept over the land and then fell silent. “Georgie,” sa...

...of the English claim. He had married an English lady, and had received the grant if the castle of Leurre in Normandy by way of compensation for his an... ...rivate encounters. The younger branch, or Black Ribaumonts, had received a grant from Louis XI. of the lands of Nid-de-Merle, belonging to an unfortun... ... of Pearls understood, all it led to was certain outer receptacles of fra- grant Spanish gloves, knots of ribbon, and kerchiefs strewn over with rose ... ...xtreme of foppery, was assuring her that she was the only lady who had not granted him a token—that he could not allow such pensionnaire airs, and tha... ...aying, ‘Hush! my poor child, I have but meddled too much already. Our Lady grant that I have not done you more harm than good! T ell me no more.’ ‘ Ah... ...uillet? She is all her mother is, and more. There, now she is a true rose- bud, ready to perch on my arm. No, no bon pere. So great a girl is too much...

...47 81 Or I shall live your epitaph to make, .......................47 82 I grant thou wert not married to my Muse ..............48 83 I never saw t... ...world’s fresh ornament And only herald to the gaudy spring, Within thine own bud buriest thy content And, tender churl, makest waste in niggarding. ... ...ame! deny that thou bear’st love to any, Who for thyself art so unprovident. Grant, if thou wilt, thou art beloved of many, But that thou none lovest ... ...and eclipses stain both moon and sun, And loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud. All men make faults, and even I in this, Authorizing thy trespass wi... ... my gracious numbers are decay’d And my sick Muse doth give another place. I grant, sweet love, thy lovely argument Deserves the travail of a worthier... ...ath most breathes, even in the mouths of men. Shakespeare’s Sonnets 47 82 I grant thou wert not married to my Muse And therefore mayst without attain... ...ing; My bonds in thee are all determinate. For how do I hold thee but by thy granting? And for that riches where is my deserving? The cause of this fa...

...ies, Thyself thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel. Thou that art now the world?s fresh ornament And only herald to the gaudy spring, Within thine own bud buriest thy content And, tender churl, makest waste in niggarding. Pity the world, or else this glutton be, To eat the world?s due, by the grave and thee....

...illain, Doctor Ponnonner, in pulling me by the nose?” It will be taken for granted, no doubt, that upon hearing this speech under the circumstances, w... ...had no refer- ence to your age at the period of interment (I am willing to grant, in fact, that you are still a young man), and my illusion was to the... ...st five thousand years have elapsed since your entomb- ment, I take it for granted that your histories at that period, if not your traditions were suf... ...ast very good reason for believing it intended as a series of lyrics; but, granting the epic intention, I can say only that the work is based in an im... ...o! It has been the fashion of late days to deny Moore Imagina- tion, while granting him Fancy—a distinction originating with Coleridge—than whom no ma... ... in the swellings of the river. †The Hyacinth. 198 EA Poe And the Nelumbo bud that floats for ever‡ With Indian Cupid down the holy river— Fair flowe...