Policy and passion, Volumen2

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Página 78 - I arise from dreams of thee In the first sweet sleep of night, When the winds are breathing low, And the stars are shining bright; I arise from dreams of thee, And a spirit in my feet Has led me — who knows how?
Página 140 - If a fool knows a secret, he tells it because he is a fool ; if a knave knows one, he tells it wherever it is his interest to tell it. But women and young men are very apt to tell what secrets they know, from the vanity of having been trusted. Trust none of these whenever you can help it.
Página 130 - Then there were sighs, the deeper for suppression, And stolen glances, sweeter for the theft, And burning blushes, though for no transgression, Tremblings when met, and restlessness when left...
Página 19 - Dissolv'd, or brighter shone, or interwreathed Their lustres with the gloomier tapestries — So rainbow-sided, touch'd with miseries, She seem'd, at once, some penanced lady elf, Some demon's mistress, or the demon's self. Upon her crest she wore a warmish fire Sprinkled with stars, like Ariadne's tiar: Her head was serpent, but ah, bitter-sweet!
Página 125 - Down in umbrageous retreats, chosen haunts by the shadow-flecked river, Drinking delights from the murmur of streams and the flutter of wings, Streams as they murmur, bright wings as they flutter. green leaves as they quiver, All have strange music for them, and a tale of invisible things.
Página 41 - Barrington stooped suddenly, and gathered one of the half-closed buds that floated upon the lagoon. ' These lotus-lilies,' he said, ' remind me of a type of womanhood which I know — passionate, yet pure — combining the frankness of innocence with the strongest susceptibility to the influence of love.
Página 10 - I am always fancying that we Australians are like children playing at being grown-up. It is in Europe that people live
Página 256 - I'd never let it be said that a black hat had cut me out sweetheartin'.
Página 8 - To be colonial is to talk Australian slang; to be badly dressed, vulgar, everything that is abominable," replied Honoria with grave simplicity; "at least that is the general opinion. I have seen Englishwomen who talked slang, only in a different way; nevertheless we all tried to imitate them, just as we copy Paris models for our gowns. You will see that it is the fashion out here to be as British as possible.

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