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The Shrine Of Death
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Author : Lady Emilia Francis Strong Dilke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1901
The Shrine Of Death written by Lady Emilia Francis Strong Dilke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1901 with British fiction categories.
The Shrine Of Death And The Shrine Of Love Classic Reprint
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Author : Emilia Francis Strong Dilke
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-05-21
The Shrine Of Death And The Shrine Of Love Classic Reprint written by Emilia Francis Strong Dilke and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-21 with Fiction categories.
Excerpt from The Shrine of Death, And, the Shrine of Love At the first, the saying of the witch fell like a stone in the girl's heart, but ere long her words, and the words which she had heard in the hour of her birth, filled all her thoughts, and when other girls jested or spoke of feasts and merriment, of happy love and all the joys of life, such talk seemed to her mere wind of idle tales, and the gossips who would have made a match for her schemed in vain, for she had but one desire, the desire to woo Death, and learn the secrets of life. Often now she would seek the ramparts in late evening, hoping that in the sha dows she might once more find the witch, and learn from her the way to her desire; but she found her not. Returning in the darkness, it so happened, after one of these fruitless journeys, that she passed un der the walls of an ancient church, and looking upat the windows, she saw the flickering of a low, un steady light upon the coloured panes, and she drew near to the door, and, seeing it ajar, she pushed it open and entered, and passing between the mighty columns of the nave, she stepped aside to the spot whence the light proceeded. Having done so, she found herself standing in front of a great tomb, in one side of which were brazen gates, and beyond the gates a long flight of marble steps leading down to a vast hall or chapel below; and above the gates, in a silver lamp, a light was burning, and as the chains by which the lamp was suspended moved slightly in the draught from the open door of the church, the light which burnt in it flickered, and all the shadows around shifted so that nothing seemed still, and this constant recurrence of change was like the dance of phantoms in the air. And the girl, seeing the blackness, thought of the corner on the ramparts where she had met the witch, and almost she expected to see her, and to hear her dog baying in the shadows. When she drew nearer, she found that the walls were loaded with sculpture, and the niches along the sides were filled with statues of the wise men of all time; but at the corners were four women whose heads were bowed, and whose hands were bound in chains. Then, looking at them as they sat thus, discrowned but majestic, the soul of the girl wasfilled with sorrow, and she fell weeping, and, clasp ing her hands in her grief, she cast her eyes to heaven. As she did so, the lamp swayed a little for wards, and its rays touched with light a figure seated on the top of the monument. When the girl caught sight of this figure she ceased weeping, and when she had withdrawn a step or two backwards, so as to get a fuller View, she fell upon her knees, and a gleam of wondrous expectation shone out of her face; for, on the top of the tomb, robed and crowned, sat the image of Death, and a great glad ness and awe filled her soul, for she thought, If I may but be found worthy to enter his portals, all the secrets of life will be mine. And laying her hands on the gates, she sought to open them, but they were locked, so after a little while she went sadly away Each day, from this time forth, when twilight fell, the girl returned to the church, and would there re main kneeling for many hours before the shrine of Death, nor could she by any means be drawn away from her purpose. Her mind was fixed on her de sire, so that she became insensible to all else; and the whole town mocked her, and her own people held her for mad. So then, at last, they took her be fore a priest, and the priest, when he had talked with her awhile, said, Let her have her way. Let her pass a night within the shrine; on the morrow it may be that her wits will have returned to her. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
The Shrine Of Death And The Shrine Of Love
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Author : Lady Dilke
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-05-05
The Shrine Of Death And The Shrine Of Love written by Lady Dilke and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-05 with categories.
Of literature ancient and modern, Lady Dilke was an excellent judge, being keenly interested in philosophy as well as the history of art. Her books 'The Shrine of Death, and other Stories' (1886), 'The Shrine of Love, and other Stories' (1891), which are now seldom met with, were studies in the difficult vein of the prose fabulist, occasionally vague in sentiment and landscape, but effective in style. She had intended to republish and add to them. She was a great connoisseur of old books, particularly Elzevirs, Aldines, and early works of the Paris and Lyons presses, which she treasured with all the enthusiasm of a collector. "Ah, les livres, ils nous débordent, ils nous étouffent; nous périssons par les livres," was the complaint of Daudet, and so it is with many authors to-day who write masterly monographs, and neglect everything and everybody else. But there are some few rare spirits whose expressive sympathy and help for others lose nothing by their absorption in the study of the specialist, for whom the world is better, whose lives are more effective than their books, finer but less familiar aspects of their endowments. Of such was Lady Dilke. But the benefactions of her life are partly too well known and partly too intimate to admit of notice here. Yet a word concerning our personal debt cannot be withheld. We shall miss sadly the various and frequent attention, the wise counsel, the active help and encouragement, which she bestowed on The Athenæum. All too unready are we to say "Ave atque Vale" to the scholar and friend. Our loss is overwhelming, irreparable, but her gracious memory will keep us from "the sin of the unlit lamp, and the ungirt loin." --The Athenæum
The Shrine Of Love And The Shrine Of Death
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Author : Lady Dilke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-03-31
The Shrine Of Love And The Shrine Of Death written by Lady Dilke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-31 with categories.
Of literature ancient and modern, Lady Dilke was an excellent judge, being keenly interested in philosophy as well as the history of art. Her books 'The Shrine of Death, and other Stories' (1886), 'The Shrine of Love, and other Stories' (1891), which are now seldom met with, were studies in the difficult vein of the prose fabulist, occasionally vague in sentiment and landscape, but effective in style. She had intended to republish and add to them. She was a great connoisseur of old books, particularly Elzevirs, Aldines, and early works of the Paris and Lyons presses, which she treasured with all the enthusiasm of a collector."Ah, les livres, ils nous débordent, ils nous étouffent; nous périssons par les livres," was the complaint of Daudet, and so it is with many authors to-day who write masterly monographs, and neglect everything and everybody else. But there are some few rare spirits whose expressive sympathy and help for others lose nothing by their absorption in the study of the specialist, for whom the world is better, whose lives are more effective than their books, finer but less familiar aspects of their endowments. Of such was Lady Dilke. But the benefactions of her life are partly too well known and partly too intimate to admit of notice here. Yet a word concerning our personal debt cannot be withheld. We shall miss sadly the various and frequent attention, the wise counsel, the active help and encouragement, which she bestowed on The Athenæum. All too unready are we to say "Ave atque Vale" to the scholar and friend. Our loss is overwhelming, irreparable, but her gracious memory will keep us from "the sin of the unlit lamp, and the ungirt loin."--The Athenæum
A Book Of Cambridge Verse Classic Reprint
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Author : Ernest Edward Kellett
language : en
Publisher: CUP Archive
Release Date : 2016-11-23
A Book Of Cambridge Verse Classic Reprint written by Ernest Edward Kellett and has been published by CUP Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-23 with Poetry categories.
Excerpt from A Book of Cambridge Verse Nevertheless, after all deductions have been made, how much true poetry is yet left! He must be hard to please who cannot find intense enjoyment in the Eclogues of Phineas Fletcher, in Cowley's epitaph on Harvey, in the Miltonic stanzas of Gray's Installation Ode, in a score of other pieces, grave, quaint, or classical in their allusive ness of phrasing. Especially grateful must we be to the number of poets, of exquisite feeling and easy mastery of form, who during the last fifty or sixty years have enriched the language with delicate and elegant verse, from which it has been only too difficult to choose because its quantity is so great and its merit so even. Of this we trust we have given a tolerably adequate selection but it would have been easy to multiply it fourfold. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Life Travels And Literary Career Of Bayard Taylor Classic Reprint
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Author : Russell H. Conwell
language : en
Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB
Release Date : 2018-03-17
The Life Travels And Literary Career Of Bayard Taylor Classic Reprint written by Russell H. Conwell and has been published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-17 with Fiction categories.
Excerpt from The Life, Travels, and Literary Career of Bayard Taylor The author cannot do less than acknowledge, in this place, his great obligations to the father and mother of Mr. Taylor, to Mrs. Annie Carey, his sister, and to Dr. Franklin Taylor, his cousin, for their generous courtesy and most important assistance in gathering the facts for this volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Poetical Works Of Thomas Moore
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Author : Thomas Moore
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1870
The Poetical Works Of Thomas Moore written by Thomas Moore and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1870 with categories.
Bookseller
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891
Bookseller written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with Bibliography categories.
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
Bookseller And The Stationery Trades Journal
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891
Bookseller And The Stationery Trades Journal written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with categories.
The Bookseller And The Stationery Trades Journal
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891
The Bookseller And The Stationery Trades Journal written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with Bibliography categories.
Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.