Captain Paul

Precisely at the hour agreed, Lectoure appeared on horseback; he had been obliged to find his way as he best could, for he had no guide, and his own servant was as much a strang...

Here on my knees by heaven’s blest nower I swear, If you persist, I ne’er henceforth will see you; But rather wander through the world a beggar, And live on sordid scraps at poo...

The gallant vessels side by side did lie, Yard-arm and yard-arm, and the murd’rous guns Belch’d forth their flame and shot, ‘till the white decks Ran like a sea with blood. Unce...

Hoarse o’er her side the rustling cable rings- The sails are furled--and anchoring, round she swings; And gathering loiterers on the land discern Her boat descending from the la...

And oh! the little warlike world within! The well-reeved guns, the netted canopy; The hoarse command, the busy humming din- When, at a word, the tops are mann’d on high, Hark to...

She was a woman Of virtue most austere; noble in birth, And of most royal presence--but sad thoughts Seemed to possess her wholly--her children, even, Seldom approached her, and...

Listen to me and heed me! If this contract Thou holdst me to, abide thou the result! Answer to heaven for what I suffer! act! Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, an...

The name, as well as the appearance of the person thus announced, awakened in their turn in the mind of Emanuel a confused recollection of which he could not affix either date o...

Paul ran to Marguerite, and caught her in his arms; she was pale and icy cold. He carried her into the first room, placed her in an arm chair, returned to the door which had rem...

Be angry as You will, it shall have scope; Ah, Cassius, you are yoked with a lamb That carries anger, as the flint bears fire-- Who, much enforced, shows a hasty spark, And stra...

Thou art not for the fashion of these times Where none will sweat but for promotion; And having that, do choice their service up Even with the having: it is not so with thee.

Do as you will, heap wrongs on wrongs upon me, It shall not anger me--I tell thee Claudius, Thou art enshrined in a holy circle My foot can never pass--nor taunt, nor insult Can...

I shall a tale unfold Will harrow up thy soul; freeze thy young blood; Make thy two eyes like stars, start from their spheres; Thy knotted and combined locks to part. And each p...

As has been seen by the end of the preceding chapter, God, by one of those extraordinary combinations, which short-sighted man almost always attributes to chance, had summoned t...

More than ten years have passed since I beheld him, The noble boy; now time annuls my oath And cancels all his wrongs. I took a solemn oath to veil the secret, Conceal thy right...

Look kindly on them; I cannot bear Severity; My heart’s so tender, should you charge me rough, I should but weep and answer you with sobbing; But use me gently, like a loving br...

Thou canst save me, Thou ought’st! thou must! I tell thee at his feet I’ll fall a corse, ere mount his bridal bed! Go choose betwixt my rescue and my grave.

Marguerite had come, as she frequently did, to bring some provisions for the old man, and it was not without astonishment that she perceived in the outer room, where she usually...

Oh! see you where the words are blistered With my hot tears? I wept--it was for joy-- I did not think of lands, of name, of birthright-- I did but think these arms should clasp...