| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...flesher on a block had laid his whittle down: Virginius caught the whittle up, and hid it in his gown. And then his eyes grew very dim, and his throat began...how my darling loved me! How glad she was to hear My footstep on the threshold when I came back last year! And how she danced with pleasure to see my civic... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 206 pages
...flesher on a block had laid his whittle down : Virginius caught the whittle up, and hid it in his gown. And then his eyes grew very dim, and his throat began...my darling loved me ! How glad she was to hear My footstep on the threshold when I came back last year ! And how she danced with pleasure to see my civic... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 142 pages
...flesher on a block had laid his whittle down: Virginius caught the whittle up, and hid it in his gown. And then his eyes grew very dim, and his throat began...know'st, I was not so. Who could be so to thee? And how ray darling loved me! How glad she was to hear My footstep on the threshold when I came back last year!... | |
| John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 604 pages
...flesher on a block had laid his whittle down : Virginius caught the whittle up, and hid it in his gown. And then his eyes grew very dim, and his throat began...sweet child ! farewell ! Oh ! how I loved my darling I though stern I sometimes be, To thee, thou know'st, I was not so — who could be so to thee ? And... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 606 pages
...flesher on a block had laid his whittle down : Virginius caught the whittle up, and hid it in his gown. And then his eyes grew very dim, and his throat began...voice he spake : " Farewell, sweet child ! farewell ! 5h ! how I loved my darling! though stern I sometimes be, To thee, thou know'st, I was not so —... | |
| 1847 - 760 pages
...throat began to swell, And in a hoarse, changed voice he spake, ' Farewell, sweet child, farewell I Oh ! how I loved my darling ! Though stern I sometimes...could be so to thee ? And how my darling loved me 1 how glad she was to hear My footstep on the threshold, when I came back last year ! And how she danced... | |
| 1847 - 758 pages
...flesher on a block had laid his whittle down : Virginius caught the whittle up and hid it in his gown, And then his eyes grew very dim, and his throat began...voice he spake, ' Farewell, sweet child, farewell I Oh ! how I loved my darling ! Though stern I sometimes be, To tbee thou know'st I was not so. \Vho... | |
| John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 pages
...flesher on a block had laid his whittle down > Virginius caught the whittle up, and hid it in his gown. And then his eyes grew very dim, and his throat began...my darling loved me ! How glad she was to hear My footstep on the threshold when I came back last year ! And bow she danced with pleasure to see my civic... | |
| University magazine - 1851 - 796 pages
...excused if we recall them to the recollection of our readers : — " And then his eyes grew very dim, his throat began to swell, And in a hoarse, changed...thou know'st I was not so — who could be so to thee ? Aud how my darling loved me ! how glad she was to hear My footstep on the threshold when I came back... | |
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