 | John Carne - 1830 - 372 páginas
...that had led him thus far; and, like Hassan, the cameldriver, might have exclaimed from his soul, " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, When first from Fleet Street's shops he bent his way" to so distant and fearful a region. But the safety of our travellers... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 páginas
...; Here rocks alone and tasteless sands are found, And faint aud sickly winds for ever howl around. cn.se for his victories, und a litlu to universal dominión Scliiraz' walls I bent my way! 'Cursed he the gold and silver which persuade Weak men to follow far... | |
 | Thomas Skinner - 1832 - 358 páginas
...were unavailing, I had nothing left hut to sit under " the sycamore tree," and sigh like Hassan: " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, When first from Schiraz walls I bent my way." I discovered a more ingenious plan, however, and unbuckling the bell from the camel's throat, rung... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 páginas
...Here rocks alone, and tasteless sands, are found, And faint and sickly winds for ever howl around. Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, When first from Schiraz' walls I bent my way ! The Camel-driver. Making his way hetween the cup and golden diadem.— Speaser. AWAKE, awake, my... | |
 | 1844 - 440 páginas
...Occiputhouse. CHAPTER V. Grief flows so fast upon me, It clionks, andwill not let me tell the cause. Ottrag. Sad, was the hour, and luckless was the day When first from schiraz' wulls I bent my way. Colliai. IMMEDIATELY after the return of Kofstirn and " The Excluded " from the... | |
 | James Flamank - 1833 - 414 páginas
...Collins, they will leave a certainty for an uncertainty; and then, with him, they may exclaim, — " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, When first from Schiraz's walls I bent my way." • A person, therefore, who would move on smoothly, must not be very... | |
 | 1833 - 626 páginas
...obtaining a small profit, cheers and stimulates a man to the performance of his necessary business. " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, When first from Schiraz's walls I bent my way." A person, therefore, who would move on smoothly, must not be very sanguine... | |
 | William Beckford - 1834 - 418 páginas
...PAGE 37. — tigers and vultures. The ravages of these animals in the East are almost incredible. " Before them, Death with shrieks directs their way,...Fills the wild yell, and leads them to their prey." From the earliest days, they have been the constant attendants on scenes of carnage. In the Sacred... | |
 | William Beckford - 1834 - 648 páginas
...and vultures. The ravages of these animals in the East are almost incredible. " Before them.'Death with shrieks directs their way, Fills the wild yell, and leads them to their prey." 1'rom the earliest days, they have been the constant attendants on scenes of carnage. In the Sacred... | |
 | William Beckford - 1836 - 416 páginas
...PAGE 37. —tigers and vultures. The ravages of these animals in the East are almost incredible. " Before them, Death with shrieks directs their way,...Fills the wild yell, and leads them to their prey." From the earliest days, they have been the constant attendants on scenes of carnage. In the Sacred... | |
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What if the lion in his rage I meet ! Oft in the dust I view his printed feet : And fearful ! oft, when day's declining light Yields her pale empire to the mourner night, By hunger... 
