 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 528 pages
...which arises from hope deferred. Upon looking nearer, I saw him pale and feverish ; in thirty years 5 the western breeze had not once fanned his blood —...forced to go on with another part of the portrait. 10 He was sitting upon the ground upon a little straw, in the farthest corner of his dungeon, which... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1864 - 440 pages
...distract me, — I took a single captive; and having 5rst shut him up in his dungeon, I then look'd through the twilight of his grated door to take his...bleed ; and I was forced to go on with another part of ilit- portrait He was sitting upon the ground upon a little straw, in the furthest corner of his dungeon,... | |
 | James Fleming - 1866 - 382 pages
...wasted away with long expectation and confinement, and felt what kind of sickness of the heart it is which arises from hope deferred. Upon looking nearer,...sitting upon the ground upon a little straw, in the farthest corner of his dungeon, which was alternately his chair and bed ; a little calendar of small... | |
 | Friedrich Otto Froembling - 1866 - 438 pages
...half-wasted away with long expectation and confinement, and felt what kind of sickness of the heart it is which arises from hope deferred. Upon looking nearer,...sitting upon the ground upon a little straw, in the farthest corner of his dungeon, which was alternately his chair and bed : a little calendar of small... | |
 | Gems - 1866 - 168 pages
...nearer, I saw him pale and 45 feverish ; in thirty years the breeze had not once fanned his veins ; he had seen no sun, no moon, in all that time, nor...with another part of the portrait. He was sitting on the ground, in the farthest corner of his dungeon, upon a little straw, which was alternately his... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1868 - 526 pages
...multitude of sad groups in it did but distract me I took a single captive, and having first shut him np in his dungeon, I then looked through the twilight...sitting upon the ground upon a little straw, in the farthest corner of his dungeon, which was alternately his chair and bed ; a little calendar of small... | |
 | Fulwar William Fowle - 1868 - 268 pages
...us a very touching description of one of these. " I looked through the twilight of his grated door. I beheld his body half wasted away with long expectation...of friend or kinsman breathed through his lattice. In the furthest corner of his dungeon he was sitting upon the ground on a little straw, which was alternately... | |
 | George Harris - 1869 - 332 pages
...ideas of what is past and prospective are also excited. Death in the approach is moreover shadowed. " I took a single captive ; and having first shut him...His children — " But here my heart began to bleed ; — I was forced to go on with another part of the portrait. " He was sitting upon the ground upon... | |
 | George Harris - 1869 - 338 pages
...moreover shadowed. " I took a single captive ; and having first shut him up in his dungeon, I then look'd through the twilight of his grated door to take his..."His children — " But here my heart began to bleed ; — I was forced to go on with another part of the portrait. " He was sitting upon the ground upon... | |
 | John Wilson - 1871 - 364 pages
...supremacy, of the Grecian republics, or the empire of Rome ? In thirty years the western breeze hiid not fanned his blood : he had seen no sun, no moon, in...forced to go on with another part of the portrait. The people lifted up their voices, and blessed the good St. Nicholas ; and, from that time foi th,... | |
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I took a single captive, and, having first shut him up in his dungeon, I then looked through the twilight of his grated door to take his picture. I beheld his body half wasted away with long expectation and confinement, and felt what kind of sickness... 
