ISBN: 1235635082

Paperback, [EAN: 9781235635083], General Books LLC, General Books LLC, Book, [PU: General Books LLC], General Books LLC, This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purch… More...

Paperback, [EAN: 9781235635083], General Books LLC, General Books LLC, Book, [PU: General Books LLC], General Books LLC, This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891. Excerpt: ... the proem of the great idyl of love and joy, of spring-time mirth and summer gladness; it was the first strophe of the divine chorus, where all that lives was attuned to harmony, and where only he was miserable. He had fallen fathoms deep in his own esteem. Like Icarus, he had tried to soar into the empyrean, and he had drowned himself in the salt sea of sorrow; like Phaethon, he had sought to guide the flaming chariot of divine knowledge, and he had consumed the living things of time. He had been cheated by his own imagination, or made the sport of evil influences. And, either way, Aline was as much a myth as his mother--and his assurance was yet to seek. Sceptical and superstitious--superstitious because sceptical--the supports on which he had leaned had failed him, and he knew not where to turn for comfort. CHAPTER XLIII. THE GOLDEN BOWL. There was running to and fro in the streets of Beaton Brows; and once again excited crowds gathered in the market-place; where women's flushed cheeks, shrill voices sharpened by tears, and passionate reproaches matched the men's pale faces, deep oaths, and fiercer threats. That run on the bank, though it had been stopped for the moment, had left its mark on the receipts and revenues; and the underground flow that had been going on for some years now, had poured towards the outfall with rather more violence than before. By this time not a security that had ever been deposited in the bank for safety, was there; and the japanned tin-boxes, ostentatiously painted and scrupulously dusted, were as fallacious witnesses as the well-bound books masking a library-door, or the wooden sugar-loaves on a grocer's shelves. All the men--still more all the women--who had trusted the handsome, smiling, pleasure-loving banker, had bitte..., 1000, Subjects, 1, Arts & Photography, 2, Biographies & Memoirs, 3, Business & Money, 3248857011, Calendars, 4, Children's Books, 12290, Christian Books & Bibles, 4366, Comics & Graphic Novels, 5, Computers & Technology, 6, Cookbooks, Food & Wine, 48, Crafts, Hobbies & Home, 21, Education & Reference, 173507, Engineering & Transportation, 301889, Gay & Lesbian, 10, Health, Fitness & Dieting, 9, History, 86, Humor & Entertainment, 10777, Law, 17, Literature & Fiction, 173514, Medical Books, 18, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, 20, Parenting & Relationships, 3377866011, Politics & Social Sciences, 22, Religion & Spirituality, 23, Romance, 75, Science & Math, 25, Science Fiction & Fantasy, 4736, Self-Help, 26, Sports & Outdoors, 28, Teen & Young Adult, 27, Travel, 283155, Books<

ISBN: 1235635082

Paperback, [EAN: 9781235635083], General Books LLC, General Books LLC, Book, [PU: General Books LLC], General Books LLC, 1025612, Subjects, 349777011, Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable, 91,… More...

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