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Pagina 8
... observed her shrink from the woman several times as she took her hand . After all , I am afraid I dis- like her only because I think she has anticipated me ; for I saw her give this young thing money , and the girl took it with an air ...
... observed her shrink from the woman several times as she took her hand . After all , I am afraid I dis- like her only because I think she has anticipated me ; for I saw her give this young thing money , and the girl took it with an air ...
Pagina 17
... observe to you , that the lady is my mistress ; she has been so for upwards of a twelvemonth . I adore her be- yond life ; my devotion to her has proved it . I have twice braved death for her sake , and have been twice wounded : six ...
... observe to you , that the lady is my mistress ; she has been so for upwards of a twelvemonth . I adore her be- yond life ; my devotion to her has proved it . I have twice braved death for her sake , and have been twice wounded : six ...
Pagina 18
... observed , that he was perfectly resigned to whatever might happen , for he felt the inward conviction that he was most unjustly provoked to this com- bat . By this time Delessert and his friend arrived on the ground , and apologized ...
... observed , that he was perfectly resigned to whatever might happen , for he felt the inward conviction that he was most unjustly provoked to this com- bat . By this time Delessert and his friend arrived on the ground , and apologized ...
Pagina 23
... observe that it was completely illuminated . It was not long , however , before I guessed the The concourse of people was , as may easily be imagined , immense on this occasion . The general actually found it necessary to post a guard ...
... observe that it was completely illuminated . It was not long , however , before I guessed the The concourse of people was , as may easily be imagined , immense on this occasion . The general actually found it necessary to post a guard ...
Pagina 29
... observed that a young couple manifest a particular fondness for each other's company , the parents and relatives on both sides seek ra- ther to promote the match , if it be When a person proves awkward in the employment which he has ...
... observed that a young couple manifest a particular fondness for each other's company , the parents and relatives on both sides seek ra- ther to promote the match , if it be When a person proves awkward in the employment which he has ...
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Pagina 340 - Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream, Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion.
Pagina 355 - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse : which I observing, Took once a pliant hour, and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart That I would all my pilgrimage dilate, Whereof by parcels she had something heard, But not intentively.
Pagina 124 - Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings.
Pagina 234 - ... management or precaution, to the shoulders of the too merciful executioner. The scene immediately became more interesting. The beadle could by no means be prevailed upon to strike hard, which provoked the constable to strike harder ; and this double flogging continued, till a lass of...
Pagina 308 - DUTIES ; Or, Instructions to Young Married Ladies on the Management of their Households, and the Regulation of their Conduct in the various Relations and Duties of Married Life. By Mrs. W. PARKES.
Pagina 142 - Irish sailor, who was poor and much distressed for clothes and common necessaries. Hickey compassionating his poverty, and finding he was his countryman, relieved his wants, and an intimacy commenced between them. They agreed to go to Ireland together; and it was remarked on their passage that Caulfield...
Pagina 313 - ... by William Penn, proprietary and governor of the province of Pennsylvania and territories thereof, viz.
Pagina 223 - Sir Charles Lee, by his first lady, had only one daughter, of which she died in childbirth ; and when she died, her sister, the lady Everard, desired to have the education of the child ; and she was by her very well educated till she was marriageable ; and a match was concluded for her with sir William Perkins, but was then prevented in an extraordinary manner. Upon a Thursday night, she thinking she saw...
Pagina 295 - Her sister Furies fly her hideous face; So frightful are the forms the monster takes, So fierce the hissings of her speckled snakes. Her Juno finds, and thus inflames her spite: "O virgin daughter of eternal night, Give me this once thy labour, to sustain My right, and execute my just disdain.
Pagina 234 - ... the verse. She then began in a kind of whining recitative, but as she proceeded and as the composition required it, her voice assumed a variety of deep and fine tones, and the energy with which many passages were delivered, proved her perfect comprehension and strong feeling of the subject, but her eyes always continued shut, perhaps to prevent interruption to her thoughts, or her attention being engaged by any surrounding object.