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... called men of letters into society , so long forbidden in France , was one of the chief causes of the revolution in that country , and the confusion of ranks which now obtained in this . The noble art of horse- manship , indeed , such ...
... called men of letters into society , so long forbidden in France , was one of the chief causes of the revolution in that country , and the confusion of ranks which now obtained in this . The noble art of horse- manship , indeed , such ...
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... bad wind that blows nobody good . How fortunate for me , Lady Elizabeth , that Lord Jacob has broken his neck , or was called away by his head groom , or some such lucky ac- cident , when he should have been setting out for 34 THE DEVOTED .
... bad wind that blows nobody good . How fortunate for me , Lady Elizabeth , that Lord Jacob has broken his neck , or was called away by his head groom , or some such lucky ac- cident , when he should have been setting out for 34 THE DEVOTED .
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... called at her house ; while the three young ladies made a dead set at Lord Jacob Wynne ; admiring the waistcoat and the studs , and the peculiar cuffs of this well - dressed and fahionable young man . No sooner were the ladies withdrawn ...
... called at her house ; while the three young ladies made a dead set at Lord Jacob Wynne ; admiring the waistcoat and the studs , and the peculiar cuffs of this well - dressed and fahionable young man . No sooner were the ladies withdrawn ...
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... called " musical . " One jingled on a guitar , and the other sang in a grandioso style , screeching through Rossini's impossibilities with perfect self - satisfaction . Lord Jacob , with a happy versatility of taste , admired all the ...
... called " musical . " One jingled on a guitar , and the other sang in a grandioso style , screeching through Rossini's impossibilities with perfect self - satisfaction . Lord Jacob , with a happy versatility of taste , admired all the ...
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... called on to do so . Mrs. Benson continued her conversation ; but her voice was feeble , and her respiration became short , which broke the sentences into abrupt phrases , and made her words the more impressive . " Your birth , Mr ...
... called on to do so . Mrs. Benson continued her conversation ; but her voice was feeble , and her respiration became short , which broke the sentences into abrupt phrases , and made her words the more impressive . " Your birth , Mr ...
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The Devoted, by the Authoress of 'The Disinherited' Charlotte Susan M Bury Попередній перегляд недоступний - 2015 |
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Сторінка 174 - But these are all lies : men have died from time to time and worms have eaten them, but not for love.
Сторінка 192 - So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes ; And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly and attract more eyes Than that which hath no foil to set it off.
Сторінка 192 - I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am By so much shall I falsify men's hopes ; And like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly and attract more eyes Than that which hath no foil to set it off. I '11 so offend to make offence a skill ; Redeeming time when men think least I will.
Сторінка 319 - Tis done ! dread Winter spreads his latest glooms, And reigns tremendous o'er the conquer'd year. How dead the vegetable kingdom lies ! How dumb the tuneful! Horror wide extends His desolate domain. Behold, fond man ! See here thy pictured life ; pass some few years, Thy flowering Spring, thy Summer's ardent strength, Thy sober Autumn fading into age, And pale concluding Winter comes at last, And shuts the scene.
Сторінка 55 - But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; there is a fire And motion of the soul which will not dwell In its own narrow being...
Сторінка 224 - early to bed and early to rise, is the way to be healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Сторінка 156 - Doubt thou the stars are fire ; Doubt that the sun doth move ; Doubt truth to be a liar ; But never doubt I love.
Сторінка 132 - This makes the madmen who have made men mad By their contagion; Conquerors and Kings, Founders of sects and systems, to whom add Sophists, Bards, Statesmen, all unquiet things Which stir too strongly the soul's secret springs, And are themselves the fools to those they fool; Envied, yet how unenviable!
Сторінка 294 - Above, below, aerial murmurs swell, From hanging wood, brown heath, and bushy dell ! A thousand nameless rills, that shun the light, Stealing soft music on the ear of night.
Сторінка 56 - With eye attentive mark the springing game. Straight as above the surface of the flood They wanton rise, or urged by hunger leap, Then fix, with gentle twitch, the barbed hook : Some lightly tossing to the grassy bank, And to the shelving shore slow-dragging some, With various hand proportion'd to their force.