The Discarded Son: Or, Haunt of the Banditti. A Tale ...Printed at the Minerva Press, for Lane, Newman, and Company, 1807 |
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... discovered in its neighbourhood , which , seeing that all the party were not perhaps too well prepared for a journey to the other world , might not have proved a very agreeable circum- stance to the feelings of some of them . ' " ' Good ...
... discovered in its neighbourhood , which , seeing that all the party were not perhaps too well prepared for a journey to the other world , might not have proved a very agreeable circum- stance to the feelings of some of them . ' " ' Good ...
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... discovery to him , who , being a little more knowing than he was , hesitated not to take advantage of it , by directly going to a magistrate to iden- tify the stranger , and thus secure the reward promised to the person who did so ...
... discovery to him , who , being a little more knowing than he was , hesitated not to take advantage of it , by directly going to a magistrate to iden- tify the stranger , and thus secure the reward promised to the person who did so ...
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... discovered . It now occured to him to inquire whether Mactalla had put away any wea- pons of defence for them ? and to his great vexation was answered in the negative ; for his great omission in not doing which , Mactalla implored his ...
... discovered . It now occured to him to inquire whether Mactalla had put away any wea- pons of defence for them ? and to his great vexation was answered in the negative ; for his great omission in not doing which , Mactalla implored his ...
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... discovered , in the features of one of these unhappy ladies , the enchanting features of Miss Ray- mond ! For a minute horror suspended all his faculties .... Then .... Oh , could it be , was it possible , in agony he asked himself ...
... discovered , in the features of one of these unhappy ladies , the enchanting features of Miss Ray- mond ! For a minute horror suspended all his faculties .... Then .... Oh , could it be , was it possible , in agony he asked himself ...
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... discovering some weapon of defence ; but nothing met it but mouldering furniture and dark wainscotting , destitute of any ornament , but here and there a fragment of tapestry . He then proceed- ed to the door , and tried to force it ...
... discovering some weapon of defence ; but nothing met it but mouldering furniture and dark wainscotting , destitute of any ornament , but here and there a fragment of tapestry . He then proceed- ed to the door , and tried to force it ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
accent Acerenza agitation agreeable apartment appeared assure astonishment au voleur banditti beheld Benedict bosom Carlo castle conduct convinced Cordelia countenance cried Mactalla cried Osmond daugh daughter dear Delacour door doubt dreadful Duke D'Amalfi Elizabeth emotion encreasing endeavoured enquired exclaimed Osmond eyes Farmer Stubbs father fear feelings Felisco gentleman give Glengary hand happiness hear heard heart Heathwood Heaven hope horses hoofs idea immediately indignation induced instant interrupted involuntarily Irish brigades Isabella Lady O'Sinister length look Lord O'Sinister Lordship manner master ment mind minutes Miss Raymond mond Montana morning Munro Naples never night O'Grady occasioned old Andrew owing pause pray present quitted recollect reflected rejoined rendered repeated Osmond replied Osmond returned Osmond rienced scarcely Signor silence smile soon suddenly sure surprise tell thing thou thought tion Tivoli tone turning Venosa voice Watkins wish
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 111 - So many hours must I tend my flock; So many hours must I take my rest; So many hours must I contemplate; So many hours must I sport myself...
Seite 109 - 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.
Seite 111 - I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Seite 69 - And sing the infusive force of Spring on man ,When heaven and earth, as if contending, vie To raise his being, and serene his soul, Can he forbear to join the general smile Of Nature ? Can fierce passions vex his breast, While every gale is peace, and every grove Is melody...
Seite 111 - To kings that fear their subjects' treachery? O, yes, it doth; a thousand-fold it doth. And to conclude, — the shepherd's homely curds, His cold thin drink out of his leather bottle, His wonted sleep under a fresh tree's shade, All which secure and sweetly he enjoys...
Seite 58 - All things to man's delightful use: the roof Of thickest covert was inwoven shade, Laurel and myrtle, and what higher grew Of firm and fragrant leaf: on either side Acanthus and each odorous bushy shrub Fenced up the verdant wall; each beauteous flower, Iris all hues, roses, and...
Seite 111 - ... treachery ? O, yes it doth ; a thousand fold it doth. And to conclude, — the shepherd's homely curds, His cold thin drink out of his leather bottle, His wonted sleep under a fresh tree's shade, All which secure and sweetly he enjoys, Is far beyond a prince's delicates, His viands sparkling in a golden cup, His body couched in a curious bed, When care, mistrust, and treason wait on him.
Seite 111 - O God ! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run...
Seite 132 - When not a breath disturbs the drowsy waves : But man, the very monster of the world, Is ne'er at rest ; the soul for ever wakes.