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... side . For four days and three n . did this chase continue ; the British sometimes bring up a fresh of wind , and getting within gun - shot , a then the French frigate would catch the breeze , a again outsail them . The fourth night a ...
... side . For four days and three n . did this chase continue ; the British sometimes bring up a fresh of wind , and getting within gun - shot , a then the French frigate would catch the breeze , a again outsail them . The fourth night a ...
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... side , when no human ear was at hand to listen to the outpourings of their simple affection . Mary Waters did not conceal these meetings from her parents , who , if they did not approve , at least did not check or forbid them . On the ...
... side , when no human ear was at hand to listen to the outpourings of their simple affection . Mary Waters did not conceal these meetings from her parents , who , if they did not approve , at least did not check or forbid them . On the ...
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... side in front of the cottage for the form of her returning parent . On her third visit , her mother was greatly startled by a wild shriek from her lips , followed by her hurried re - entrance into the cottage . ' Merciful Heaven ! ' she ...
... side in front of the cottage for the form of her returning parent . On her third visit , her mother was greatly startled by a wild shriek from her lips , followed by her hurried re - entrance into the cottage . ' Merciful Heaven ! ' she ...
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... side , pulled it from the scabbard , and in an instant stabbed him through the body . Lord Forrester did not fall with the blow , but the enraged woman re- peated it , and he dropped to the ground . He died almost immediately . The spot ...
... side , pulled it from the scabbard , and in an instant stabbed him through the body . Lord Forrester did not fall with the blow , but the enraged woman re- peated it , and he dropped to the ground . He died almost immediately . The spot ...
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... side , and stab him with it . Moreover , one wound only would have been inflicted , in all likeli- hood , had the matter occurred as described by her , whereas several wounds appeared on his lordship's body , shewing the furious passion ...
... side , and stab him with it . Moreover , one wound only would have been inflicted , in all likeli- hood , had the matter occurred as described by her , whereas several wounds appeared on his lordship's body , shewing the furious passion ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 102 - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Seite 21 - Mr. Fitzherbert, in all their names, upon a certain day, that they would drink Foote's small-beer no longer. On that day Foote happened to dine at Fitzherbert's, and this boy served at table; he was so delighted with Foote's stories, and merriment, and grimace, that when he went down stairs, he told them, 'This is the finest man I have ever seen. I will not deliver your message. I will drink his small-beer.
Seite 101 - ODE TO THE CUCKOO. HAIL, beauteous stranger of the grove! Thou messenger of spring ! Now Heaven repairs thy rural seat, And woods thy welcome sing. What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers.
Seite 143 - This pass conducts to the theatre, and here the ruins of the city burst on the view in their full grandeur, shut in on the opposite side by barren craggy precipices, from which numerous ravines and valleys, like those we had passed, branch out in all directions. The sides of the mountains, covered with an endless variety of excavated tombs and private dwellings, presented altogether the most singular scene we ever beheld...
Seite 61 - His Kingdom of Corsica, For the use of his creditors. The grave, great teacher, to a level brings. Heroes, and beggars, galley-slaves, and kings : But Theodore this moral learn'd, ere dead ; Fate pour'd its lessons on his living head, Bestow'da kingdom, and denied him bread.
Seite 95 - Upon being closely pursued, she would generally fly to the western woods and return the next winter with another litter of whelps.
Seite 96 - When he drew nearer than before, the wolf, assuming a still more fierce and terrible appearance, howling, rolling her eyes, snapping her teeth, and dropping her head between her legs, was evidently in the attitude, and on the point of springing at him. At the critical instant he levelled and fired at her head. Stunned with the shock, and suffocated with the smoke, he immediately found himself drawn out of the cave.
Seite 21 - Fitzherbert was one who took his small-beer ; but it was so bad that the servants resolved not to drink it. They were at some loss how to notify their resolution, being afraid of offending their master, who they knew liked Foote much as a companion. At last they fixed upon a little black boy, who was rather a favourite, to be their deputy, and deliver their remonstrance ; and, having invested him with the whole authority of the kitchen, he was to inform Mr.
Seite 86 - The day will come when some more powerful man will get fame and riches from my invention; but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention.
Seite 61 - Immediately after leaving the King's Bench Prison, By the benefit of the Act of Insolvency, In consequence of which he registered His Kingdom of Corsica For the use of his Creditors.