Thirty Years Ago: Or, The Memoirs of a Water Drinker, Band 2Bancroft & Holley, 1836 |
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... body . The general had a practised face , carefully educated , as we have seen , to mask the movements of his mind ; and although he felt the repulse , he did not show the shock his pride had received , or evince his surprise at the ...
... body . The general had a practised face , carefully educated , as we have seen , to mask the movements of his mind ; and although he felt the repulse , he did not show the shock his pride had received , or evince his surprise at the ...
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... body , could animate the body of another , and accomplish his wishes , by appearing in the corse of one he had murdered . She possessed the queen - like port and towering height of Siddons , though not the elegance of her form . She ...
... body , could animate the body of another , and accomplish his wishes , by appearing in the corse of one he had murdered . She possessed the queen - like port and towering height of Siddons , though not the elegance of her form . She ...
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... body conversant with New - York , its streets , and alleys , knows that there is a narrow passage behind the park play - house , called Theatre - alley . We have introduced the reader to this thoroughfare , already , in an early.
... body conversant with New - York , its streets , and alleys , knows that there is a narrow passage behind the park play - house , called Theatre - alley . We have introduced the reader to this thoroughfare , already , in an early.
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... body that ever before existed . Mr. and Mrs. Kent were not Africans by birth , but descend- ants from the people so long the prey of European and Ameri- can avarice ; and by some intermixture of the blood of their ancestors with that of ...
... body that ever before existed . Mr. and Mrs. Kent were not Africans by birth , but descend- ants from the people so long the prey of European and Ameri- can avarice ; and by some intermixture of the blood of their ancestors with that of ...
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... body I ever heard , if I may not except Mr. Cooke . ” " A good reader , an excellent scholar , took great pains to teach me . " And Emma , as she spoke , thought of her lost brother . " When I have heard Mr. Cooke read over his part in ...
... body I ever heard , if I may not except Mr. Cooke . ” " A good reader , an excellent scholar , took great pains to teach me . " And Emma , as she spoke , thought of her lost brother . " When I have heard Mr. Cooke read over his part in ...
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actors admiration Alcort Allen appeared battle of Trenton Beaglehole beauty blackguard brandy Broadway called Captain John Smith Captain Smith cause CHAPTER circumstances Colonel companions Cooke's Cooper counting-house creature Davenport death disease Doctor door dress duty Eliza Atherton Emma Portland Epsom evil eyes face fard father fear feelings fellow felt fire gentleman George Frederick Cooke hand happy hear heard Henry Johnson hero Hilson honour hope husband imagination intemperance John Smith Kent knew lady laugh light Littlejohn looked marriage mean mind misery Miss Atherton mother never New-York night offended passed person poor present racter scene seen silent sister sleep smile snow Spif Spiff stage stood street suffering suppose switchel tell theatre thing thought tion told took tragedian Trusty truth unhappy voice watch watchman wife Williams wish words young youth Zebediah Spiffard
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Seite 177 - Go to your bosom ; Knock there ; and ask your heart what it doth know That's like my brother's fault ; if it confess A natural guiltiness such as is his, Let it not sound a thought upon your tongue Against my brother's life.
Seite 129 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Seite 91 - I never mean, unless some particular circumstances should compel me to it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law.
Seite 171 - It is that fountain and that well Where pleasure and repentance dwell; It is, perhaps, that sauncing bell That tolls all into heaven or hell; And this is love, as I hear tell.
Seite 207 - Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water.
Seite 177 - Well, thus we play the fools with the time, and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds, and mock us.
Seite 119 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law...
Seite 129 - The seasons' difference; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say,— This is no flattery: these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Seite 145 - Or by some habit that too much o'er-leavens The form of plausive manners ; that these men, Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect, Being nature's livery, or fortune's star, Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo, Shall in the general censure take corruption From that particular fault : the dram of eale Doth all the noble substance of a doubt To his own scandal.
Seite 91 - You have among you many a purchased slave, Which, like your asses and your dogs and mules, You use in abject and in slavish parts, Because you bought them...
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