The Man of Honour, and The Reclaimed ...E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1836 |
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... never see her sitting down ! " On the occasion in question , I say , I was somewhat diverted with the conversation of the two persons on the bench below me . But here , reader , I forewarn you , that what I am going to say , has nothing ...
... never see her sitting down ! " On the occasion in question , I say , I was somewhat diverted with the conversation of the two persons on the bench below me . But here , reader , I forewarn you , that what I am going to say , has nothing ...
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... never attempted to place the slightest restraint , moral or religious , upon his passions and inclinations ) , had , at the age of six- teen , been sent to sea as a hopeless case . Her two daughters in the interval had been ...
... never attempted to place the slightest restraint , moral or religious , upon his passions and inclinations ) , had , at the age of six- teen , been sent to sea as a hopeless case . Her two daughters in the interval had been ...
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... never suspected or seen any attachment in her son to Alice , and was too much gratified with the change wrought in his character , to trouble herself much about his " fits of absence , " as she used to call them . " George is not in ...
... never suspected or seen any attachment in her son to Alice , and was too much gratified with the change wrought in his character , to trouble herself much about his " fits of absence , " as she used to call them . " George is not in ...
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... never con- cealed aught from her son , but , on the contrary , trea- sured up every little anecdote and every piece of scandal she heard , to amuse him with at the break- fast or dinner - table Alice , felt secure that the next time she ...
... never con- cealed aught from her son , but , on the contrary , trea- sured up every little anecdote and every piece of scandal she heard , to amuse him with at the break- fast or dinner - table Alice , felt secure that the next time she ...
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... never can marry . Do not speak of it . Once the idea crossed my mind , that if Alice could be brought to accept me as a husband , Heaven itself could hardly have greater charms for me than this world with her - but , it never could be , ...
... never can marry . Do not speak of it . Once the idea crossed my mind , that if Alice could be brought to accept me as a husband , Heaven itself could hardly have greater charms for me than this world with her - but , it never could be , ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 32 - But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, 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 183 - It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
Seite 79 - there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.
Seite 160 - Give back the lost and lovely! — those for whom The place was kept at board and hearth so long, The prayer went up through midnight's breathless gloom, And the vain yearning woke midst festal song ! Hold fast thy buried isles, thy towers o'erthrown — But all is not thine own. To thee the love of woman hath gone down, Dark flow thy tides o'er manhood's noble head, O'er youth's bright locks, and beauty's flowery crown : Yet must thou hear a voice — Restore the dead ! Earth shall reclaim her precious...
Seite 197 - They climbed the steep ascent of heaven Through peril, toil, and pain : O God, to us may grace be given To follow in their train.
Seite 101 - I grant indeed that fields and flocks have charms For him that grazes or for him that farms; But when amid such pleasing scenes I trace The poor laborious natives of the place, And see the mid-day sun, with fervid ray, On their bare heads and dewy temples play; While some, with feebler...
Seite 92 - ... visions float on fancy's eye, 'Tis but with rosy wreaths thy path to spread, And place the diadem on beauty's head. Queen of my thoughts, each subject to thy sway, Thy ruling presence lives but to obey ; And shouldst thou e'er their bless'd allegiance slight, The mind must wander, lost in endless night. Farewell ! forget me not, when others gaze, Enamoured on thee, with the looks of praise ; When weary leagues before my view are cast, And each dull hour seems heavier than the last, Forget me...
Seite 76 - And as Paul reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, " Go thy way for this time ; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Seite 178 - LEONATO Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband. BEATRICE Not till God make men of some other metal than earth. Would it not grieve a woman to be overmastered with a piece of valiant dust? To make an account of her life to a clod of wayward marl? No, uncle, I'll none Adam's sons are my brethren, and truly I hold it a sin to match...
Seite 134 - They see the flash with sudden lightnings flare, And the blue smoke slow rolling on the air: They see their warriors drop, and, starting, hear The lingering thunders bursting on their ear.