The Courtier's Daughter, Band 3H. Colburn, 1838 |
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... less pleased than her mistress to see that the Duke was likely to be much in their neighbourhood , for she had long been engaged to his steward Jackstone , between whom and Joyce a determined enmity existed . Soon did the villanous ...
... less pleased than her mistress to see that the Duke was likely to be much in their neighbourhood , for she had long been engaged to his steward Jackstone , between whom and Joyce a determined enmity existed . Soon did the villanous ...
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... less - a guilty wife . At first Olivia thought that he must be suf- fering from temporary insanity , and she looked on him with unfeigned pity ; but , when he pro- ceeded in a stern voice to signify his intentions concerning her , then ...
... less - a guilty wife . At first Olivia thought that he must be suf- fering from temporary insanity , and she looked on him with unfeigned pity ; but , when he pro- ceeded in a stern voice to signify his intentions concerning her , then ...
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... less hardy , the stillness and wild aspect of the glen would have damped his curiosity . But the boy's courage was not to be daunted ; so climbing up a large tree which almost overshadowed the hut , he found himself presently on the ...
... less hardy , the stillness and wild aspect of the glen would have damped his curiosity . But the boy's courage was not to be daunted ; so climbing up a large tree which almost overshadowed the hut , he found himself presently on the ...
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... less than the form of the woman , showed deep traces of the power of time , passion , and disease . She threw back the door without sign of respect or favour , and received the Earl with a glare of mingled hatred and defiance ...
... less than the form of the woman , showed deep traces of the power of time , passion , and disease . She threw back the door without sign of respect or favour , and received the Earl with a glare of mingled hatred and defiance ...
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... less skilled in the developement of the devices of the cunning ; and he had not been many minutes in the room ere he discovered the fact that Joyce's faculties of observation were as keen , and as much on the alert , as his own . He ...
... less skilled in the developement of the devices of the cunning ; and he had not been many minutes in the room ere he discovered the fact that Joyce's faculties of observation were as keen , and as much on the alert , as his own . He ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abbey anxiety Augustus beautiful began believe better choly continued Countess cried dark daugh daughter dear desired door Dowager dreadful Duke of Gaston Earl Edwin engaged entreated Ernest exclaimed eyes Fanga father fear feelings felt Fitzhannon garvon gazed glen guilty Gunnersdown hand happy heard heart Henrietta heroine honour hope hour Jackstone Joyce Lady Dungarvon Lady Horatia Lady Jane laugh leave light listen looked Lord De Winton Lord Dungarvon Lord Lechmere Mabel Madame Floris maldon Marquis marriage marry melan ment mind miserable Miss De Winton mother murder mysterious never night Olivia once paused perceived person pity pray present prison promise racter ratia Rebecca Rebecca Joyce reply returned Rosemal Rosemaldon seemed sigh silence smile Smithson soon speak spoke steward suffered sure tell thought tion trembling unhappy Valmour vault voice walked watched whispered wife window Winton Park wish woman words
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 233 - O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day ; Which now shows all the beauty of the sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away ! Re-enter PANTHINO.
Seite 285 - O'er flower and tree loud hums the bee, And the wild kid sports merrily. The sun is bright, the sky is clear: Wake, lady, wake! and hasten here. Up! maiden fair, and bind thy hair, And rouse thee in the breezy air! The lulling stream that soothed thy dream Is dancing in the sunny beam. Waste...
Seite 285 - Long have the rooks cawed round thy Tower On flower and tree, loud hums the bee! The wilding kid sports merrily! A day so bright, so fresh, so clear, Shineth when good fortune 's near!
Seite 258 - If the devil ever laughs it must be at hypocrites ; they are the greatest dupes he has ; they serve him better than any others, and receive no wages ; nay, what is still more extraordinary, they submit to greater misfortunes to go to Hell, than the sincerest Christian to go to Heaven.
Seite 258 - If the devil ever laughs, it must be at hypocrites} they are the greatest dupes he has ; they serve him better than any others, and receive no wages ; nay, what is stiE more extraordinary, they submit to greater mortifications to go TO hell, than the sincerest Christian to go to Heaven.
Seite 198 - I never framed a wish, or formed a plan, That flattered me with hopes of earthly bliss, But there I laid the scene. There early strayed My fancy, ere yet liberty of choice Had found me, or the hope of being free. My very dreams were rural, rural too...
Seite 123 - The sunne and the wind had shrunke his veins, I bit off a sinew, I clipped his haire, I brought off his ragges that danced in the ay re.
Seite 144 - Us both securer that thus warned thou seem'st, Go; for thy stay, not free, absents thee more; Go in thy native innocence ; rely On what thou hast of virtue, summon all: For God towards thee has done his part: do thine.
Seite 116 - The good or ill of men's lives comes more from their humours than their fortunes.