...esteem, my reverence, my pity for the writer, that, before a thought of duty crossed my mind, I felt I would have given worlds, had I possessed them, to have been able to return the affection of such a heart as it would have desired and deserved. But I knew how...

...watched the last object, which was the light-house, until it receeded from my sight. Oh, I thought, I would have given worlds, had I possessed them, to have been again on shore, but it was now too late to rep«.nt. I went to bed extremely ill ; my head ached dreadfully,...

...against that of two persons, allied, at least, to one of the noblest families in France ? Now indeed I would have given worlds had I possessed them, to have been able to confide my trouble and difficulty to Richard Errol, and obtain his counsel on the occasion....

...esteem, my reverence, my pity for the writer, that, before a thought of duty crossed my mind, I felt I would have given worlds, had I possessed them, to have been able to return the affection of such a heart. But I knew how nice, how acute, were Edmund's feelings...

...ultimatum : it is for you to decide whether both go or both remain, for it shall be one or the other." I would have given worlds, had I possessed them, to have Been Major Legard at that moment. It is said that Napoleon possessed the marvellous faculty of subduing...