De Clifford: Or, The Constant Man, Band 1Henry Colburn, 1841 - 4 Seiten |
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... person there addressed . The work has at least innocently , if not usefully , filled a great deal of leisure , and adds one more Picture of Human Life to those which ( with whatever success ) I have already presumed to offer to the ...
... person there addressed . The work has at least innocently , if not usefully , filled a great deal of leisure , and adds one more Picture of Human Life to those which ( with whatever success ) I have already presumed to offer to the ...
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... persons of polish and education , when I happened to see them ( which indeed was but rarely ) , and compared them with the homeliness of those who yet were my closest relatives . This made me unhappy , and was a great disadvantage in ...
... persons of polish and education , when I happened to see them ( which indeed was but rarely ) , and compared them with the homeliness of those who yet were my closest relatives . This made me unhappy , and was a great disadvantage in ...
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... person . This , whether from derision or envy , was converted into a nickname , which stuck by me at school , and followed me too college . With all the drawbacks , however , which I have mention- ed , Sedbergh was to me a place of ...
... person . This , whether from derision or envy , was converted into a nickname , which stuck by me at school , and followed me too college . With all the drawbacks , however , which I have mention- ed , Sedbergh was to me a place of ...
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... persons who are proud , but whose fortune does not square with the good opinion they have of themselves , generally do , with the assurance that if I was not as rich and great as Foljambe , I deserved to be so , and that in truth he had ...
... persons who are proud , but whose fortune does not square with the good opinion they have of themselves , generally do , with the assurance that if I was not as rich and great as Foljambe , I deserved to be so , and that in truth he had ...
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... person as Lady Belfont ? " " Lady Belfont , " said Mr. Darling , again smiling " has six daughters , some of thein waxing old ; Mount Wilkins is a fine place , and Mr. Wilkins himself , though so rich , is scarcely yet past his meridian ...
... person as Lady Belfont ? " " Lady Belfont , " said Mr. Darling , again smiling " has six daughters , some of thein waxing old ; Mount Wilkins is a fine place , and Mr. Wilkins himself , though so rich , is scarcely yet past his meridian ...
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acquaintance admiration affected afterwards Alcibiades allowed asked Bardolfe beautiful mind Bertha Bostock brother called certainly character charming Christ Church Clifford condescend cousin Crackenthorpe daugh daughter delight dinner doubt Eau de Cologne elegance equal Eton exclaimed eyes fashion father fear feelings felt Foljambe Park fool fortune Fother Fothergill friendship gave Gayhurst gentleman give glad Granville happy Hastings heart honour hope husband inequality knew Lady Cherubina laughed least less look Lord Albany manner Mansell marquess means Merriton mind mortification nature never noble observed Oxford particularly passed passion perhaps person Petrarch pleased pleasure plebeian pride proud Queen's Queen's men rank recollections replied respect returned Sedbergh Sedley seemed sense Shanks shew Sir Harry sister smile sort spirit superior suppose sure surprised taste tell thing thought tion told tutor vulgar walk wife wish word young youth
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Seite 240 - ... uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules: within a month, Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her galled eyes, She married.
Seite 241 - Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment?
Seite 31 - O how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ? The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields...
Seite 48 - And purple all the ground with vernal flowers. Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe, and pale jessamine, The white pink, and the pansy freaked with jet, The glowing violet, The musk-rose, and the well-attired woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears ; Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.
Seite 53 - MINE be a cot beside the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear ; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest.
Seite 243 - Methinks I should know you, and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant What place this is; and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me; For (as I am a man) I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Seite 179 - Hence, all you vain delights, As short as are the nights Wherein you spend your folly There's naught in this life sweet If men were wise to see't, But only melancholy, O sweetest Melancholy!
Seite 181 - Content I live, this is my stay; I seek no more than may suffice ; I press to bear no haughty sway; Look, what I lack my mind supplies. Lo, thus I triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring.
Seite 46 - Hence, bashful cunning ! And prompt me, plain and holy innocence ! I am your wife, if you will marry me ; If not, I'll die your maid : to be your fellow * You may deny me ; but I'll be your servant, Whether you will or no.
Seite 48 - Return, Alpheus; the dread voice is past That shrunk thy streams; return, Sicilian Muse, And call the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells and flowerets of a thousand hues.