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... Englishman , 340 354 PART IV . THE MONEY - DIGGERS . Hell - gate , Kidd the Pirate , 365 369 The Devil and Tom Walker , 376 Wolfert Webber , or Golden Dreams , 393 The Adventure of the Black Fisherman , 420 TO THE READER . WORTHY AND ...
... Englishman , 340 354 PART IV . THE MONEY - DIGGERS . Hell - gate , Kidd the Pirate , 365 369 The Devil and Tom Walker , 376 Wolfert Webber , or Golden Dreams , 393 The Adventure of the Black Fisherman , 420 TO THE READER . WORTHY AND ...
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... person ; for manly beauty has its effect even upon men . I had an Englishman's habitual diffi- dence and awkwardness to contend with ; but from frequently meeting him in the cassinos , I gradually edged myself 76 TALES OF A TRAVELLER .
... person ; for manly beauty has its effect even upon men . I had an Englishman's habitual diffi- dence and awkwardness to contend with ; but from frequently meeting him in the cassinos , I gradually edged myself 76 TALES OF A TRAVELLER .
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... Englishmen - thank God I have one at length for a friend ! " Yet he never seemed disposed to avail himself of my sym- pathy other than by mere companionship . He never sought to unbosom himself to me : there appeared to be a settled ...
... Englishmen - thank God I have one at length for a friend ! " Yet he never seemed disposed to avail himself of my sym- pathy other than by mere companionship . He never sought to unbosom himself to me : there appeared to be a settled ...
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... Englishman . " Horses to Fondi , " said the Englishman , as the landlord came bowing to the carriage door . " Would not his Excellenza alight , and take some refresh- ments ? " " No - he did not mean to eat until he got to Fondi ...
... Englishman . " Horses to Fondi , " said the Englishman , as the landlord came bowing to the carriage door . " Would not his Excellenza alight , and take some refresh- ments ? " " No - he did not mean to eat until he got to Fondi ...
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... Englishman's usual hurry to get to the end of a journey ; or , to use the regular phrase , " to get on . " Perhaps too he was a little sore from having been fleeced at every stage . After some time , the servant returned from the stable ...
... Englishman's usual hurry to get to the end of a journey ; or , to use the regular phrase , " to get on . " Perhaps too he was a little sore from having been fleeced at every stage . After some time , the servant returned from the stable ...
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Abruzzi adventure Alderman Apennines beauty beheld Bianca bosom Buckthorne burgher buried captain carbine carriage chamber companions countenance cried daugh daughter delight devil divining rod door doubt dress Dutch Englishman eyes face fancy father feel fellow felt Fondi fortune Frosinone gave gazed Genoa ghost hand haunted head heard heart horse improvisatore inquisitive gentleman Iron John Jack Straw Kidd kind knew laugh length literary looked Marquis mind mountains Naples neighborhood never night once passed paused Peechy Prauw Pelasgian pistol poetical poetry poniard poor Popkins postilions Prossedi recollect replied returned robbers rocks round scene Schiedam seemed seen skiff stiletto story strange talk tell Terracina theatre thing thought tion Tom Walker took town travellers trees turned Tusculum uncle village voice walked Webber whole window Wolfert wonder young lady
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Página 161 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny ; You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face, You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve : Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Página 230 - ... true sympathy; how few love us for ourselves; how few will befriend us in our misfortunes; then it is that we think of the mother we have lost. It is true I had always loved my mother, even in my most heedless days; but I felt how inconsiderate and ineffectual had been my love. My heart melted as I retraced the days of infancy, when I was led by a mother's hand, and rocked to sleep in a mother's arms, and was without care or sorrow. "O my mother!
Página 363 - Now I remember those old women's words, Who in my wealth would tell me winter's tales, And speak of spirits and ghosts that glide by night About the place where treasure hath been hid...
Página xi - There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in travelling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place.