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... feeling they imparted on the wintry day of my uncle's visit ; though , in hot summer weather , I'll warrant there was glare enough to scorch one's eyes out . The smacking of the postilion's whip , which grew more and more intense the ...
... feeling they imparted on the wintry day of my uncle's visit ; though , in hot summer weather , I'll warrant there was glare enough to scorch one's eyes out . The smacking of the postilion's whip , which grew more and more intense the ...
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... feeling towards Henry the Fourth , for having thought his paternal mansion worth battering down . He had many sto- ries to tell of the prowess of his ancestors ; and several skull - caps , helmets , and cross - bows , and divers huge ...
... feeling towards Henry the Fourth , for having thought his paternal mansion worth battering down . He had many sto- ries to tell of the prowess of his ancestors ; and several skull - caps , helmets , and cross - bows , and divers huge ...
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... feel disposed to try an experiment : so , gentle- men , none of you shall know who has the haunted chamber until circumstances reveal it . I will not even know it myself , but will leave it to chance and the allotment of the housekeeper ...
... feel disposed to try an experiment : so , gentle- men , none of you shall know who has the haunted chamber until circumstances reveal it . I will not even know it myself , but will leave it to chance and the allotment of the housekeeper ...
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... feel a little nettled . I tried to look cool and calm , and to restrain my pique ; but the coolness and calmness of a man in a passion are confounded treacherous . 66 Gentlemen , " said I , with a slight cocking of the chin , and a bad ...
... feel a little nettled . I tried to look cool and calm , and to restrain my pique ; but the coolness and calmness of a man in a passion are confounded treacherous . 66 Gentlemen , " said I , with a slight cocking of the chin , and a bad ...
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... feel- ings interested , that I forgot to feel piqued at the experiment which my host had made upon my nerves , and joined eagerly in the general entreaty . As the morning was stormy , and denied all egress , my host was glad of any ...
... feel- ings interested , that I forgot to feel piqued at the experiment which my host had made upon my nerves , and joined eagerly in the general entreaty . As the morning was stormy , and denied all egress , my host was glad of any ...
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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.