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... haunted family mansion , in one of the middle coun- ties . He had been a devoted admirer of the fair sex in his younger days ; but , having travelled much , studied the sex in va- rious countries with distinguished success , and ...
... haunted family mansion , in one of the middle coun- ties . He had been a devoted admirer of the fair sex in his younger days ; but , having travelled much , studied the sex in va- rious countries with distinguished success , and ...
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... haunted chamber to put a guest in ? " " Perhaps , " said the Baronet , smiling , " I might accommodate you even on that point . " " Oh , I should like it of all things , my jewel . Some dark oaken room , with ugly , wobegone portraits ...
... haunted chamber to put a guest in ? " " Perhaps , " said the Baronet , smiling , " I might accommodate you even on that point . " " Oh , I should like it of all things , my jewel . Some dark oaken room , with ugly , wobegone portraits ...
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Washington Irving. and haunted . I'll warrant that side was well stuffed with ghost stories . There was a universal demand for the tale ... haunted head proceeded . THE ADVENTURE OF MY UNCLE . MANY years since , 22 TALES OF A TRAVELLER .
Washington Irving. and haunted . I'll warrant that side was well stuffed with ghost stories . There was a universal demand for the tale ... haunted head proceeded . THE ADVENTURE OF MY UNCLE . MANY years since , 22 TALES OF A TRAVELLER .
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... haunted , " whispered the landlord's daughter ; " but you are a bold dragoon , and I dare say don't fear ghosts . " " The devil a bit ! " said my grandfather , pinching her plump cheek . " But if I should be troubled by ghosts , I've ...
... haunted , " whispered the landlord's daughter ; " but you are a bold dragoon , and I dare say don't fear ghosts . " " The devil a bit ! " said my grandfather , pinching her plump cheek . " But if I should be troubled by ghosts , I've ...
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... haunted ; but he was no believer in ghosts , so he pushed the door gently open and peeped in . Egad , gentlemen , there was a gambol carrying on within enough to have astonished St. Anthony himself . By the light of the fire he saw a ...
... haunted ; but he was no believer in ghosts , so he pushed the door gently open and peeped in . Egad , gentlemen , there was a gambol carrying on within enough to have astonished St. Anthony himself . By the light of the fire he saw a ...
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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.