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... knew well how to turn things to account . He revolved for a few moments in his mind how agreeable it would be to his friend the Marquis to be surprised in this sociable way by a pop visit ; and how much more agreeable to himself to get ...
... knew well how to turn things to account . He revolved for a few moments in his mind how agreeable it would be to his friend the Marquis to be surprised in this sociable way by a pop visit ; and how much more agreeable to himself to get ...
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... knew him to be a traveller of taste , and fond of antiquities ; and also because the better apartments were already occupied . Indeed , he perfectly reconciled my uncle to his quarters by mentioning the great 26 TALES OF A TRAVELLER .
... knew him to be a traveller of taste , and fond of antiquities ; and also because the better apartments were already occupied . Indeed , he perfectly reconciled my uncle to his quarters by mentioning the great 26 TALES OF A TRAVELLER .
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... knew better how to make his way among the petticoats than my grandfather . In a little while , as was his usual way , he took complete pos- session of the house , swaggering all over it ; into the stable to look after his horse , into ...
... knew better how to make his way among the petticoats than my grandfather . In a little while , as was his usual way , he took complete pos- session of the house , swaggering all over it ; into the stable to look after his horse , into ...
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... knew the times to be full of vicissitude , and that many a fair head , which had once been pillowed on down , now wandered houseless . Perhaps this was some poor mourner whom the dreadful axe had rendered desolate , and who sat here ...
... knew the times to be full of vicissitude , and that many a fair head , which had once been pillowed on down , now wandered houseless . Perhaps this was some poor mourner whom the dreadful axe had rendered desolate , and who sat here ...
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... knew it ; you would not even seek to relieve it . On the contrary , I should lose your sympathy , and that , " said he , pressing my hand convul- sively , " that I feel has become too dear to me to risk . " I endeavored to awaken hope ...
... knew it ; you would not even seek to relieve it . On the contrary , I should lose your sympathy , and that , " said he , pressing my hand convul- sively , " that I feel has become too dear to me to risk . " I endeavored to awaken hope ...
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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.