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Página 52
... leaving the bellows behind him in his hurry . My grandfather found himself seated in the middle of the floor with the clothes- press sprawling before him , and the two handles jerked off , and in his hands . 66 Then , after all , this ...
... leaving the bellows behind him in his hurry . My grandfather found himself seated in the middle of the floor with the clothes- press sprawling before him , and the two handles jerked off , and in his hands . 66 Then , after all , this ...
Página 64
... leave it to chance and the allotment of the housekeeper . At the same time , if it will be any satisfaction to you , I will observe , for the honor of my paternal mansion , that there's scarcely a chamber in it but is well worthy of ...
... leave it to chance and the allotment of the housekeeper . At the same time , if it will be any satisfaction to you , I will observe , for the honor of my paternal mansion , that there's scarcely a chamber in it but is well worthy of ...
Página 67
... leaving , however , the region of the picture in deep shadow . What , thought I , if this be the chamber about which mine host spoke as having a mystery reigning over it ? I had taken his words merely as spoken in jest ; might they have ...
... leaving , however , the region of the picture in deep shadow . What , thought I , if this be the chamber about which mine host spoke as having a mystery reigning over it ? I had taken his words merely as spoken in jest ; might they have ...
Página 75
... leave the saloon , and I remarked him glancing behind him in the same way , just as he passed out of the door . I could not resist the impulse to rise and follow him ; for I was at an age when a romantic feeling of curiosity is easily ...
... leave the saloon , and I remarked him glancing behind him in the same way , just as he passed out of the door . I could not resist the impulse to rise and follow him ; for I was at an age when a romantic feeling of curiosity is easily ...
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... leave with you these remem- brances . In this packet you will find the particulars of my story . -When you read them I shall be far away ; do not remember me with aversion . - You have been indeed a friend to me . - You have poured oil ...
... leave with you these remem- brances . In this packet you will find the particulars of my story . -When you read them I shall be far away ; do not remember me with aversion . - You have been indeed a friend to me . - You have poured oil ...
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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.