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... residue of dinner , consisting of a cold sirloin of beef , hashed venison , a devilled leg of a turkey or so , and a few other of those light articles taken by country gentlemen to insure sound sleep and THE HUNTING DINNER . 19.
... residue of dinner , consisting of a cold sirloin of beef , hashed venison , a devilled leg of a turkey or so , and a few other of those light articles taken by country gentlemen to insure sound sleep and THE HUNTING DINNER . 19.
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... light , that enabled my uncle to remark her appearance minutely . Her face was ghastly pale , and perhaps rendered still more so by the bluish light of the fire . It possessed beauty , but its beauty was saddened by care and anxiety ...
... light , that enabled my uncle to remark her appearance minutely . Her face was ghastly pale , and perhaps rendered still more so by the bluish light of the fire . It possessed beauty , but its beauty was saddened by care and anxiety ...
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... light of a lamp in the corridor fell upon his deeply - marked face and sinewy form , he seemed capable of de- fending the castle with his single arm . " It was a rough , rude night ; about this time of the year— apropos ! —now I think ...
... light of a lamp in the corridor fell upon his deeply - marked face and sinewy form , he seemed capable of de- fending the castle with his single arm . " It was a rough , rude night ; about this time of the year— apropos ! —now I think ...
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... light of the taper gleamed on the eye , and was reflected from it . She was sure it moved . Nay more , it seemed to give her a wink , as she had sometimes known her husband to do when living ! It struck a momentary chill to her heart ...
... light of the taper gleamed on the eye , and was reflected from it . She was sure it moved . Nay more , it seemed to give her a wink , as she had sometimes known her husband to do when living ! It struck a momentary chill to her heart ...
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... light in the fireplace , asking pardon of the tongs , which seemed to be making love to the shovel in the chimney - corner , and whispering soft nonsense in its ear . The rest of the guests were by this time sound asleep , for your ...
... light in the fireplace , asking pardon of the tongs , which seemed to be making love to the shovel in the chimney - corner , and whispering soft nonsense in its ear . The rest of the guests were by this time sound asleep , for your ...
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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.