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... Poor Devil Author , 133 Notoriety , 157 A Practical Philosopher , . 160 Buckthorne , or the Young Man of Great Expectations , 163 Grave Reflections of a Disappointed Man , 227 The Booby Squire , 233 The Strolling Manager , 240 PART III ...
... Poor Devil Author , 133 Notoriety , 157 A Practical Philosopher , . 160 Buckthorne , or the Young Man of Great Expectations , 163 Grave Reflections of a Disappointed Man , 227 The Booby Squire , 233 The Strolling Manager , 240 PART III ...
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... poor man has grown ten times as nervous as ever since he has discovered , on such good authority , who the stout gentleman was ; and will never forgive himself for not having made a more resolute effort to get a full sight of him . He ...
... poor man has grown ten times as nervous as ever since he has discovered , on such good authority , who the stout gentleman was ; and will never forgive himself for not having made a more resolute effort to get a full sight of him . He ...
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... poor man has grown ten times as nervous as ever since he has discovered , on such good authority , who the stout gentleman was ; and will never forgive himself for not having made a more resolute effort to get a full sight of him . He ...
... poor man has grown ten times as nervous as ever since he has discovered , on such good authority , who the stout gentleman was ; and will never forgive himself for not having made a more resolute effort to get a full sight of him . He ...
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... Poor little Marquis ! He was one of that handful of gal- lant courtiers who made such a devoted but hopeless stand in the cause of their sovereign , in the chateau of the Tuileries , against the irruption of the mob on the sad tenth of ...
... Poor little Marquis ! He was one of that handful of gal- lant courtiers who made such a devoted but hopeless stand in the cause of their sovereign , in the chateau of the Tuileries , against the irruption of the mob on the sad tenth of ...
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... " while the Duchess , poor lady , was wandering amid the tempest in this disconsolate manner , she arrived at this chateau . Her approach caused some uneasiness ; for the clattering of a 2 * THE ADVENTURE OF MY UNCLE . 33.
... " while the Duchess , poor lady , was wandering amid the tempest in this disconsolate manner , she arrived at this chateau . Her approach caused some uneasiness ; for the clattering of a 2 * THE ADVENTURE OF MY UNCLE . 33.
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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.