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... sometimes on the other , as the little Marquis descanted , with his usual fire and vivacity , on the achievements of his ancestors , whose portraits hung along the wall ; from the martial deeds of the stern warriors in steel , to the ...
... sometimes on the other , as the little Marquis descanted , with his usual fire and vivacity , on the achievements of his ancestors , whose portraits hung along the wall ; from the martial deeds of the stern warriors in steel , to the ...
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... 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 ; for she 40 TALES OF A TRAVELLER .
... 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 ; for she 40 TALES OF A TRAVELLER .
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... Sometimes he spent hours together in the great libraries of Paris , those cata- combs of departed authors , rummaging among their hoards of dusty and obsolete works in quest of food for his unhealthy appetite . He was , in a manner , a ...
... Sometimes he spent hours together in the great libraries of Paris , those cata- combs of departed authors , rummaging among their hoards of dusty and obsolete works in quest of food for his unhealthy appetite . He was , in a manner , a ...
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... sometimes saw from my window a black gondola gliding mysteriously along in the dusk of the evening , with nothing visible but its little glim mering lantern , I would jump into my own zendeletta , and give a signal for pursuit- " But I ...
... sometimes saw from my window a black gondola gliding mysteriously along in the dusk of the evening , with nothing visible but its little glim mering lantern , I would jump into my own zendeletta , and give a signal for pursuit- " But I ...
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... sometimes draws young men towards each other . His melancholy threw a charm about him , no doubt heightened by the touching expression of his counte- nance , and the manly graces of his person ; for manly beauty has its effect even upon ...
... sometimes draws young men towards each other . His melancholy threw a charm about him , no doubt heightened by the touching expression of his counte- nance , and the manly graces of his person ; for manly beauty has its effect even upon ...
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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.