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... soon found even German had not power to charm a languid ear , and that the conjugating of ich liebe might be powerless , however rosy the lips which uttered it . I tried to read , but my mind would not fix itself . I turned over volume ...
... soon found even German had not power to charm a languid ear , and that the conjugating of ich liebe might be powerless , however rosy the lips which uttered it . I tried to read , but my mind would not fix itself . I turned over volume ...
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... soon sent up a flame in the great wide - mouthed chimney that illumined the whole chamber ; and made the shadow of the tongs on the opposite wall look like a long - legged giant . My uncle now clambered on the top of the half score of ...
... soon sent up a flame in the great wide - mouthed chimney that illumined the whole chamber ; and made the shadow of the tongs on the opposite wall look like a long - legged giant . My uncle now clambered on the top of the half score of ...
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... soon crackled and blazed , to cheer herself and her train ; and every spit and stew - pan was put in requisition to prepare ample refreshment for the wayfarers . " She had a right to our hospitalities , " continued the Marquis , drawing ...
... soon crackled and blazed , to cheer herself and her train ; and every spit and stew - pan was put in requisition to prepare ample refreshment for the wayfarers . " She had a right to our hospitalities , " continued the Marquis , drawing ...
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... soon to get another . It was not long after this that she went to take up her resi dence in an old country - seat in Derbyshire , which had long been in the care of merely a steward and housekeeper . She took most of her servants with ...
... soon to get another . It was not long after this that she went to take up her resi dence in an old country - seat in Derbyshire , which had long been in the care of merely a steward and housekeeper . She took most of her servants with ...
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... soon understand each other . In the infatuation of the moment , Wolfgang avowed his pas- sion for her . He told her the story of his mysterious dream , and how she had possessed his heart before he had even seen her . She was strangely ...
... soon understand each other . In the infatuation of the moment , Wolfgang avowed his pas- sion for her . He told her the story of his mysterious dream , and how she had possessed his heart before he had even seen her . She was strangely ...
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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.