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... window , the matter was finally arranged . When all this was done , we were once more summoned to the standing rural amusement of eating . The time that had been con- sumed in dozing after dinner , and in the refreshment and consul ...
... window , the matter was finally arranged . When all this was done , we were once more summoned to the standing rural amusement of eating . The time that had been con- sumed in dozing after dinner , and in the refreshment and consul ...
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... window to let them know when some of them are to die . " " A mighty pleasant piece of information ! " cried an elderly gentleman with a knowing look , and with a flexible nose , to which he could give a whimsical twist when he wished to ...
... window to let them know when some of them are to die . " " A mighty pleasant piece of information ! " cried an elderly gentleman with a knowing look , and with a flexible nose , to which he could give a whimsical twist when he wished to ...
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... windows were high and narrow , and had once been loop - holes , but had been rudely enlarged , as well as the extreme thickness of the walls would permit ; and the ill - fitted casements rattled to every breeze . You would have thought ...
... windows were high and narrow , and had once been loop - holes , but had been rudely enlarged , as well as the extreme thickness of the walls would permit ; and the ill - fitted casements rattled to every breeze . You would have thought ...
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... windows ; locked up the plate with her own hands , and carried the keys , together with a little box of money and jewels , to her own room ; for she was a notable woman , and always saw to all things herself . Having put the keys under ...
... windows ; locked up the plate with her own hands , and carried the keys , together with a little box of money and jewels , to her own room ; for she was a notable woman , and always saw to all things herself . Having put the keys under ...
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... windows , and joking the women right and left in the street ; all of whom laughed , and took it in amaz- ing good part ; for though he did not know a word of the lan- guage , yet he had always a knack of making himself understood among ...
... windows , and joking the women right and left in the street ; all of whom laughed , and took it in amaz- ing good part ; for though he did not know a word of the lan- guage , yet he had always a knack of making himself understood among ...
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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.