The Caxtons: A Family Picture, Volumen1Wm. Blackwood, 1859 |
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... matters of rural business , he had always a fund of curious information to impart ; and whoever , young or old , gentle or simple , learned or ignorant , asked his advice , it was given with not more humility than wisdom . In the common ...
... matters of rural business , he had always a fund of curious information to impart ; and whoever , young or old , gentle or simple , learned or ignorant , asked his advice , it was given with not more humility than wisdom . In the common ...
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... matter . It is as plain as a pike - staff to a man who understands the principles of honour . " " Possibly , " said my father mildly . " I should like to hear what you have to say upon honour . I am sure it would very much edify us all ...
... matter . It is as plain as a pike - staff to a man who understands the principles of honour . " " Possibly , " said my father mildly . " I should like to hear what you have to say upon honour . I am sure it would very much edify us all ...
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... matter again . " 66 ' Then , my dear mother , I must say my uncle was wrong there , so far as common sense is concerned ; but still , somehow or other , I can understand it . Surely this was not the only cause of estrangement ? " My ...
... matter again . " 66 ' Then , my dear mother , I must say my uncle was wrong there , so far as common sense is concerned ; but still , somehow or other , I can understand it . Surely this was not the only cause of estrangement ? " My ...
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... " said my father , who came up , like Horace's deity , at the right moment . " What is it you must believe in , brother , no matter what the proof against you ? " My uncle was silent , and with great energy dug 110 THE CAXTONS :
... " said my father , who came up , like Horace's deity , at the right moment . " What is it you must believe in , brother , no matter what the proof against you ? " My uncle was silent , and with great energy dug 110 THE CAXTONS :
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... matter of course , brother Austin . " " You are such a worshipper of women , Roland , that it is melancholy to see you single . You must marry again ! " My uncle first smiled , then frowned , and lastly sighed somewhat heavily . " Your ...
... matter of course , brother Austin . " " You are such a worshipper of women , Roland , that it is melancholy to see you single . You must marry again ! " My uncle first smiled , then frowned , and lastly sighed somewhat heavily . " Your ...
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Página 193 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies, They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay, So flourish these, when those are past away.
Página 331 - He had, to a morbid excess, that desire to rise which is vulgarly called ambition, but no wish for the esteem or the love of his species; only the hard wish to succeed— not shine, not serve— succeed, that he might have the right to despise a world which galled his self-conceit.
Página 25 - I have narrated, he gave me one far exceeding in value those usually bestowed on children, — it was a beautiful large domino-box in cut ivory, painted and gilt. This domino-box was my delight. I was never weary of playing at dominoes with Mrs. Primmins, and I slept with the box under my pillow. "Ah...
Página 331 - Caxtons.' Passion, in him, comprehended -many of the worst emotions which militate against human happiness. You could not contradict him, but you raised quick choler; you could not speak of wealth, but his cheek paled with gnawing envy. The astonishing natural advantages of this poor boy— his beauty, his readiness, the daring spirit that breathed around him like a fiery atmosphere— had raised his constitutional self-confidence into an arrogance that turned his very claims to admiration into prejudices...
Página 40 - A more lying, round-about, puzzleheaded delusion than that by which we confuse the clear instincts of truth in our accursed system of spelling was never concocted by the father of falsehood.