Blennerhassett: Or, The Decrees of Fate; a Romance Founded Upon Events in American HistoryC.M. Clark Publishing Company, 1901 - 442 páginas |
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... matters were progressing in a way that would be entirely satisfactory to the chief executive . He was using his influence to prevent the intriguing agents of Spain from making any headway in their efforts to induce the citizens of ...
... matters were progressing in a way that would be entirely satisfactory to the chief executive . He was using his influence to prevent the intriguing agents of Spain from making any headway in their efforts to induce the citizens of ...
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... matter how they might look at the beholder , the latter could not but acknowl- edge their beauty , and ineffectually try to withstand the fire or charm of them . His hair , brushed back- ward , disclosing a very wide forehead , was ...
... matter how they might look at the beholder , the latter could not but acknowl- edge their beauty , and ineffectually try to withstand the fire or charm of them . His hair , brushed back- ward , disclosing a very wide forehead , was ...
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... matters , then upon music or art , and then suddenly descending , or rising , into badinage . It was midnight before the convivial party dispersed to their homes , carrying with them pleasant memories of a most enjoyable evening ...
... matters , then upon music or art , and then suddenly descending , or rising , into badinage . It was midnight before the convivial party dispersed to their homes , carrying with them pleasant memories of a most enjoyable evening ...
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... matter . M. Romaine will join me , I know , in absolving you from the necessity of a reply . " 66 " I shall only tell you the good that I know of him , ” replied Burr . What I know to his detriment I shall not tell you , for I have no ...
... matter . M. Romaine will join me , I know , in absolving you from the necessity of a reply . " 66 " I shall only tell you the good that I know of him , ” replied Burr . What I know to his detriment I shall not tell you , for I have no ...
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... matter , Penelope ? What has hap- pened to Gamp ? ' 66 Nothing bad , Missus , " said the girl , as she placed the little boy upon the ground . Then she proceeded to give her mistress an account of the little boy's combat with the goat ...
... matter , Penelope ? What has hap- pened to Gamp ? ' 66 Nothing bad , Missus , " said the girl , as she placed the little boy upon the ground . Then she proceeded to give her mistress an account of the little boy's combat with the goat ...
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Página 226 - Let's dry our eyes : and thus far hear me, Cromwell ; And, — when I am forgotten, as I shall be ; And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, — say, I taught thee; Say, Wolsey, — that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honour...
Página 228 - Fie, my lord, fie ! a soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account? Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? Doct. Do you mark that? Lady M. The thane of Fife had a wife; where is she now? What, will these hands ne'er be clean? No more o' that, my lord, no more o' that: you mar all with this starting.
Página 226 - O my lord, Must I, then, leave you? must I needs forego So good, so noble, and so true a master? Bear witness, all that have not hearts of iron, With what a sorrow Cromwell leaves his lord. The king shall have my service ; but my prayers For ever and for ever shall be yours.
Página 227 - The image of his Maker, hope to win by't? Love thyself last : cherish those hearts that hate thee ; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not : Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st...
Página 227 - tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to Heaven, is all I dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell! Had I but serv'd my God with half the zeal I serv'd my king, He would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Página 118 - It is also my ardent wish that I may have been more mistaken than I think I have been, and that he, by his future conduct, may show himself worthy of all confidence and esteem, and prove an ornament and blessing to the country.
Página 116 - In proportion as these impressions were entertained with sincerity, and uttered with motives and for purposes which might appear to me commendable, would be the difficulty (until they could be removed by evidence of their being erroneous) of explanation or apology. The disavowal required of me by Colonel Burr, in a general and indefinite form, was out of my power...
Página 117 - I did not go further in the attempt to accommodate, than a punctilious delicacy will justify. If so, I hope the motives I have stated will excuse me. It is not my design, by what I have said, to affix any odium on the conduct of Col. Burr, in this case.
Página 114 - I feel a sense of obligation towards my creditors ; who in case of accident to me, by the forced sale of my property, may be in some degree sufferers. I did not think myself at liberty as a man of probity, lightly to expose them to this hazard, 4.
Página 227 - Corruption wins not more than honesty : Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues : be just, and fear not : Let all the ends thou aim'st at, be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr. Serve the king ; And...