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... ladies were fat and comely , and one of them positively handsome . She was a fine , joyous , laughter - loving dame ... lady , that Mr. H. was cer- tain of a place in heaven . : I mentioned that one of the party was a stranger to the ...
... ladies were fat and comely , and one of them positively handsome . She was a fine , joyous , laughter - loving dame ... lady , that Mr. H. was cer- tain of a place in heaven . : I mentioned that one of the party was a stranger to the ...
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... lady of his love was passing fair , and rich as an Israelite . After an elaborate account of the dresses and déjeuné , it was further intimated , that the happy pair had returned to town , and were now resident at Ibbotson's . And had ...
... lady of his love was passing fair , and rich as an Israelite . After an elaborate account of the dresses and déjeuné , it was further intimated , that the happy pair had returned to town , and were now resident at Ibbotson's . And had ...
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... Lady . Is the queen delivered ? Say , aye ; and of a boy . Aye , aye , my liege ; And of a lovely boy . SHAKSPEARE . Ir was - My a wild and blustrous night in the month of February , in the year of Grace one thousand seven hun- dred and ...
... Lady . Is the queen delivered ? Say , aye ; and of a boy . Aye , aye , my liege ; And of a lovely boy . SHAKSPEARE . Ir was - My a wild and blustrous night in the month of February , in the year of Grace one thousand seven hun- dred and ...
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... lady and some juniors of the regiment . She loved loo - they patronised country dancing and at her last fête , taking umbrage at the ob- stinacy with which she rejected the introduction of a fiddle , they unceremoniously left the room ...
... lady and some juniors of the regiment . She loved loo - they patronised country dancing and at her last fête , taking umbrage at the ob- stinacy with which she rejected the introduction of a fiddle , they unceremoniously left the room ...
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... lady was situate in the centre of the town ; yet being , what is in Connaught termed , a lone woman , " to preserve ... ladies refreshing themselves with port wine negus . Miss Macnamara , having cleaned out " the company at loo , was of ...
... lady was situate in the centre of the town ; yet being , what is in Connaught termed , a lone woman , " to preserve ... ladies refreshing themselves with port wine negus . Miss Macnamara , having cleaned out " the company at loo , was of ...
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Page 78 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While thronged the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips - 'The foe! they come! they come!
Page 201 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in beauty's circle proudly gay ; The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms — the day Battle's magnificently stern array ! The thunder-clouds close o'er it, which when rent The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which her own clay shall cover, heaped and pent, Rider and horse — friend, foe, — in one red burial blent...
Page 28 - It is the hour when lovers' vows Seem sweet in every whisper'd word ; And gentle winds, and waters near, Make music to the lonely ear. Each flower the dews have lightly wet, And in the sky the stars are met, And on the wave is deeper blue, And on the leaf a browner hue, And in the heaven that clear obscure, So softly dark, and darkly pure, Which follows the decline of day, As twilight melts beneath the moon away.
Page 56 - Oh, have you e'er heard of Kate Kearney? She lives on the banks of Killarney; From the glance of her eye, Shun danger and fly, For fatal's the glance of Kate Kearney.
Page 98 - You stole her from me ; like a thief you stole her, At dead of night ! that cursed hour you chose To rifle me of all my heart held dear. May all your joys in her prove false, like mine ! A sterile fortune and a barren bed Attend you both : continual discord make Your days and nights bitter, and grievous still ! May the hard hand of a vexatious need Oppress and grind...
Page 274 - By Heavens! I would fling all goods of fortune from me with a prodigal hand, to enjoy the scene where I might clasp my Lydia to my bosom, and say, the world affords no smile to me but here — [Embracing her.] If she holds out now, the devil is in it! [Aside. Lyd. Now could I fly with him to the antipodes! but my persecution is not yet come to a crisis.
Page 366 - I to expect, but after a deal of flimsy preparation, with a bishop's licence, and my aunt's blessing, to go simpering up to the altar! or, perhaps, be cried three times in a country church, and have an unmannerly fat clerk ask the consent of every butcher in the parish...
Page 38 - Let it be so! thy truth then be thy dower! For, by the sacred radiance of the sun, The mysteries of Hecate and the night; By all the operation of the orbs From whom we do exist and cease to be...
Page 184 - In sight, then lost amid the forestry Of masts; a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through their sea-coal canopy; A huge dun cupola like a foolscap crown On a fool's head — and there is London town!
Page 422 - I did consent, And often did beguile her of her tears, When I did speak of some distressful stroke That my youth suffer'd. My story being done, She gave me for my pains a world of sighs: She swore, in faith, twas strange, 'twas passing strange, Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful...