The Bachelor's Wife: A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with Cursory Observations |
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... heart Which found no mortal resting - place so fair As thine ideal breast ; whate'er thou art Or wert , a young Aurora of the air , The nympholepsy of some fond despair ; Or , it might be , a beauty of the earth , Who found a more than ...
... heart Which found no mortal resting - place so fair As thine ideal breast ; whate'er thou art Or wert , a young Aurora of the air , The nympholepsy of some fond despair ; Or , it might be , a beauty of the earth , Who found a more than ...
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... Hearts and hands , lives and lands , must all be at your beck . Who fawns not to you can- not live within your scent , and your scent is so keen that you track them out at pleasure . " While the cardinal was thus speaking , the earl ...
... Hearts and hands , lives and lands , must all be at your beck . Who fawns not to you can- not live within your scent , and your scent is so keen that you track them out at pleasure . " While the cardinal was thus speaking , the earl ...
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... hearts and hands , of which you speak , we should soon lose both lives and lands . You hear of our case as in a dream , and feel not the smart of suffering that we endure . In England , there is not a subject that dare extend his arm to ...
... hearts and hands , of which you speak , we should soon lose both lives and lands . You hear of our case as in a dream , and feel not the smart of suffering that we endure . In England , there is not a subject that dare extend his arm to ...
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... heart conceived , and which no tongue can adequately tell . All the horrors of war , before known or heard of , were mercy to that new havock . A storm of universal fire blasted every field , consumed every house , destroyed every ...
... heart conceived , and which no tongue can adequately tell . All the horrors of war , before known or heard of , were mercy to that new havock . A storm of universal fire blasted every field , consumed every house , destroyed every ...
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... heart . " " Yes ; it is a proof of the malice of our nature , that we should find delight in hearing of the suffer- ings of our fellow - creatures , ” replied the Bachelor . " I did not make the remark with any reference to so general a ...
... heart . " " Yes ; it is a proof of the malice of our nature , that we should find delight in hearing of the suffer- ings of our fellow - creatures , ” replied the Bachelor . " I did not make the remark with any reference to so general a ...
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ancient appear Bachelor beauty Benedict breath caboceer called cataract Catiline CHAP character church Demonax Devil Don Quixote Dr Johnson dreadful Duke of Burgundy earth EDWARD DANIEL CLARKE effect English equal eyes fall FAUST feel fire friends genius Gil Blas give gold Greek hand hath hear heard heart heaven holy honour human Hyder Ali imagination Ioannina Jaffa king less live look Lord magnificent manner MARGARET ment Mephistopheles merits mind morning nature never night o'er object observed Odoacer opinion ornaments palaces passages peculiar perhaps persons pleasure poet poetical poetry possess principles racter replied the Nymph respect Roman round scarcely scene sentiments Shirley Sibylline books side song Sotheby's soul spirit steam stood style sweet taste thee thing thou thought tion Tom Jones truth Warburton whole