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... cried she , " and by to - morrow I shall get thee more . " This proof of the truth of her whom he loved gave a transient relief to the oppressed heart of the young architect ; he em- braced her tenderly , and returned home to indulge in ...
... cried she , " and by to - morrow I shall get thee more . " This proof of the truth of her whom he loved gave a transient relief to the oppressed heart of the young architect ; he em- braced her tenderly , and returned home to indulge in ...
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... cried one of them , " and it is useless , for escape us you cannot . " " I shall not try - I repeat , to - mor- row you shall be paid . " They consulted together , and at " Think no more of death ; live to last they left him just as the ...
... cried one of them , " and it is useless , for escape us you cannot . " " I shall not try - I repeat , to - mor- row you shall be paid . " They consulted together , and at " Think no more of death ; live to last they left him just as the ...
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... cried he ; " why art thou here ? " " To save thee . " " Liar ! impostor ! Begone , leave me to the fate that thou hast brought on me . " " Fool ! say rather to the fate thou hast brought upon thyself : but it may yet be averted . I can ...
... cried he ; " why art thou here ? " " To save thee . " " Liar ! impostor ! Begone , leave me to the fate that thou hast brought on me . " " Fool ! say rather to the fate thou hast brought upon thyself : but it may yet be averted . I can ...
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... cries of the infant for the nothing , my good friend , " said he in nourishment its dying mother could reply to the anxious inquiries and no longer supply . The man had been despairing exclamations of ... cried , IGNATIUS DENNER . 21 .
... cries of the infant for the nothing , my good friend , " said he in nourishment its dying mother could reply to the anxious inquiries and no longer supply . The man had been despairing exclamations of ... cried , IGNATIUS DENNER . 21 .
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had descended from heaven to restore || he cried , he laughed , he shouted , he capered round the room . The man returned , and prepared with what he brought a frugal meal , of which the stranger accepted their invitation to partake ...
had descended from heaven to restore || he cried , he laughed , he shouted , he capered round the room . The man returned , and prepared with what he brought a frugal meal , of which the stranger accepted their invitation to partake ...
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Page 263 - He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led.
Page 222 - And where was then thy fearless flight ? ' O'er the dark mysterious sea, To the lands that caught the setting light, The cradle of Liberty. There, on the silent and lonely shore, For ages I watched alone, And the world, in its darkness, asked no more Where the glorious bird had flown.
Page 344 - MAJESTY would have been ineffectual ; and it is pleasing to reflect, that we are thus embodied, when every circumstance seems to concur from which honour and prosperity can probably arise. There are, at this time, a greater number of excellent artists than were ever known before at one period in this nation; there is a general desire among our Nobility to be distinguished as lovers and judges of the Arts...
Page 93 - Theodosius, by a young gentleman from the University of Oxford, who never appeared on any stage. Athenais, by Mrs. P. Though her present condition will not permit her to wait on gentlemen and ladies out of the town with tickets, she hopes, as on former occasions, for their liberality and support. Nothing in Italy can exceed the altar, in the first scene of the play. Nevertheless, should any of the Nobility or Gentry wish to see it ornamented with flowers, the bearer will bring away as many as they...
Page 31 - Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly ; and but for these vile guns He would himself have been a soldier.
Page 106 - March 20, 1809. And thus, as, according, to Solomon, a dead fly can pollute the most precious unguent, was the honourable fame, acquired by the services of a lifetime, obscured by the consequences of what the gay world would have termed a venial levity. The warning to those of birth and eminence, is of the most serious nature. This step had not been long taken, when the mist in which the question was involved began to disperse. The public accuser, in the House of Commons, Colonel Wardle, was detected...
Page 104 - Without possessing any brilliancy, his judgment, in itself clear and steady, was inflexibly guided by honour and principle. No solicitations could make him promise what it would have been inconsistent with these principles to grant ; nor could any circumstances induce him to break or elude the promise which he had once given. At the same time, his feelings, humane and kindly, were, on all possible occasions, accessible to the claims of compassion ; and there occurred but rare instances of a wife...
Page 101 - Others there were, against whom there could be no complaint for want of length of service, although it might be difficult to see how their experience was improved by it. It was no uncommon thing for a commission to be obtained for a child in the cradle ; and when he came from college, the fortunate youth was at least a lieutenant of some standing, by dint of fair promotion. To sum up this catalogue of abuses, commissions were, in some instances, bestowed upon young ladies, when pensions could not...
Page 105 - Commanderin-Chief,' said the young Officer, like a second Seid, ' should command me to do a Thing which I knew to be civilly illegal, I should not scruple to obey him, and consider myself as relieved from all Responsibility, by the Commands of my Military Superior."
Page 93 - NB The great yard-dog, that made so much noise on Thursday night, during the last act of King Richard the Third, will be sent to a neighbour's over the way; and on account of the prodigious demand for places, part of the stable will be laid into the boxes on one side, and the granary open for the same purpose, on the other." ^ " Vivat Rex