A Book for a Corner: Or, Selections in Prose and Verse from Authors the Best Suited to that Mode of Enjoyment, Volume 2Chapman and Hall, 1849 - Anthologies |
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Page 18
... father's ghost from Limbo Lake the while Sees this , which more damnation doth upon him pile . Of all the gentle tenants of the place , There was a man of special grave remark ; * A certain tender gloom o'erspread his face , Pensive ...
... father's ghost from Limbo Lake the while Sees this , which more damnation doth upon him pile . Of all the gentle tenants of the place , There was a man of special grave remark ; * A certain tender gloom o'erspread his face , Pensive ...
Page 41
... father , and a disinterested patriot ) , that it " was but pardonable " ; and in his beautiful effusion to the memory of his friend Estcourt the comedian , he expressed his gratitude to that honest mimic for having made him sensible of ...
... father , and a disinterested patriot ) , that it " was but pardonable " ; and in his beautiful effusion to the memory of his friend Estcourt the comedian , he expressed his gratitude to that honest mimic for having made him sensible of ...
Page 44
... father of Chloe and guardian of Clarinda . Philander , a young gen- tleman of a good person and charming conversation , being a friend of old Romeo , frequented his house , and by that means was much in conversation with the young ...
... father of Chloe and guardian of Clarinda . Philander , a young gen- tleman of a good person and charming conversation , being a friend of old Romeo , frequented his house , and by that means was much in conversation with the young ...
Page 47
... father , to whom she was an only child . The old man had a fancy that they should be married in the same church where he himself was , in a village in Westmoreland , and made them set out while he was laid up with the gout in London ...
... father , to whom she was an only child . The old man had a fancy that they should be married in the same church where he himself was , in a village in Westmoreland , and made them set out while he was laid up with the gout in London ...
Page 48
... father of his dead mistress : - 66 SIR , -I , who two hours ago , told you truly I was the happiest man alive , am now the most miserable . Your daughter lies dead at my feet , killed by my hand , through a mistake of my man's charging ...
... father of his dead mistress : - 66 SIR , -I , who two hours ago , told you truly I was the happiest man alive , am now the most miserable . Your daughter lies dead at my feet , killed by my hand , through a mistake of my man's charging ...
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