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 52
... servants one after another , and admonition to examine that no one overheard them , he revealed the most important of his secrets with the solemnity and language of an adept . " My son , " said he , " many have been the watchings , long ...
... servants one after another , and admonition to examine that no one overheard them , he revealed the most important of his secrets with the solemnity and language of an adept . " My son , " said he , " many have been the watchings , long ...
Page 61
... servant was there helping or lamenting their mistress , he , fixing his cheek to hers , seemed to be following in a ... servants to throw water in her face by full quarts ; and when the sinking part of the fit came again , " Well , dear ...
... servant was there helping or lamenting their mistress , he , fixing his cheek to hers , seemed to be following in a ... servants to throw water in her face by full quarts ; and when the sinking part of the fit came again , " Well , dear ...
Page 68
... servants look satisfied ; all the young women profess love to him , and the young men are glad of his company . When he comes into a house he calls the servants by their names , and talks all the way up stairs to a visit . I must not ...
... servants look satisfied ; all the young women profess love to him , and the young men are glad of his company . When he comes into a house he calls the servants by their names , and talks all the way up stairs to a visit . I must not ...
Page 101
... servants wait , Their lord receives them at the pompous gate ; The table groans with costly piles of food , And all is more than hospitably good . Then led to rest , the day's long toil they drown , Deep sunk in sleep , and silk , and ...
... servants wait , Their lord receives them at the pompous gate ; The table groans with costly piles of food , And all is more than hospitably good . Then led to rest , the day's long toil they drown , Deep sunk in sleep , and silk , and ...
Page 104
... servant show'd the way ; A river cross'd the path , the passage o'er Was nice to find ; the servant trod before ; • Long arms of oak an oaken bridge supplied , 104 THE HERMIT .
... servant show'd the way ; A river cross'd the path , the passage o'er Was nice to find ; the servant trod before ; • Long arms of oak an oaken bridge supplied , 104 THE HERMIT .
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