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... wished for by him , nor was it long before he had found a maiden every way worthy so worthy a young man . They were married ; and well I remember that day ; it was a village jubilee . They were the pride of the circle in which they ...
... wished for by him , nor was it long before he had found a maiden every way worthy so worthy a young man . They were married ; and well I remember that day ; it was a village jubilee . They were the pride of the circle in which they ...
الصفحة 29
... wished to return , but was prevented by Egbert , who still drew him onward , until they had reached its extremity on the opposite side from that they had entered , - - when he suddenly charged him with having wronged him THE BROTHERS . 29.
... wished to return , but was prevented by Egbert , who still drew him onward , until they had reached its extremity on the opposite side from that they had entered , - - when he suddenly charged him with having wronged him THE BROTHERS . 29.
الصفحة 35
... wished , and expected : she recovered her usual buoyancy of spirits , and returned in the evening with cheerful- ness to our home . " The afternoon of Wednesday had arrived , and Emma had taken , I thought , a little more than ordinary ...
... wished , and expected : she recovered her usual buoyancy of spirits , and returned in the evening with cheerful- ness to our home . " The afternoon of Wednesday had arrived , and Emma had taken , I thought , a little more than ordinary ...
الصفحة 37
... wished for information , yet dreaded to receive it . As the shade on the sun - dial pointed to seven o'clock , Mr. Harlow returned , but his countenance presaged evil tidings . From him we learned , that Alfred had left Southampton on ...
... wished for information , yet dreaded to receive it . As the shade on the sun - dial pointed to seven o'clock , Mr. Harlow returned , but his countenance presaged evil tidings . From him we learned , that Alfred had left Southampton on ...
الصفحة 52
... wished for death , but death fled from me . I have visited each quarter of the globe ; have been engaged in various battles ; have revel- led in every kind of riot ; -but , when pleasure appeared within the reach of my grasp , such plea ...
... wished for death , but death fled from me . I have visited each quarter of the globe ; have been engaged in various battles ; have revel- led in every kind of riot ; -but , when pleasure appeared within the reach of my grasp , such plea ...
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abode Adolphus affection affectionate agony Alfred anxiety appeared arms attention awhile beauty became beheld Belmont beloved bosom bright eye brother Captain cation cerned character charms cheek cheerful child Chowanskoi circumstances conduct countenance dear death ears Egbert Emma engaged entered Eudocia Eustace exclaimed father favoured fear feelings fell felt Freeport frequently friendship furnished gazed gentle gentleman George O'Brien Wyndham Gibraltar Gilbert grief habit hand happy Harmer heard heart honour Hugglescote instantly Lake Erie Laura looked Lord Exmouth marriage mind morning mother nature never noble observed occasion Ohobyholio Olivia Overreach parents passed perceived period person pleasure possessed present racter reached received retired river Avon rose scarcely scenes seat seemed silent smile Sobiesky soon sorrow soul spirit stood stranger tale tears things thought threw town trafficker in human turned uncon Valdai voice walked Waltingham wife youth
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الصفحة 86 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
الصفحة 112 - The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, At the presence of the LORD of the whole earth.
الصفحة 211 - Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
الصفحة 69 - A messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture ! — Is it like ? — Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again : pronounce a text, Cry, hem ! and, reading -what they never wrote Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene.
الصفحة 72 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
الصفحة 209 - A blank, my lord : She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek : she pined in thought ; And, with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
الصفحة 205 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
الصفحة 14 - To set before your sight your glorious race, That this presaging joy may fire your mind To seek the shores by destiny design'd." — "O father, can it be, that souls sublime Return to visit our terrestrial clime, And that the gen'rous mind, releas'd by death, Can covet lazy limbs and mortal breath?
الصفحة 309 - Farewell ! a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him . The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
الصفحة 197 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.