De Vere: Or, The Man of Independence, المجلد 2Carey, Lea, and Carey, 1827 |
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... returned Cleveland , seeing displea- sure in Constance's eye , " I am the last man in the world to ridicule such a subject . I wish I could side with the Doctor ; but though he talks of fearing pros- perity , as if it were an evil , and ...
... returned Cleveland , seeing displea- sure in Constance's eye , " I am the last man in the world to ridicule such a subject . I wish I could side with the Doctor ; but though he talks of fearing pros- perity , as if it were an evil , and ...
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... returned . " The answer pleased Constance . " To say the best of it , " observed Lord Cleveland , " this was a mere private feeling , and proves little or nothing . " " It proves what we are talking of , as well as it will admit of ...
... returned . " The answer pleased Constance . " To say the best of it , " observed Lord Cleveland , " this was a mere private feeling , and proves little or nothing . " " It proves what we are talking of , as well as it will admit of ...
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... returned the Doctor : " I only have held that prosperity is an instrument in the hands of the Most High , to try the piety and virtue of those who may be laid most low ; that according as it is borne , reverse and punishment follow ...
... returned the Doctor : " I only have held that prosperity is an instrument in the hands of the Most High , to try the piety and virtue of those who may be laid most low ; that according as it is borne , reverse and punishment follow ...
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... returned the Divine , " ( for I really believe you are not ashamed of your Bibles , ) would do it much better ; and though , I dare say , I run a risk ( looking at Lord Cleveland , ) of not being thought of proper monde , yet as a poor ...
... returned the Divine , " ( for I really believe you are not ashamed of your Bibles , ) would do it much better ; and though , I dare say , I run a risk ( looking at Lord Cleveland , ) of not being thought of proper monde , yet as a poor ...
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... returned Eustace , " in my fa- ther's own language , all the influence he has is person- al . Like the Minister himself , his power depends upon his abilities alone , and great have they made him . Should his continuance or promotion ...
... returned Eustace , " in my fa- ther's own language , all the influence he has is person- al . Like the Minister himself , his power depends upon his abilities alone , and great have they made him . Should his continuance or promotion ...
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acquainted admiration affected ambition answered De Vere answered Flowerdale Archer asked De Vere Baronet Beaufort beautiful better Blakeney borough called Castle Mowbray CHAPTER character Clayton court cousin cried De Vere daugh dear disappointed Doctor Eustace excited exclaimed De Vere expected father favour favourite fear feeling felt gave gentleman give Grantley happy Harclai heard heart Herbert honour hope interest Jugurtha knew Lady Clanellan Lady Constance Lady Eleanor laugh least look Lord Cleveland Lord Mow Lord Mowbray Lord Oldcastle Marchioness means Mellilot ment mind Minister Mortimer Mowbray's nature never observed De Vere opinion party parvenu perhaps person pleased pleasure political Polycrates pride racter replied De Vere replied Flowerdale retire Roebuck scene seemed sentiment SHAKSPEARE Sir William smiled spirit supposed sure surprised tell thing thought tion treache truth Tutbury uncle uneasy Vere's Wentworth whole wish young
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الصفحة 21 - And, as I wake, sweet music breathe Above, about, or underneath, Sent by some spirit to mortals good, Or the unseen Genius of the wood.
الصفحة 17 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
الصفحة 67 - Alas! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair?
الصفحة 1 - But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring. For good thoughts (though God accept them) yet towards men are little better than good dreams, except they be put in act; and that cannot be without power and place, as the vantage and commanding ground.
الصفحة 43 - That fairer seems the less ye see her may! Lo! see soon after, how more bold and free Her bared bosom she doth broad display; Lo! see soon after, how she fades and falls away!
الصفحة 209 - Consistent in our follies and our sins, Here honest Nature ends as she begins. Old politicians chew on wisdom past, And totter on in business to the last ; As weak, as earnest ; and as gravely out, As sober Lanesborow dancing in the gout.
الصفحة 28 - O thou invisible spirit of wine ! if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.
الصفحة 260 - It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale ; look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east. Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops; I must be gone and live, or stay and die.
الصفحة 42 - So passeth in the passing of a day Of mortal life the leaf, the bud, the flower...
الصفحة 85 - Club almost every day, and would come and talk idly with them almost every night even when his all was at stake." Some specimens of Harley's poetry are in print.