The Husband-hunter, Or "Das Schicksal.". |
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... better lose no time in retracing his steps while light remained , to his quarters for the night in the lonely inn where he had left his servant . While these reflections passed through his mind , he returned to the smaller lake , when ...
... better lose no time in retracing his steps while light remained , to his quarters for the night in the lonely inn where he had left his servant . While these reflections passed through his mind , he returned to the smaller lake , when ...
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... better than all put together , the best sportsman in all Ireland : and now , in arnest , did you never hear tell of him ? " " No , indeed , I am ashamed to say . " 66 Why then , ashamed you may well be ! are you Turk , Jew , or ...
... better than all put together , the best sportsman in all Ireland : and now , in arnest , did you never hear tell of him ? " " No , indeed , I am ashamed to say . " 66 Why then , ashamed you may well be ! are you Turk , Jew , or ...
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... better lodging for you than you did for yourself . " The person addressed was at no loss to guess that his peremptory friend was " Father John ; he thanked him for his kindness , and frankly accepted his hospitality * . This chapter ...
... better lodging for you than you did for yourself . " The person addressed was at no loss to guess that his peremptory friend was " Father John ; he thanked him for his kindness , and frankly accepted his hospitality * . This chapter ...
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... better quarters than poor Bonaparte's tene- ment , whose broken thatch admits the rain ; - this vault is dry enough for sportsmen , in all conscience . " Mr. Fitzroy Mordaunt did not seem to relish the prospect of spending the night in ...
... better quarters than poor Bonaparte's tene- ment , whose broken thatch admits the rain ; - this vault is dry enough for sportsmen , in all conscience . " Mr. Fitzroy Mordaunt did not seem to relish the prospect of spending the night in ...
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... better expressed in unpretending prose . Poetry may do very well for a song , or a sonnet , or some trifle of that sort - but for any lengthened production , the unmerciful shackles of metre , or the constant clink of rhyme , always ...
... better expressed in unpretending prose . Poetry may do very well for a song , or a sonnet , or some trifle of that sort - but for any lengthened production , the unmerciful shackles of metre , or the constant clink of rhyme , always ...
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answered appeared asked Baron Leschen Boney brother Castle Kavanagh coach Colonel Nugent cried dear Delacour delightful Denville door Dowton Dublin Erlshof exclaimed eyes father feel felt Fitz-Walter Fitzroy Mordaunt gazed gentleman Glen Minnis goot Grumppenberg hand happy hear heard heart heaven Henry highness honour horse hour Ireland Irish Isabella Jobkins Jonathan Lucas Kate Ellis Kava Knockanea Lady Ballyvallin Lady Honoria Lady Jacintha Lady Maria laugh look Lord Ardbraccan Lord Ballyvallin lordship Lucinda Maccleston Madden Marquess marriage marry Martagon Mersey mind Miss Kavanagh Mulligan Nancy never night O'Connor O'Sullivan Obadiah ould Paddy Casey Padhre party Patten person Pofe poor pray Prince Gruffenhausen princess promise replied Ronan scene Schiksal seat Selina Serene Serene Highness smile soon Stapylton Stephen's Green sure tell Terence thee thing thou thought tion tone vrowtchsk widow wish woman Wrench young
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Página 1 - Whilst the landscape round it measures ; Russet lawns and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains, on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest ; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks and rivers wide : Towers and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The cynosure of neighbouring eyes.
Página 21 - ... was also the birthday of the Hereditary Prince 1 The Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. 485 of Mecklenburg whose name is also George.1 The King and all the Princes came in the morning and paid me a visit to congratulate me on your birthday. I think there never existed a more honourable man than the King and I think you will do me the justice to say that I did not say too much of him in all my accounts of him, to see him with all his children is really charming, I have passed many pleasant days there....
Página 249 - I'll hear no more ; it makes one's blood run chill. Quite round the pile, a row of reverend elms, (Coeval near with that) all ragged show, Long lash'd by the rude winds. Some rift half down Their branchless trunks; others so thin a-top, That scarce two crows could lodge in the same tree.
Página 192 - Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth when the evil days come not.
Página 61 - THE Coroner's jury returned a verdict of " murder by some person or persons unknown.
Página 79 - In these lone walls (their days eternal bound) These moss-grown domes with spiry turrets crown'd, Where awful arches make a noon-day night, And the dim windows shed a solemn light ; Thy eyes diffus'da reconciling ray, And gleams of glory brighten'd all the day.
Página 125 - ... and from Rogero's power : And conscious, that for two whole days he press'd Too far the mettle of the generous beast; He fix'd down Sonna's stream a bark to take, 620 For speed, for ease, and for Frontino's sake. He bade the ready boatman from the shore The cable loose, and stretch the dashing oar : Before the wind the vessel lightly glides, And the swift stream with swifter prow divides...
Página 85 - The law of blood and revenge, "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth," is gone forever; and the purpose of the law is no longer vengence, but reform. The old saying "Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man also shall his blood be shed," though quoted yet occasionally by zealous prosecutors, is diminished in force, or at least has ceased to be an infalable rule, changeless as the laws of the Medes and Persians. We have learned to modify the severity of the law, in accordance with the spirit of Christianity,...
Página 286 - O, woman ! in our hours of case, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen...