Tales, and Miscellaneous Pieces, Volumen11R. Hunter, 1825 |
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Maria Edgeworth. were not written by miss Edgeworth . This is not fact the whole of these volumes were written by her , the opinions they contain are her own , and she is answerable for all the faults which may be found in them . Of ...
Maria Edgeworth. were not written by miss Edgeworth . This is not fact the whole of these volumes were written by her , the opinions they contain are her own , and she is answerable for all the faults which may be found in them . Of ...
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... whole ad- venture began to fade from her fancy . M. de Tour- ville , and his snuff - box , and his essences , and his flattery , and his diplomacy , and his lost packet , and all the circumstances of the shipwreck , would have appeared ...
... whole ad- venture began to fade from her fancy . M. de Tour- ville , and his snuff - box , and his essences , and his flattery , and his diplomacy , and his lost packet , and all the circumstances of the shipwreck , would have appeared ...
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... whole counte- nance , but not of tranquillity or of happiness . His manner was well bred , but rather cold and formal : his conversation circumspect , calculated to draw forth the opinions , and profit by the information of others ...
... whole counte- nance , but not of tranquillity or of happiness . His manner was well bred , but rather cold and formal : his conversation circumspect , calculated to draw forth the opinions , and profit by the information of others ...
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... whole person to an air of tranquillity- took up the red - book , which lay upon his table- walked deliberately to a window , and , looking ear- nestly through his glass , asked if Mr. Percy could recollect who was member for some ...
... whole person to an air of tranquillity- took up the red - book , which lay upon his table- walked deliberately to a window , and , looking ear- nestly through his glass , asked if Mr. Percy could recollect who was member for some ...
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... whole , if you please , sir . - To form a judgment upon any business , it is necessary to have the whole before us . - You need not fear to shock my feelings , sir . I wish always to see men and things as they are . " Mr. Falconer still ...
... whole , if you please , sir . - To form a judgment upon any business , it is necessary to have the whole before us . - You need not fear to shock my feelings , sir . I wish always to see men and things as they are . " Mr. Falconer still ...
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Página 350 - Lurk'd in her hand, and mourn'd his captive Queen: He springs to Vengeance with an eager pace, And falls like thunder on the prostrate Ace. The nymph exulting fills with shouts the sky; The walls, the woods, and long canals reply. 100 Oh thoughtless mortals! ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and too soon elate.
Página 119 - In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain : And e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks if this be joy.
Página 213 - with all that should accompany old age," " As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends," was, as she often declared, with gratitude to Providence, happier in age than she had been even in youth.