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Página 40
Fleas , spiders , bugs , mosquitoes , sand - flies , cock - roaches , with other
genera and species innumerable , made a simultaneous attack upon us in all
parts : we turned , we tumbled , we roared , we swore , we scratched , we caught ,
we ...
Fleas , spiders , bugs , mosquitoes , sand - flies , cock - roaches , with other
genera and species innumerable , made a simultaneous attack upon us in all
parts : we turned , we tumbled , we roared , we swore , we scratched , we caught ,
we ...
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My new acquaintance turned out to be a person connected with a first . rate gang
of housebreakers . The reader must understand that there are two distinct classes
of burglars in London ; one consisting of the most desperate men in all the ...
My new acquaintance turned out to be a person connected with a first . rate gang
of housebreakers . The reader must understand that there are two distinct classes
of burglars in London ; one consisting of the most desperate men in all the ...
Página 147
It caught the old woman ' s eye , who turned round and occupied herself
apparently with speculations of its character . The thunder had by this time come
nearer , and a heavy roll reverberated above . The former rapidly neared its
observer ...
It caught the old woman ' s eye , who turned round and occupied herself
apparently with speculations of its character . The thunder had by this time come
nearer , and a heavy roll reverberated above . The former rapidly neared its
observer ...
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I turned round , and she looked me reproachfully in the face , as the tear stood in
her eye . “ What have we done , Japhet , that you should treat us in this manner ?
” said she , with emotion . “ Miss de Clare , ” replied I , “ I have no reproaches to ...
I turned round , and she looked me reproachfully in the face , as the tear stood in
her eye . “ What have we done , Japhet , that you should treat us in this manner ?
” said she , with emotion . “ Miss de Clare , ” replied I , “ I have no reproaches to ...
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The sick man took it , turning himself at the same time upon his back , then
holding up the fore finger of his left hand , he balanced the book upon it , and
kept turning it round as if for amusement , and to divert his attention from what
was said .
The sick man took it , turning himself at the same time upon his back , then
holding up the fore finger of his left hand , he balanced the book upon it , and
kept turning it round as if for amusement , and to divert his attention from what
was said .
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Página 321 - See, what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury, New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination, and a form, indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
Página 64 - What objects are the fountains Of thy happy strain? What fields, or waves, or mountains? What shapes of sky or plain? What love of thine own kind? what ignorance of pain?
Página 60 - Grief made the young Spring wild, and she threw down Her kindling buds, as if she Autumn were, Or they dead leaves; since her delight is flown, For whom should she have waked the sullen year?
Página 63 - I dare not guess; but in this life Of error, ignorance, and strife. Where nothing is, but all things seem. And we the shadows of the dream, It is a modest creed, and yet Pleasant if one considers it, To own that death itself must be. Like all the rest, a mockery.
Página 321 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; "Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands ; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.
Página 64 - I vowed that I would dedicate my powers To thee and thine : have I not kept the vow ? With beating heart and streaming eyes, even now I call the phantoms of a thousand hours Each from his voiceless grave : they have in...
Página 65 - Yet now despair itself is mild, Even as the winds and waters are; I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne and yet must bear, Till death like sleep might steal on me, And I might feel in the warm air My cheek grow cold, and hear the sea Breathe o'er my dying brain its last monotony.
Página 61 - Peace, peace! he is not dead, he doth not sleep — He hath awakened from the dream of life...
Página 64 - We look before and after, And pine for what is not: Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
Página 64 - Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near.