De Clifford: Or, The Constant Man, Volumen1Henry Colburn, 1841 - 4 páginas |
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... part of his first initiation into life . I only wish that I were as sure of the merit of their execution as I am of the propri- ety of their introduction . DE CLIFFORD'S PREFACE TO THE MEMOIR . WHAT has prompted AUTHOR'S PREFACE .
... part of his first initiation into life . I only wish that I were as sure of the merit of their execution as I am of the propri- ety of their introduction . DE CLIFFORD'S PREFACE TO THE MEMOIR . WHAT has prompted AUTHOR'S PREFACE .
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... sure , had a small closet , in which I used to pass an hour sometimes by myself , on account of a few books it contained ; but they were only the great Sherborne Bible , a still greater Herbal ( much con- sulted by my mother ) ; and ...
... sure , had a small closet , in which I used to pass an hour sometimes by myself , on account of a few books it contained ; but they were only the great Sherborne Bible , a still greater Herbal ( much con- sulted by my mother ) ; and ...
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... sure , contract intimacies below his lev- el ; but from anything like real derogation , Mr. Hastings was quite satisfied that his son's sense of his own high blood would always preserve him . Such was the reasoning of the elder Mr ...
... sure , contract intimacies below his lev- el ; but from anything like real derogation , Mr. Hastings was quite satisfied that his son's sense of his own high blood would always preserve him . Such was the reasoning of the elder Mr ...
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... sure would last for ever ; the hopes , the frolics , and even the carelessness of youth , which never looks gloom- ily on futurity , and always possesses in idea whatever it chooses to wish for ; all these were enjoyments , not the less ...
... sure would last for ever ; the hopes , the frolics , and even the carelessness of youth , which never looks gloom- ily on futurity , and always possesses in idea whatever it chooses to wish for ; all these were enjoyments , not the less ...
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... sure that I had never seen such a blush , and would have given the world to have had such a sister . I was very fond of Dryden's Tempest , and a favorite pas- sage rushed into my mind , personified as I felt by this beauti- ful vision ...
... sure that I had never seen such a blush , and would have given the world to have had such a sister . I was very fond of Dryden's Tempest , and a favorite pas- sage rushed into my mind , personified as I felt by this beauti- ful vision ...
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De Clifford; or, The constant man, by the author of 'Tremaine'. Robert Plumer Ward Vista completa - 1841 |
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acquaintance admiration affected afterwards Alcibiades allowed asked Bardolfe beautiful mind Bertha Bostock brother called certainly character charming Christ Church Clifford condescend cousin Crackenthorpe daugh daughter delight dinner doubt Eau de Cologne elegance equal Eton exclaimed eyes fashion father fear feelings felt Foljambe Park fool fortune Fother Fothergill friendship gave Gayhurst gentleman give glad Granville happy Hastings heart honour hope husband inequality knew Lady Cherubina laughed least less look Lord Albany manner Mansell marquess means Merriton mind mortification nature never noble observed Oxford particularly passed passion perhaps person Petrarch pleased pleasure plebeian pride proud Queen's Queen's men rank recollections replied respect returned Sedbergh Sedley seemed sense Shanks shew Sir Harry sister smile sort spirit superior suppose sure surprised taste tell thing thought tion told tutor vulgar walk wife wish word young youth
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Página 240 - ... uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules: within a month, Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her galled eyes, She married.
Página 241 - Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment?
Página 31 - O how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ? The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields...
Página 48 - And purple all the ground with vernal flowers. Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe, and pale jessamine, The white pink, and the pansy freaked with jet, The glowing violet, The musk-rose, and the well-attired woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears ; Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.
Página 53 - MINE be a cot beside the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear ; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest.
Página 243 - Methinks I should know you, and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant What place this is; and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me; For (as I am a man) I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Página 179 - Hence, all you vain delights, As short as are the nights Wherein you spend your folly There's naught in this life sweet If men were wise to see't, But only melancholy, O sweetest Melancholy!
Página 181 - Content I live, this is my stay; I seek no more than may suffice ; I press to bear no haughty sway; Look, what I lack my mind supplies. Lo, thus I triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring.
Página 46 - Hence, bashful cunning ! And prompt me, plain and holy innocence ! I am your wife, if you will marry me ; If not, I'll die your maid : to be your fellow * You may deny me ; but I'll be your servant, Whether you will or no.
Página 48 - Return, Alpheus; the dread voice is past That shrunk thy streams; return, Sicilian Muse, And call the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells and flowerets of a thousand hues.