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... favour , that my totals should at last be right , and my balance perfectly accurate . " " Very true , my dear - as long as you choose for your au- ditors only your friends , you are wise ; but you sometimes lay your accounts open to ...
... favour , that my totals should at last be right , and my balance perfectly accurate . " " Very true , my dear - as long as you choose for your au- ditors only your friends , you are wise ; but you sometimes lay your accounts open to ...
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... favour , if you would introduce me to his lordship . " " " With great pleasure , " said Mr. Percy , " the very first opportunity . " " We must make opportunities - not wait for them , " said the Commissioner , smiling . " Let me entreat ...
... favour , if you would introduce me to his lordship . " " " With great pleasure , " said Mr. Percy , " the very first opportunity . " " We must make opportunities - not wait for them , " said the Commissioner , smiling . " Let me entreat ...
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... favour and fortune . " Not the summit , " said Lord Oldborough , sighing ; - " and if I were even at the summit , it is , you know , a dan- gerous situation . Fortune's wheel never stands still - the highest point therefore the most ...
... favour and fortune . " Not the summit , " said Lord Oldborough , sighing ; - " and if I were even at the summit , it is , you know , a dan- gerous situation . Fortune's wheel never stands still - the highest point therefore the most ...
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... favour , place , and power . The strength , firmness , -hard- ness of mind , which Lord Oldborough exhibited at the mo- ment of this discovery , perfectly amazed Mr. Falconer . His Lordship gave no sign of astonishment , uttered no ...
... favour , place , and power . The strength , firmness , -hard- ness of mind , which Lord Oldborough exhibited at the mo- ment of this discovery , perfectly amazed Mr. Falconer . His Lordship gave no sign of astonishment , uttered no ...
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... favour or confidence . Mr. Falconer knew , that he had been literally paid by the job , that he was consid ered and treated accordingly : yet upon the whole he was well pleased that it should be so , for he foresaw the possibili- ty of ...
... favour or confidence . Mr. Falconer knew , that he had been literally paid by the job , that he was consid ered and treated accordingly : yet upon the whole he was well pleased that it should be so , for he foresaw the possibili- ty of ...
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admiration affairs Alfred Percy appeared Barclay Buckhurst Falconer Caroline's character charming Commissioner Falconer conversation Count Altenberg countenance court cried Cunningham daugh daughter dear Drakelow Duke of Greenwich Erasmus eyes Falconer's fashionable father favour feel felt fortune friends gentleman give Godfrey gout Gresham hand happy hear heard heart honour hope Hungerford knew Lady Angelica Lady Frances Lady Jane Granville Lady Trant Ladyship letter live look Lord Old Lord Oldborough Lordship Ma'am manner marriage marry ment mind minister Miss Caroline Percy Miss Falconers Miss Georgiana Falconer Miss Hauton morning mother never observed opinion Panton passion Percy family Percy-Hall Percy's person Petcalf pleasure political recollect Rosamond Sir Robert Percy sister smile Spandrill speak spoke sure talents taste tell Temple thing thought tion told Tourville Tunbridge turned Twickenham voice whilst wish woman word young lady Zara
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Página 335 - From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go mark him well : For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, power and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored and unsung.
Página 456 - THOUGH some make slight of libels, yet you may see by them how the wind sits : as take a straw and throw it up into the air, you shall see by that which way the wind is, which you shall not do by casting up a stone. More solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as ballads and libels.
Página 335 - Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd, As home his footsteps he hath turn'd, From wandering on a foreign strand ! If such there breathe, go, mark him well ; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile...
Página 544 - I took as much delight in reading as you do, it would be the means of alleviating many tedious hours in my present retirement : but, to my misfortune, I derive no pleasure from such pursuits.