Harry MowbrayJ. Ollivier, 1843 - 384 páginas |
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... dark , was still farther bronzed by exposure to an Indian sun , and a coal black , penetrating , unshrinking eye , gave a character of decision and self - reliance to a countenance which , except when he spoke , would otherwise have ...
... dark , was still farther bronzed by exposure to an Indian sun , and a coal black , penetrating , unshrinking eye , gave a character of decision and self - reliance to a countenance which , except when he spoke , would otherwise have ...
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... dark out - of - the - way sort of place , where they assured me he was sure to come . I could see no preparations for taking him , but they ex- plained to me that the ground all about was covered with leaves , the upper sides of which ...
... dark out - of - the - way sort of place , where they assured me he was sure to come . I could see no preparations for taking him , but they ex- plained to me that the ground all about was covered with leaves , the upper sides of which ...
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... dark , whence the reader may very clearly perceive that it was next to impossible to state what his religion really was ; but , unhappily , it was very easy to say what it was not- it was not Christianity . He had a sort of general ...
... dark , whence the reader may very clearly perceive that it was next to impossible to state what his religion really was ; but , unhappily , it was very easy to say what it was not- it was not Christianity . He had a sort of general ...
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... dark lashes . The expression of her countenance was now grave almost to melancholy , and upon this occasion she was not only melancholy but manifestly also troubled in her mind ; sometimes an expression of sadness would steal over her ...
... dark lashes . The expression of her countenance was now grave almost to melancholy , and upon this occasion she was not only melancholy but manifestly also troubled in her mind ; sometimes an expression of sadness would steal over her ...
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... darkness visible sort of manner ; presenting , like photographic portraits , an image which the unfortunate subject of their operations cannot reject , however little he may like it . The first distinct vision that rose before Mr ...
... darkness visible sort of manner ; presenting , like photographic portraits , an image which the unfortunate subject of their operations cannot reject , however little he may like it . The first distinct vision that rose before Mr ...
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Página 20 - JACK and Jill went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down and broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after.
Página 297 - My duty towards my Neighbour is to love him as myself, and to do to all men as I would they should do unto me...
Página 174 - If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. Come, then, the colours and the ground prepare; Dip in the rainbow, trick her off in air; Choose a firm cloud before it fall, and in it Catch, ere she change, the Cynthia of this minute.
Página 211 - The merry minstrelsy. The Wedding-Guest he beat his breast, Yet he cannot choose but hear; And thus spake on that ancient man, The bright-eyed Mariner.
Página 210 - He holds him with his skinny hand, 'There was a ship,' quoth he. 'Hold off! unhand me, greybeard loon!' Eftsoons his hand dropt he. He holds him with his glittering eye The Wedding-Guest stood still, And listens like a three years child: The Mariner hath his will.
Página 214 - I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed ; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Página 206 - It is true I am surrounded by perils; it is true I am at war with the prince of the mountains and the Pacha of Acre; it is very true my enemies are capable of assassination; but if I do perish, my fall shall be a bloody one. I have plenty of arms, good Damascus blades, I use no guns, and while I have an arm to wield a hanjar, these barren rocks shall have a banquet of slaughter before
Página 210 - By thy long grey beard and glittering eye, Now wherefore stopp'st thou me? 'The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide, And I am next of kin; The guests are met, the feast is set: May'st hear the merry din.
Página 342 - Before the gates there sat On either side a formidable shape; The one seemed woman to the waist, and fair, But ended foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast, a serpent armed With mortal sting.
Página 122 - My nurse was fond of remarking that you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear...