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... received with his wife , and had a family around him , it chanced that an old beggar came up the avenue , and asked charity in an incoherent manner , which indicated de- rangement of mind . He was somewhat inso- lent , and my ...
... received with his wife , and had a family around him , it chanced that an old beggar came up the avenue , and asked charity in an incoherent manner , which indicated de- rangement of mind . He was somewhat inso- lent , and my ...
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... received new force by the sudden death of his wife , which calamity left him with no other solace than a little weakly son about four years old . The neighbourhood was soli- tary ; no one lived within less than two or three miles ; the ...
... received new force by the sudden death of his wife , which calamity left him with no other solace than a little weakly son about four years old . The neighbourhood was soli- tary ; no one lived within less than two or three miles ; the ...
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... received with a kind hospitality that went to my heart . I could not for the soul of me resist it at first , or resign it afterwards . Will you forgive me for cheating you into friendship for one who is destined to repay it with bitter ...
... received with a kind hospitality that went to my heart . I could not for the soul of me resist it at first , or resign it afterwards . Will you forgive me for cheating you into friendship for one who is destined to repay it with bitter ...
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... received the communications of Mrs. Dangerfield with rather a bad grace . There was something mysterious about Rainsford . He had come among them without letters ; and though the hospitable habits of Kentucky ren- dered them quite ...
... received the communications of Mrs. Dangerfield with rather a bad grace . There was something mysterious about Rainsford . He had come among them without letters ; and though the hospitable habits of Kentucky ren- dered them quite ...
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... received the last fine edge of the law at the capital , was expected home ere long to canvass for the honours of a seat . It therefore behooved Master Zeno to bestir him- self , and get his Daily in order to support the claims of the ...
... received the last fine edge of the law at the capital , was expected home ere long to canvass for the honours of a seat . It therefore behooved Master Zeno to bestir him- self , and get his Daily in order to support the claims of the ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
affection appeared asked Author Barham beautiful Ben Jonson Black Warrior blessing bosom breath burst of joy Bushfield called church cloven foot Colonel Dangerfield cried Dangerfieldville dear mother Diable disclose Eh bien equally Eugene Aram exclaimed eyes face Family Library fate Father Jacques fear feel forest gentle ginia grandfather hand happiness head heard heart Heaven honour hope HORACE SMITH hour howl JOHN GALT Judith Paddock laugh Leonard Dangerfield live look maple sugar Master Zeno Paddock melancholy mind monsieur morning never nigger night Novel once painful PAUL CLIFFORD PHILIP AUGUSTUS Pompey poor Rainsford Portrait preacher presentiment reason recollection replied repose river secret seemed shuddered sion soul Spirit talk tell thee there's thing thou thought tion took uttered village Virginia Vivian Grey vols wanderer watch Western Sun woman Yankee young
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Página 188 - Historical and Descriptive Account of British India. From the most Remote Period to the Present Time. Including a Narrative of the Early Portuguese and English Voyages, the Revolutions in the Mogul Empire, and the Origin, Progress, and Establishment of the British Power; with Illustrations of the Botany, Zoology, Climate, Geology, and Mineralogy.
Página 188 - Lives and Voyages of Drake, Cavendish, and Dampier. Including an Introductory View of the Earlier Discoveries in the South Seas, and the History of the Bucanien With Portraits.
Página 190 - PELHAM; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF A GENTLEMAN. A Novel. In 2 vols. 12mo. THE DISOWNED. A Novel. In 2 vols. 12mo. By the Author of "Pelham,"&c. [Stereotyped.) DEVEREUX. A Novel. In 2 vols. I2mo. By the Author of " Pelham,
Página 191 - Waverley." In 2 vols. 12mo. THE DOOM OF DEVORGOIL ; and AUCHINDRANE. By the Author of
Página 187 - The Percy Anecdotes. Revised Edition. To which is added, a valuable Collection of American Anecdotes, original and selected. • 8vo.
Página 188 - Turner's Sacred History of the World, attempted to be Philosophically considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son.
Página 172 - I held on to him all the while, or he'd have gone off like one of these plaguy precussion-locks that have just come into fashion. "Captain, ' says I, "here's your health, and may you live to be a general.
Página 173 - I'm my own master again, with nobody to stand in my way at all. I must look out for some place where a man can live independent, where there's no law but gentlemen's law, and no niggers but black ones. I sha'n't see you again, colonel, it's most likely, so good-by all. I expect you'll be after me soon, for I look upon it to be impossible for a man in his senses to live here much longer, to be hoppled like a horse, and not go where he pleases.
Página 47 - We'll spring together, and we'll bear one fruit ; One joy shall make us smile, and one grief mourn, One age go with us, and one hour of death Shall close our eyes, and one grave make us happy.
Página 190 - In 2 vols. 12mo. THE SMUGGLER. A Novel. By the Author of " The O'Hara Tales,