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... taken it into his head to follow cock - fighting with as much zeal as he did the political movements of ministries and oppositions , I should have lent as attentive an ear to the controversies of the cockpit as I did to those of St ...
... taken it into his head to follow cock - fighting with as much zeal as he did the political movements of ministries and oppositions , I should have lent as attentive an ear to the controversies of the cockpit as I did to those of St ...
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... taken , scrambled up as much booty as they could secure , and declaring that the game was up , scampered down stairs as hastily as they could , leav- ing Philip to complete the more dangerous part of the un- dertaking in what manner he ...
... taken , scrambled up as much booty as they could secure , and declaring that the game was up , scampered down stairs as hastily as they could , leav- ing Philip to complete the more dangerous part of the un- dertaking in what manner he ...
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... taken from another source , as Mr. Hallam has pointed out - the fol- lowing noble verses of an obscure Italian poet , Girolamo Preti : - : - : Tu , per soffrir della cui luce i rai Si fan dell ' ale i serafini un velo . ' But Mr. Hallam ...
... taken from another source , as Mr. Hallam has pointed out - the fol- lowing noble verses of an obscure Italian poet , Girolamo Preti : - : - : Tu , per soffrir della cui luce i rai Si fan dell ' ale i serafini un velo . ' But Mr. Hallam ...
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S. Warrand. CHAPTER VIII . It was a grievous case ! To be taken ill , poor gentleman , with his old spasms , in such a place as the road between Todberg and Grabheim , six good miles at least from each , and not a decent inn at either ...
S. Warrand. CHAPTER VIII . It was a grievous case ! To be taken ill , poor gentleman , with his old spasms , in such a place as the road between Todberg and Grabheim , six good miles at least from each , and not a decent inn at either ...
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... taken from among her ruddy fingers by the lips - of a sweet little curly chubby urchin ? -no - of our big , bony iron - gray post - horse ! Now then , Curteous Reader , let us step into the Stube , or Traveller's Room ; and survey the ...
... taken from among her ruddy fingers by the lips - of a sweet little curly chubby urchin ? -no - of our big , bony iron - gray post - horse ! Now then , Curteous Reader , let us step into the Stube , or Traveller's Room ; and survey the ...
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Página 83 - twould a saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke ;} " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this cheek a little red.
Página 231 - He is a middle-sized, spare man, about forty years old, of a brown complexion and darkbrown coloured hair, but wears a wig ; a hooked nose, a sharp chin, grey eyes, and a large mole near his mouth...
Página 92 - The man that lays his hand upon a woman, Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch Whom 'twere gross flattery to name a coward.— I'll talk to you, lady, but not beat you.
Página 118 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Página 174 - Fear ye not me? Saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Página 30 - But, gracious God, how well dost Thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide ! Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. O teach me to believe Thee thus concealed, And search no farther than Thyself revealed ; But her alone for my director take, Whom Thou hast promised never to forsake...
Página 37 - For mine is the lay that lightly floats, And mine are the murmuring, dying notes, That fall as soft as snow on the sea, And melt in the heart as instantly...
Página 27 - Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart ; Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord.
Página 373 - Would gambol from. Mother, for love of grace, Lay not that flattering unction to your soul...
Página 27 - So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks, Or at the ear of Eve, familiar...