Reginald Dalton, Volume 1W. Blackwood, 1823 - 337 páginas |
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... living in one of the neighbouring counties . That some coldness subsisted between Mr Dalton and these kindred , was an inference which the lad could scarcely fail to draw , from the mere fact of the families having no intercourse with ...
... living in one of the neighbouring counties . That some coldness subsisted between Mr Dalton and these kindred , was an inference which the lad could scarcely fail to draw , from the mere fact of the families having no intercourse with ...
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... Living , as he had done , in a world of inaction , and accustomed to draw his subjects of thought from anything rather than the witnessed workings of actual nature , it was no wonder that his fancy should even at this early period have ...
... Living , as he had done , in a world of inaction , and accustomed to draw his subjects of thought from anything rather than the witnessed workings of actual nature , it was no wonder that his fancy should even at this early period have ...
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... long series of years , and Mr Dalton , although living on the best possible terms with his parish- ioners , had never encouraged his son to cultivate any very intimate connexion among the families of the few BOOK I. CHAP . III . 25.
... long series of years , and Mr Dalton , although living on the best possible terms with his parish- ioners , had never encouraged his son to cultivate any very intimate connexion among the families of the few BOOK I. CHAP . III . 25.
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... living world - in many things , how great was his advantage over them - in not a few , how deplo- rable his inferiority ! It was in the beginning of that summer that THORWOLD , the neglected manor - house to which I have already alluded ...
... living world - in many things , how great was his advantage over them - in not a few , how deplo- rable his inferiority ! It was in the beginning of that summer that THORWOLD , the neglected manor - house to which I have already alluded ...
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... living in the west of England , on which he immediately settled ; and marrying the daugh- ter of one of the neighbouring gentry , he became so much tied to that part of the country , that he had but slender opportunities of keeping up ...
... living in the west of England , on which he immediately settled ; and marrying the daugh- ter of one of the neighbouring gentry , he became so much tied to that part of the country , that he had but slender opportunities of keeping up ...
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Alderman Barbara Dalton bawbees beautiful Bishop bless blush brother chair Charwell College course cousin John cried daugh dear dear boy dinner district of England Doctor of Divinity door Elizabeth Ellen eyes father feeling fellow Frederick Chisney gown Grypherwast Grypherwast-hall Hall hand happy head hear heard heart honour Jem Brank John Dalton Keith lative living look Lord Lucy ma'am Macdonald manciple merry England midst mild ale mind Miss Betty Miss Dalton nald never old gentleman old lady once Oxford pause perhaps poor pretty quoth Ralph Macdonald Regi Reginald Dalton Richard Dalton risum scarcely shew side Sir Charles Catline smile soon sort Squire Squire's sure Teddy Theed ther there's thing Thorwold thought tion tone truth Vicar of Lannwell voice walk Whig whisper window words young gentleman youth
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Página 145 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Página 145 - She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition , sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn ; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay.
Página 130 - There is no antidote against the opium of time, which temporally considereth all things : our fathers find their graves in our short memories, and sadly tell us how we may be buried in our survivors.
Página 24 - Tis one of those who needs must leave the path Of the world's business to go wild alone: His arms have a perpetual holiday ; The happy man will creep about the fields, Following his fancies by the hour, to bring Tears down his cheek, or solitary smiles Into his face, until the setting sun Write fool upon his forehead.
Página 264 - DO serious consequences ever attached or attributed to their occurrence. •}• " But to our story. Chisney and his companions, the wine of the Black Bear of Woodstock still fuming in their brains, were soon in the midst of the retreating togati ; and our friend Reginald, drest in the splendid attire of a Doctor of Physic, could scarcely, under all the circumstances, be blamed for following their guidance. Jem Brank stuck close to the party, wielding in his fist the fine goldlieaded cane of Mr Alderman...
Página 237 - We heard it quite distinctly, though the mist was so thick that we could see nothing. I cried then ; you may suppose how I cried ; and Ellen too, though she had never opened her lips before, cried as lustily as she could. Again the gun was fired, and again we answered at the top of our voices ; and then, God bless me ! — was there ever such a moment ? We heard the dashing of the oars, and a strong breeze lifted the mist like a curtain from before us, and there was a boat — a jolly ten-oar boat,...
Página 329 - When the chill Sirocco blows, And Winter tells a heavy tale, When pyes and daws, and rooks and crows, Do sit and curse the frosts and snows, Then give me ale,
Página 215 - KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGE TAX not the royal Saint with vain expense, With ill-match'd aims the Architect who plann'd (Albeit labouring for a scanty band Of white-robed Scholars only) this immense And glorious work of fine intelligence ! — Give all thou canst; high Heaven rejects the lore Of nicely-calculated less or more : — So deem'd the man who fashion'd for the sense These lofty pillars, spread that branching roof Self-poised, and scoop'd into ten thousand cells Where light...
Página 264 - It was now that a terrible conflict ensued — a conflict, the fury of which might have inspired lightness, vigour, and elasticity, even into the paragraphs of a Bentham, or the hexameters of a Southey — had either or both of these eminent persons been there to witness — better still had they been there to partake in, the genial phrenzy. It was now that
Página 266 - There the townsmen gave way; but being pursued with horrible oaths and blows as far as Carfax, they rallied again under the shadow of that sacred edifice ; and received there a welcome reinforcement from the purlieus of the Staffordshire Canal, and the ingenuous youth of Penny-farthing Street. Once more the tide of war was turned ; the gowned phalanx gave back — surly and slow, indeed, but still they did give back. On rolled the adverse and swelling tide with their 'few plain instincts and their...