The Roué, Volume 2J. and J. Harper, 1828 |
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... continued to follow him . She was evidently in a state of extreme intoxication , and her talk was a mixture of maudlin invitation and of dreadful imprecation . Two or three times he was compelled to shake her from his arm , and ...
... continued to follow him . She was evidently in a state of extreme intoxication , and her talk was a mixture of maudlin invitation and of dreadful imprecation . Two or three times he was compelled to shake her from his arm , and ...
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... continued ; " But , Trevor , I am afraid you don't recol- lect that I was not your only creditor last night . That devil told me that the three last throws before my arrival at his cursed place were scored to your account . I must not ...
... continued ; " But , Trevor , I am afraid you don't recol- lect that I was not your only creditor last night . That devil told me that the three last throws before my arrival at his cursed place were scored to your account . I must not ...
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... continued Leslie . Again the same unconscious stare , and a shake of the head , indicated a negative . During the period of this short colloquy , Leslie attempted to trace in her swollen and livid features something to guide him in the ...
... continued Leslie . Again the same unconscious stare , and a shake of the head , indicated a negative . During the period of this short colloquy , Leslie attempted to trace in her swollen and livid features something to guide him in the ...
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... continued thus for some time : the alienation of Trevor and Agnes gradually became greater in reality , though not in appearance . At length Lady Emily ventured to argue with him on the absurdity of his conduct , and to represent it's ...
... continued thus for some time : the alienation of Trevor and Agnes gradually became greater in reality , though not in appearance . At length Lady Emily ventured to argue with him on the absurdity of his conduct , and to represent it's ...
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... continued absorbed in the con- templation of the portrait , recalling the dangerous recol- lections of the sighs and tears that Leslie had breathed and shed over it -- of the agitation he betrayed at her entrance- and the feeling ...
... continued absorbed in the con- templation of the portrait , recalling the dangerous recol- lections of the sighs and tears that Leslie had breathed and shed over it -- of the agitation he betrayed at her entrance- and the feeling ...
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agitation Agnes agony appeared attempted BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER beauty betrayed bosom breath Burgundy circumstances countenance cursed D'Oyley dare dear death delight determined devil door drawing-room excited exclaimed eyes favour fear feelings felt Flounce Fred gasometer gave gazed give glance hand happiness Hartley HARVARD COLLEGE heard heart heaven honour hope hour husband idea imagination insensible interrupted knew Lady Emily Lady Flora Lago Maggiore leave LESLIE rushed LESLIE TO VILLARS Leslie's letter libertine lips look Lord Arlington master mind mistress nature never night once Ovid pale party passed passion Père La Chaise perhaps pleasure PORCELLIAN CLUB portrait Potiphar present pursued pursuit racter recollection rendered repentance rushed scene seemed servant silent Sir Robert Leslie society soul spite tell thing thou thought tion Tour trembling Trevor Trevor Hall turned uttered virtue voice Walmer whole wife wish woman women word
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Página 113 - That run-away's eyes may wink ; and Romeo Leap to these arms, untalk'd of, and unseen ! — Lovers can see to do their amorous rites By their own beauties: or, if love be blind, It best agrees with night. — Come...
Página 124 - In such a night Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew, And saw the lion's shadow ere himself, And ran dismay'd away. LOR. In such a night Stood Dido with a willow in her hand Upon the wild sea-banks, and waft her love To come again to Carthage.
Página 227 - To be imprison'd in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendent world ; or to be worse than worst Of those that lawless and incertain thought Imagine howling : 'tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life That age, ache, penury and imprisonment 130 Can lay on nature is a paradise To what we fear of death.
Página 79 - Your eyes, indeed, are featured there ; but where's the sparkling moisture, shining fluid, in which they swim? The picture, indeed, has your dimples ; but where's the swarm of killing Cupids that should ambush there? The lips too are figured out; but where's the carnation dew, the pouting ripeness, that tempts the taste in the original? Mrs Sul.
Página 190 - The story of my life, we might lose time. Be record all the spirits of the air, And all things else that are, that day and night, Early and late, the tribute which my heart Hath paid to Annabella's sacred love, Hath been these tears, which are her mourners now ! Never till now did Nature do her best, To show a matchless beauty to the world, Which in an instant, ere it scarce was seen, The jealous Destinies required again.
Página 77 - Each panel in achievements clothing, Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages that lead to nothing. Full oft within the spacious walls, When he had fifty winters o'er him, My grave Lord-Keeper led the brawls ; The sealr and maces danced before him.
Página 227 - Aye, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods...
Página 204 - To charm me with thy softness : 'tis in vain : Thou can'st no more betray, nor I be ruin'd. The hours of folly, and of fond delight, Are wasted all, and fled ; those that remain Are doom'd to weeping, anguish, and repentance.
Página 24 - At first, as one who sought access, but feared To interrupt, sidelong he works his way. As when a ship by skilful steersman wrought Nigh river's mouth or foreland, where the wind Veers oft, as oft so steers, and shifts her sail...
Página 32 - And again, just before he hears the sudden tidings of her death — " If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep, My dreams presage some joyful news at hand ; My bosom's lord sits lightly on his throne, And all this day an unaccustom'd spirit Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts.