The Roué, Volume 2J. and J. Harper, 1828 |
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... devil will they not run to , aye , and make us run after them ? I thought I had known them all ; thought I had discovered all their weak points : you know I have been successful , and I have looked back through all my manœuvres , but I ...
... devil will they not run to , aye , and make us run after them ? I thought I had known them all ; thought I had discovered all their weak points : you know I have been successful , and I have looked back through all my manœuvres , but I ...
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... woman ! Oh , woman ! what distraction Was meant to mankind when thou wast made . Oh , angel ! what a heaven thou canst form : Oh , devil ! what an inviting hell invented . Fred , I myself have been twice virtuous in my THE ROUÉ . 11.
... woman ! Oh , woman ! what distraction Was meant to mankind when thou wast made . Oh , angel ! what a heaven thou canst form : Oh , devil ! what an inviting hell invented . Fred , I myself have been twice virtuous in my THE ROUÉ . 11.
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... devil ! " exclaimed Trevor : " though I think I am running away from the latter in quitting this d - d place , where the devil and all his imps seem to have taken up their lodgings in those cursed dice . ' " What , man , hast lost a few ...
... devil ! " exclaimed Trevor : " though I think I am running away from the latter in quitting this d - d place , where the devil and all his imps seem to have taken up their lodgings in those cursed dice . ' " What , man , hast lost a few ...
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... devil ails you ? " said he ; " you look as forlorn and wo - begone , and as frightened at me as if I were some unfortunate dun , who had been knocking single knocks at the brass lion at your door for the past six months , and had been ...
... devil ails you ? " said he ; " you look as forlorn and wo - begone , and as frightened at me as if I were some unfortunate dun , who had been knocking single knocks at the brass lion at your door for the past six months , and had been ...
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... devil she is , show plainly enough that she must have had a very superior education . By G- it was but last night she puzzled the chaplain at his own weapons , and made him knock under . " Strange , thought Leslie , that men bearing the ...
... devil she is , show plainly enough that she must have had a very superior education . By G- it was but last night she puzzled the chaplain at his own weapons , and made him knock under . " Strange , thought Leslie , that men bearing the ...
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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.