The English Fireside: A Tale of the Past, Volume 2Saunders and Otley, 1844 |
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... Ned was seized by strong , brawny arms and hands , and warmly embraced upon his deliverance . The vicar , distraught with mingled feel- ings of joy and remaining terror , hugged Ned in his arms and wept upon his breast like a child ...
... Ned was seized by strong , brawny arms and hands , and warmly embraced upon his deliverance . The vicar , distraught with mingled feel- ings of joy and remaining terror , hugged Ned in his arms and wept upon his breast like a child ...
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... Ned , taking from his purse some pieces of gold . me , " added he , placing them in the hand of his rescuer , " render something more sub- stantial than thanks for my deliverance . " " I wish , sir , " replied the man , with glistening ...
... Ned , taking from his purse some pieces of gold . me , " added he , placing them in the hand of his rescuer , " render something more sub- stantial than thanks for my deliverance . " " I wish , sir , " replied the man , with glistening ...
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... Ned had not forgotten Mary Brainshaw ; but entertaining for her only that effervescent feeling which absence is certain to weaken , if not to exhaust , he ... Ned's vanity and self - esteem , in perceiving 20 THE ENGLISH FIRESIDE .
... Ned had not forgotten Mary Brainshaw ; but entertaining for her only that effervescent feeling which absence is certain to weaken , if not to exhaust , he ... Ned's vanity and self - esteem , in perceiving 20 THE ENGLISH FIRESIDE .
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A Tale of the Past John Mills. to Ned's vanity and self - esteem , in perceiving so beautiful and well - born was ... Ned were sitting at the open casement overlooking the sea , watching the waves dance and flash in the silvery moonbeams ...
A Tale of the Past John Mills. to Ned's vanity and self - esteem , in perceiving so beautiful and well - born was ... Ned were sitting at the open casement overlooking the sea , watching the waves dance and flash in the silvery moonbeams ...
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... Ned Swiftfoot . He , too , was somewhat discomposed at this meeting of their respective glances ; for , rising suddenly from his chair , he made a brief exclamation of seeming impatience , and took three or four strides from the window ...
... Ned Swiftfoot . He , too , was somewhat discomposed at this meeting of their respective glances ; for , rising suddenly from his chair , he made a brief exclamation of seeming impatience , and took three or four strides from the window ...
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arms asked Bamfield Carew beau ideal black spade blacksmith Brainshaw burst catcher cell cheek clasping companion continued dear boy ejaculated Ellen endeavouring escape exclaimed aunt Deborah eyes father fear feel fingers gaoler gipsies give head hear heard heart hope Jack Slimmer king laughing lips listen looking Macrone majesty Master Kidlywink Ned Swiftfoot Ned's mother never observed old Soaker poor Mary port wine pray quickly rejoined Blanch rejoined Grace rejoined Mr Fulton rejoined the prisoner remarked repeated replied aunt Deborah replied Blanch replied Carew replied Charles replied Grace replied Mr Fulton replied Ned replied the ratcatcher returned Blanch returned Grace returned Mr Fulton returned the ratcatcher Ringwood Robert Fulton round scarcely seemed silent tongue Soaking Bob speak squire stood stranger strong Swiftfoot thought tinued Tom Brainshaw tone tongue truth turning vicar vicarage voice whisper words
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Página 27 - If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions : I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Página 257 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.
Página 180 - There's nothing in this world can make me joy : Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man ; And bitter shame hath spoil'd the sweet world's taste, That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.
Página 128 - Men will wrangle for religion; write for it, fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.
Página 160 - Kidlywink's progress in his work, the ratcatcher rose softly from his seat, and, unobserved, crept towards a heap of old iron in a dark corner of the shop.