The English Fireside: A Tale of the Past, Volume 2Saunders and Otley, 1844 |
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... thing - not even the meanest wild flower that grew unnoticed and uncared for - but looked the very type of unalloyed , unqualified happiness . On a beetling cliff , rearing its giant crest some hundreds of feet above the dashing waves ...
... thing - not even the meanest wild flower that grew unnoticed and uncared for - but looked the very type of unalloyed , unqualified happiness . On a beetling cliff , rearing its giant crest some hundreds of feet above the dashing waves ...
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... things are paid for , " added the squire . " Well , well ! No one but must say that I evinced a high degree of economy in its outlay . Let me see , " he continued , pressing a finger upon his brow . " Eight bushels of meal for the ...
... things are paid for , " added the squire . " Well , well ! No one but must say that I evinced a high degree of economy in its outlay . Let me see , " he continued , pressing a finger upon his brow . " Eight bushels of meal for the ...
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... thing is of that order defined unpalatable . It brings delightful reminiscences of those times , long since unhappily past away , when the vaults beneath were crammed to repletion with wine , and such wine , too , that makes one's flesh ...
... thing is of that order defined unpalatable . It brings delightful reminiscences of those times , long since unhappily past away , when the vaults beneath were crammed to repletion with wine , and such wine , too , that makes one's flesh ...
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... things as they come , Charles , is a beautiful motto for a gallop across country , and it applies with the same aptness to a run through life . " " But discretion bids us look before we leap , " added Charles . " Discretion's the ...
... things as they come , Charles , is a beautiful motto for a gallop across country , and it applies with the same aptness to a run through life . " " But discretion bids us look before we leap , " added Charles . " Discretion's the ...
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... things have taken , and wish from the core of my heart that the prospect of your happiness may be backed by the reality . " As the squire concluded his address he took the hand of his son between both his , and gave it a wring that left ...
... things have taken , and wish from the core of my heart that the prospect of your happiness may be backed by the reality . " As the squire concluded his address he took the hand of his son between both his , and gave it a wring that left ...
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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.