The English Fireside: A Tale of the Past, Volume 2Saunders and Otley, 1844 |
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... wish for none . I would sing from sun - rise to sun - set to give you one minute's pleasure . " And then , summoning all her joyous spirits to dispel the melancholy in her beloved Ellen , she gave , in a ringing , beautiful voice , that ...
... wish for none . I would sing from sun - rise to sun - set to give you one minute's pleasure . " And then , summoning all her joyous spirits to dispel the melancholy in her beloved Ellen , she gave , in a ringing , beautiful voice , that ...
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... wish , sir , " replied the man , with glistening eyes , as he chinked the money , " I could afford to refuse your bounty . But this , " and he again rang the coin , " will make a large and poor family happy , and I'll be bold to say ye ...
... wish , sir , " replied the man , with glistening eyes , as he chinked the money , " I could afford to refuse your bounty . But this , " and he again rang the coin , " will make a large and poor family happy , and I'll be bold to say ye ...
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... wish , Captain Hartley , to retain your respect and to say what is becoming . " " Then let it be but one word , " replied Ned , warmly . " Say , " continued he , " that I may hope . " " You may , " returned Grace , in a faulter- ing ...
... wish , Captain Hartley , to retain your respect and to say what is becoming . " " Then let it be but one word , " replied Ned , warmly . " Say , " continued he , " that I may hope . " " You may , " returned Grace , in a faulter- ing ...
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... with emotion , " and I cannot advise a longer sojourn here . " " No , " said the vicar , with a sigh . " The day after to - morrow we will act in accord- ance with the dear child's wish . I am cer- 26 THE ENGLISH FIRESIDE .
... with emotion , " and I cannot advise a longer sojourn here . " " No , " said the vicar , with a sigh . " The day after to - morrow we will act in accord- ance with the dear child's wish . I am cer- 26 THE ENGLISH FIRESIDE .
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A Tale of the Past John Mills. ance with the dear child's wish . I am cer- tain it would prove a source of great disap- pointment to frustrate it . " " Then let me be no advocate for so doing , " returned Ned . " You will accompany us ...
A Tale of the Past John Mills. ance with the dear child's wish . I am cer- tain it would prove a source of great disap- pointment to frustrate it . " " Then let me be no advocate for so doing , " returned Ned . " You will accompany us ...
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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.