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... course , rendered her personal attendance on him unnecessary ; and as her husband usually went to London every day , she became mistress of her own time , and was enabled to employ it in the cultivation of her mind . She possessed a ...
... course , rendered her personal attendance on him unnecessary ; and as her husband usually went to London every day , she became mistress of her own time , and was enabled to employ it in the cultivation of her mind . She possessed a ...
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... course of calamities which marked her subsequent life . Mr Smith , whether from a conceit of his own knowledge of law , or from the mistaken economy of a narrow mind , that would risk thousands to save a few pounds , thought proper to ...
... course of calamities which marked her subsequent life . Mr Smith , whether from a conceit of his own knowledge of law , or from the mistaken economy of a narrow mind , that would risk thousands to save a few pounds , thought proper to ...
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... course , in favour of the Ministerial candidate . Mrs Smith had not at that time caught the contagion which spread so widely a few years afterwards , and very willingly lent her pen in sup- port of the cause ; and among the many efforts ...
... course , in favour of the Ministerial candidate . Mrs Smith had not at that time caught the contagion which spread so widely a few years afterwards , and very willingly lent her pen in sup- port of the cause ; and among the many efforts ...
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... course ; but those who knew the dessous des cartes , could only re- gret that the measure had not been adopted years before . The summer of 1787 saw Mrs Smith establish- ed in her cottage at Wyhe , pursuing her literary occupations with ...
... course ; but those who knew the dessous des cartes , could only re- gret that the measure had not been adopted years before . The summer of 1787 saw Mrs Smith establish- ed in her cottage at Wyhe , pursuing her literary occupations with ...
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... course of incidents which she intended to detail . Hence the hurry and want of connexion which may be obser- ved in some of her stories , and hence , too , instances , in which we can see that the character of the tale has changed while ...
... course of incidents which she intended to detail . Hence the hurry and want of connexion which may be obser- ved in some of her stories , and hence , too , instances , in which we can see that the character of the tale has changed while ...
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Volym 4 Walter Scott Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1834 |
The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Volym 4 Walter Scott Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1834 |
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Sida 264 - All causes shall give way ; I am in blood Stepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er : Strange things I have in head, that will to hand ; Which must be acted, ere they may be scann'd.
Sida 440 - Clarens ! sweet Clarens, birthplace of deep Love ! Thine air is the young breath of passionate thought ; Thy trees take root in Love ; the snows above The very Glaciers have his colours caught, And sun-set into rose-hues sees them wrought By rays which sleep there lovingly...
Sida 368 - I saw him again yesterday, and was surprised to find the levee-room had lost so entirely the air of the lion's den. This Sovereign don't stand in one spot, with his eyes fixed royally on the ground, and dropping bits of German news; he walks about, and speaks to everybody. I saw him afterwards on the throne, where he is graceful and genteel, sits with dignity, and reads his answers to addresses well...
Sida 325 - At his first coming on board us, he had so much forgot his language, for want of use, that we could scarce understand him, for he seemed to speak his words by halves.
Sida 454 - I have not loved the world, nor the world me, But let us part fair foes; I do believe, Though I have found them not, that there may be Words which are things, hopes which will not deceive, And virtues which are merciful, nor weave Snares for the failing; I would also deem O'er others...
Sida 442 - For then he was inspired, and from him came, As from the Pythian's mystic cave of yore, Those oracles which set the world in flame, Nor ceased to burn till kingdoms were no more...
Sida 333 - ... at last became such a task, that she was forced to go out of the way ; for they were in general extremely satisfied of the truth of the thing, and plainly saw that Mrs. Bargrave was no hypochondriac, for she always appears with such a cheerful air and pleasing mien, that...
Sida 266 - ... eyes, and a large mole near his mouth : was born in London, and for many years was a, hose-factor in Freeman's Yard, in Cornhill, and now is owner of the brick and pantile •works near Tilbury Fort, in Essex : whoever shall discover the said Daniel De Foe to one of her Majesty's principal secretaries of state, or any of her Majesty's justices of peace, so as he may be apprehended, shall have a reward of £50, which her Majesty has ordered immediately to be paid upon such discovery.
Sida 333 - ... her own mouth. I should have told you before that Mrs. Veal told Mrs. Bargrave that her sister and brother-in-law were just come down from London to see her. Says Mrs. Bargrave, "How came you to order matters so strangely?" "It could not be helped,
Sida 421 - The Boy was sprung to manhood : in the wilds Of fiery climes he made himself a home, And his Soul drank their sunbeams; he was girt With strange and dusky aspects; he was not Himself like what he had been; on the sea 110 And on the shore he was a wanderer...