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... heart should own thy pow'r ? Thou who hast , soothed each adverse hour , So thou and I will never sunder . In cheerless solitude , bereft Of youth and health , thou still art left , When hope and fortune have deceived me ; Thou , far ...
... heart should own thy pow'r ? Thou who hast , soothed each adverse hour , So thou and I will never sunder . In cheerless solitude , bereft Of youth and health , thou still art left , When hope and fortune have deceived me ; Thou , far ...
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... heart , that her son in Bengal owed his promotion in the civil service to her talents . The novel of Ethelinde was published in 1789 ; Celestina in 1791 . She had quitted her cottage near Chichester , and lived sometimes in or near ...
... heart , that her son in Bengal owed his promotion in the civil service to her talents . The novel of Ethelinde was published in 1789 ; Celestina in 1791 . She had quitted her cottage near Chichester , and lived sometimes in or near ...
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... talents , nor even her purse , in the cause of those she endeavoured to serve ; and with a heart so warm , it may easily be believed she was frequently the dupe of her be- nevolence . The poor always found in her a kind CHARLOTTE SMITH .
... talents , nor even her purse , in the cause of those she endeavoured to serve ; and with a heart so warm , it may easily be believed she was frequently the dupe of her be- nevolence . The poor always found in her a kind CHARLOTTE SMITH .
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... heart . If she derived a high degree of gratification in the homage paid to her talents , it was embittered by the envenomed shafts of envy and bigotry , and by the calumnies of anonymous defamers . By some she has been censured ...
... heart . If she derived a high degree of gratification in the homage paid to her talents , it was embittered by the envenomed shafts of envy and bigotry , and by the calumnies of anonymous defamers . By some she has been censured ...
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... purse , in the cause of those she endeavoured to serve ; and with a heart so warm , it may easily be believed she was frequently the dupe of her be- about three years ago , with her name affixed to CHARLOTTE SMITH . 45.
... purse , in the cause of those she endeavoured to serve ; and with a heart so warm , it may easily be believed she was frequently the dupe of her be- about three years ago , with her name affixed to CHARLOTTE SMITH . 45.
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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...