Flirtation, Volume 3H. Colburn, 1834 |
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... Montgomery . It is said , that on account of his great services in his younger days , the matter is hushed up , but every one believes , notwithstanding , that he was the mur- derer . " " Dreadful ! —But is there any proof of the fact ...
... Montgomery . It is said , that on account of his great services in his younger days , the matter is hushed up , but every one believes , notwithstanding , that he was the mur- derer . " " Dreadful ! —But is there any proof of the fact ...
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... Montgomery Hall , and I still followed . The report of the transcendent beauty of the Lady Lorimers reached even me , and the prescience of passion told me , that one of them was destined to become his bride . I cannot say why this ...
... Montgomery Hall , and I still followed . The report of the transcendent beauty of the Lady Lorimers reached even me , and the prescience of passion told me , that one of them was destined to become his bride . I cannot say why this ...
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... she could fulfil my bidding , and I had only to follow her in silence . I did so . We reached the park of Montgomery Hall . Lushee applied a key to one of the gates ; it opened , and admitted us ; and she led 78 FLIRTATION .
... she could fulfil my bidding , and I had only to follow her in silence . I did so . We reached the park of Montgomery Hall . Lushee applied a key to one of the gates ; it opened , and admitted us ; and she led 78 FLIRTATION .
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... Montgomery and ascertain the fact . As he passed through Bristol , he happened to see from a window General Montgomery's servant , Edwards , pass by . How the sight of any person or thing the most distantly connected with a be- loved ...
... Montgomery and ascertain the fact . As he passed through Bristol , he happened to see from a window General Montgomery's servant , Edwards , pass by . How the sight of any person or thing the most distantly connected with a be- loved ...
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... Montgomery Hall , you used to read to me that beautiful , poe- tical , sublime , and pious book , the Holy Living and Dying . ' The others I felt sure must be wor- thy of perusal , as they were in such good com- pany ; for books of the ...
... Montgomery Hall , you used to read to me that beautiful , poe- tical , sublime , and pious book , the Holy Living and Dying . ' The others I felt sure must be wor- thy of perusal , as they were in such good com- pany ; for books of the ...
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Page 66 - Man's love is of man's life a thing apart, 'Tis woman's whole existence; man may range The court, camp, church, the vessel, and the mart, Sword, gown, gain, glory, offer in exchange Pride, fame, ambition, to fill up his heart, And few there are whom these cannot estrange: Men have all these resources, we but one, To love again, and be again undone.
Page 226 - The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, which in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time...
Page 35 - And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, "Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore...
Page 35 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
Page 289 - And wandering eyes, still leaning on the arm Of Novelty, her fickle, frail support; For thou art meek and constant, hating change, And finding in the calm of truth-tried love Joys that her stormy raptures never yield.
Page 260 - Mais elle était du monde où les plus belles choses Ont le pire destin ; Et rose elle a vécu ce que vivent les roses, L'espace d'un matin.
Page 92 - Extolling patience as the truest fortitude, And to the bearing well of all calamities, All chances incident to man's frail life, Consolatories writ With studied argument, and much persuasion sought, Lenient of grief and anxious thought.
Page 1 - That charm shall grow, while what fatigues the Ring, Flaunts and goes down, an unregarded thing...
Page 123 - For what admir'st thou, what transports thee so ? An outside? fair, no doubt, and worthy well Thy cherishing, thy honouring, and thy love, Not thy subjection : weigh with her thyself ; Then value : oft-times nothing profits more Than self-esteem, grounded on just and right Well managed ; of that skill the more thou know'st, The more she will acknowledge thee her head, And to realities yield all her shows...
Page 324 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ; Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.