Flirtation, Volume 3H. Colburn, 1834 |
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... continued Lady Frances , " an exceeding good judge , and a very kind good - hearted man , quite the person whose advice one ought to take , because he is intimate with all the young men of the day . Well , he vowed that you would be one ...
... continued Lady Frances , " an exceeding good judge , and a very kind good - hearted man , quite the person whose advice one ought to take , because he is intimate with all the young men of the day . Well , he vowed that you would be one ...
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... continued Lady Frances . “ I thought you were gone ; at least , you told me some nights ago that you were going to Mowbray Castle ? " " But going and gone are two things , Lady Frances . Business detained me to - night ; still I intend ...
... continued Lady Frances . “ I thought you were gone ; at least , you told me some nights ago that you were going to Mowbray Castle ? " " But going and gone are two things , Lady Frances . Business detained me to - night ; still I intend ...
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... continued Mr. Beverley , for he was the confidant of Mrs. Dormer ; " my friend Mowbray is too good a fellow to be entrapped by such an artful set . You remember , at Naples , how clearly I got him out of that scrape with the Rosalinda ...
... continued Mr. Beverley , for he was the confidant of Mrs. Dormer ; " my friend Mowbray is too good a fellow to be entrapped by such an artful set . You remember , at Naples , how clearly I got him out of that scrape with the Rosalinda ...
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... continued narrative they would have told the following story : -After having con- fessed that sudden attachment to Lord Mowbray , the particulars of which have already been detail- ed , she declared that from the time she had become ...
... continued narrative they would have told the following story : -After having con- fessed that sudden attachment to Lord Mowbray , the particulars of which have already been detail- ed , she declared that from the time she had become ...
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... continued our way over this high region , for about four or five miles , the road gradually be- coming more rugged ; and then , turning off to the right , descended into a wooded ravine , from whence we again emerged and re - ascended ...
... continued our way over this high region , for about four or five miles , the road gradually be- coming more rugged ; and then , turning off to the right , descended into a wooded ravine , from whence we again emerged and re - ascended ...
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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.