Flirtation, Volume 3H. Colburn, 1834 |
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... 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 of the finest crea- tures going , if you would only copy a ...
... 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 of the finest crea- tures going , if you would only copy a ...
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... kind was the general result of the re- trospection of her visit to London ; and she sigh- ed to think how differently she had pictured it to herself from what she had found it to be in reality . Miss Macalpine entered the room while she ...
... kind was the general result of the re- trospection of her visit to London ; and she sigh- ed to think how differently she had pictured it to herself from what she had found it to be in reality . Miss Macalpine entered the room while she ...
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... kind o ' cauld sweat , like the dead thraw , has stood on his brow , and that's a sure sign there's something wrang . Dinna let him wile the heart out o ' your breast - remember there's as gude fish in the sea as ever came out o't , and ...
... kind o ' cauld sweat , like the dead thraw , has stood on his brow , and that's a sure sign there's something wrang . Dinna let him wile the heart out o ' your breast - remember there's as gude fish in the sea as ever came out o't , and ...
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... kind , and may perhaps be the last at which I shall ever be present ; so I would not leave my uncle for two nights together . I shall say nothing , therefore , to him about it , else he will order me to go , and get Lady Glassington to ...
... kind , and may perhaps be the last at which I shall ever be present ; so I would not leave my uncle for two nights together . I shall say nothing , therefore , to him about it , else he will order me to go , and get Lady Glassington to ...
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... kind . When I am married , I hope I shall be able to do as much for you . So now ring the bell , and order Mademoiselle Blondell to take your dress to my house , and bring mine here . " The order was given ; and Lady Emily , having ...
... kind . When I am married , I hope I shall be able to do as much for you . So now ring the bell , and order Mademoiselle Blondell to take your dress to my house , and bring mine here . " The order was given ; and Lady Emily , having ...
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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.