Flirtation, Volume 3H. Colburn, 1834 |
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... true ; how can any body look well in the hurry of a London life ? and be- sides , should I not be more hard - hearted than a stone if I could see my dear uncle turned out of his home - the home he loves so well , to be a wanderer , a ...
... true ; how can any body look well in the hurry of a London life ? and be- sides , should I not be more hard - hearted than a stone if I could see my dear uncle turned out of his home - the home he loves so well , to be a wanderer , a ...
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... true devo- tion of heart and soul . " Here a note arrived : - " From Mrs. Neville , " said Lady Emily , open- ing , and reading it . " She wants me to go to Lady Orwell's this evening , but I shall not accept her proposal ; for to ...
... true devo- tion of heart and soul . " Here a note arrived : - " From Mrs. Neville , " said Lady Emily , open- ing , and reading it . " She wants me to go to Lady Orwell's this evening , but I shall not accept her proposal ; for to ...
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... true , you ought to have seen me there ; but every thing is out of course now - a - days . " - Then settling her petticoat with one hand , and laying hold of Mrs. Neville with the other— " Now do , there's a kind person -do lay aside ...
... true , you ought to have seen me there ; but every thing is out of course now - a - days . " - Then settling her petticoat with one hand , and laying hold of Mrs. Neville with the other— " Now do , there's a kind person -do lay aside ...
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... , more than any regular drawn plan of your character could have done . " 66 Well , let us forthwith , fair lady , swear eter- nal friendship . I would be your true knight evermore , were I not already engaged ; but as FLIRTATION . 45.
... , more than any regular drawn plan of your character could have done . " 66 Well , let us forthwith , fair lady , swear eter- nal friendship . I would be your true knight evermore , were I not already engaged ; but as FLIRTATION . 45.
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... true friend , and I will ; so that matter is settled . " Another burst of fire - works prevented farther conversation . " Was it not a splendid display ? " said Mrs. Neville , the moment it ended . " Well , to be sure , I never saw any ...
... true friend , and I will ; so that matter is settled . " Another burst of fire - works prevented farther conversation . " Was it not a splendid display ? " said Mrs. Neville , the moment it ended . " Well , to be sure , I never saw any ...
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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.