The New Road to Ruin: A Novel, Volume 3R. Bentley, 1833 |
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... Poor Ellen walked to the door with a timid step , and was landed at her grandfather's house . It was , she thought , a fine house , but not half so elegant as the one she had left . She was shown up - stairs into Lady Belnovine's ...
... Poor Ellen walked to the door with a timid step , and was landed at her grandfather's house . It was , she thought , a fine house , but not half so elegant as the one she had left . She was shown up - stairs into Lady Belnovine's ...
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... poor as Madame de Norman . " " I hope then , " Ellen replied , " that Mrs. Montague has not been so generous , and that you may be mistaken as to the extreme costli- I wish I had declined accepting her pre- ness . sents . It grieves me ...
... poor as Madame de Norman . " " I hope then , " Ellen replied , " that Mrs. Montague has not been so generous , and that you may be mistaken as to the extreme costli- I wish I had declined accepting her pre- ness . sents . It grieves me ...
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... poor , ignorant , erring creature as I am ! " There are but two classes - the proud and the humble . At this moment , Ellen entirely belonged to the latter . She heard a knock at the outward door , and her own name pronounced by ...
... poor , ignorant , erring creature as I am ! " There are but two classes - the proud and the humble . At this moment , Ellen entirely belonged to the latter . She heard a knock at the outward door , and her own name pronounced by ...
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... poor things ! esta- blish their happiness ; and in every respect it will be a charming alliance . " " I do not believe Miss De Lastre cares for Baptiste more than she would for any amiable person thrown in her way , " replied the Duke ...
... poor things ! esta- blish their happiness ; and in every respect it will be a charming alliance . " " I do not believe Miss De Lastre cares for Baptiste more than she would for any amiable person thrown in her way , " replied the Duke ...
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... poor thing ! She will be half envious at my succeeding to get one before her ; I hope he has not a second , for she'll be sure to worm it out of him . But here comes Agatha ; she will confirm my praises of my party . " " Whom am I to ...
... poor thing ! She will be half envious at my succeeding to get one before her ; I hope he has not a second , for she'll be sure to worm it out of him . But here comes Agatha ; she will confirm my praises of my party . " " Whom am I to ...
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Page 185 - Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, Our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain. Awake but one, and lo, what myriads rise! * Each stamps its image as the other flies.
Page 1 - LOOK round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue. How void of reason are our hopes and fears ! What in the conduct of our life appears So well...
Page 25 - It's no in titles nor in rank ; It's no in wealth like Lon'on bank, To purchase peace and rest ; It's no in making muckle, mair : It's no in books, it's no in lear, To make us truly blest : If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest : Nae treasures, nor pleasures, Could make us happy lang ; The heart ay's the part ay, That makes us right or wrang. Think ye, that sic as you and I, Wha drudge and drive thro...
Page 44 - That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high.
Page 123 - But what will not ambition and revenge Descend to? Who aspires must down as low As high he soared, obnoxious, first or last, To basest things.
Page 189 - Fortune, that with malicious joy Does Man, her slave, oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless; Still various and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife And makes a lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she's kind, But when she dances in the wind, And shakes the wings and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away.
Page 38 - FAUST. Happy in error's sea who finds the land, Or o'er delusion's waves his limbs can buoy; We use the arts we cannot understand — And what we know, we know not to employ. But let us not, in fancy's moody play, The moment's present raptures waste away. See how, from tufted trees, in evening's glow, Ere daylight sets, the cottage casements glow : It sinks, the sun has lived another day, And yields to death but to recruit his fires : Alas ! no wing may bear me on my way, To track the monarch, as...
Page 84 - Secrets to difcover, -"Tis what we never look for in a Lo-ver, Let but the Bridegroom prudently provide All other Matters fitting for a Bride, So he make good the Jewels and the Jointure, To mifs the Heart, does feldom difappoint her.
Page 61 - Twixt right and wrong ; for pleasure and revenge Have ears more deaf than adders to the voice Of any true decision.