Illustrations, Critical, Historical, Biographical, and Miscellaneous, of Novels by the Author of Waverley, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Browne, and Green, 1824 |
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... It is to the exercise of this good taste , and good sense , in both writers , that we are indebted for works , which need not be read twice in order to be understood . approved by the Supreme Being . Miss Sir Martin was 207.
... It is to the exercise of this good taste , and good sense , in both writers , that we are indebted for works , which need not be read twice in order to be understood . approved by the Supreme Being . Miss Sir Martin was 207.
Page 208
... Sir Martin remarked , that when his lady came down to breakfast , her countenance was disturbed ; and inquiring of her health , she assured him she was quite well . He then asked her if- she had hurt her wrist . • Have you sprained it ...
... Sir Martin remarked , that when his lady came down to breakfast , her countenance was disturbed ; and inquiring of her health , she assured him she was quite well . He then asked her if- she had hurt her wrist . • Have you sprained it ...
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... Sir Martin , that you are so anxious for the arrival of the post . I do , ' she said ; ' I expect to hear that Lord Tyrone is dead : he died last Tuesday , at four o'clock . ' ' I never in my life , ' said Sir Martin , ⚫ believed you ...
... Sir Martin , that you are so anxious for the arrival of the post . I do , ' she said ; ' I expect to hear that Lord Tyrone is dead : he died last Tuesday , at four o'clock . ' ' I never in my life , ' said Sir Martin , ⚫ believed you ...
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... Sir Martin was the father , and was then about twenty - two years of age , ) to come to her apartment immediately . Upon their arrival , having ordered the attendants to quit the room , ' I have something , ' she said , ' of the ...
... Sir Martin was the father , and was then about twenty - two years of age , ) to come to her apartment immediately . Upon their arrival , having ordered the attendants to quit the room , ' I have something , ' she said , ' of the ...
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... Sir Martin and myself were in bed , I suddenly awoke , and discovered Lord Tyrone sitting by my bed - side . I screamed out , and endea- voured to awake Sir Martin ; for heaven's sake , ' I exclaimed , Lord Tyrone , by what means , or ...
... Sir Martin and myself were in bed , I suddenly awoke , and discovered Lord Tyrone sitting by my bed - side . I screamed out , and endea- voured to awake Sir Martin ; for heaven's sake , ' I exclaimed , Lord Tyrone , by what means , or ...
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Page 434 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised...
Page 394 - No, Robin, I am not well," and then discoursed with me of her indisposition, and that her heart had been sad and heavy for ten or twelve days, and in her discourse she fetched not so few as forty or fifty great sighs.
Page 389 - That day she was dressed in white Silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a Mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads; her Train was very long, the end of it borne by a Marchioness; instead of a Chain, she had an oblong Collar of gold and jewels.
Page 430 - Then being asked which way he would lay himself on the block, he answered, " So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lies.
Page 103 - I see a column of slow-rising smoke O'ertop the lofty wood that skirts the wild. A vagabond and useless tribe there eat Their miserable meal. A kettle, slung Between two poles upon a stick transverse, Receives the morsel ; flesh obscene of dog, Or vermin, or, at best, of cock purloined From his accustomed perch.
Page 433 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Page 415 - EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with age and dust ; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days ; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.
Page 390 - A gentleman entered the room bearing a rod, and along with him another who had a table-cloth, which, after they had both kneeled three times with the utmost veneration, he spread upon the table, and after kneeling again, they both retired. Then came two others, one with the rod again, the other with a...
Page 433 - Abjects, and humbles them at the instant; makes them cry, complain, and repent, yea, even to hate their forepassed happiness. He takes the account of the rich and proves him a beggar; a naked beggar which hath interest in nothing but in the gravel that fills his mouth. He holds a Glass before the eyes of the most beautiful, and makes them see therein their deformity and rottenness; and they acknowledge it.
Page 386 - ... punishment her majesty should be pleased to inflict upon me, for so great an offence. Then she sat down low upon a cushion, and I upon my knees by her, but with her own hand she gave me a cushion to lay under my knee ; which at first I refused, but she compelled me to take it. She then called for my lady Strafford out of the next chamber, for the queen was alone.