De Vere; Or, The Man of Independence, Volume 2J. & J. Harper, 1831 - English fiction |
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... Talbois , before he departed from England ; a request which was without difficulty granted by one who , however an invalid in body , and a prey to grief in mind , felt that mind still lingering among the scenes of his greatness , and ...
... Talbois , before he departed from England ; a request which was without difficulty granted by one who , however an invalid in body , and a prey to grief in mind , felt that mind still lingering among the scenes of his greatness , and ...
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... Talbois , when tired of gardening , to listen to those lulling notes , till night came on , and he returned to a contented though homely supper , and afterward to a bed , in which , from the labours of the day , and his igno- rance of ...
... Talbois , when tired of gardening , to listen to those lulling notes , till night came on , and he returned to a contented though homely supper , and afterward to a bed , in which , from the labours of the day , and his igno- rance of ...
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... Talbois , which now seemed more beloved than ever . The cheerful , unruffled content of Flower- dale ; the sweets of his life ; his independence of the world , and the sense of his conversation ; all these dwelt on our traveller's mind ...
... Talbois , which now seemed more beloved than ever . The cheerful , unruffled content of Flower- dale ; the sweets of his life ; his independence of the world , and the sense of his conversation ; all these dwelt on our traveller's mind ...
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... Talbois , he brooded over the conduct of his uncle , his own strange yet unrepented separation from most of his friends , and above all , from that lovely and superior being before whom he had left the world bowing , so as for ever to ...
... Talbois , he brooded over the conduct of his uncle , his own strange yet unrepented separation from most of his friends , and above all , from that lovely and superior being before whom he had left the world bowing , so as for ever to ...
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... Talbois and him I accompany . " " Indeed ! " exclaimed Constance , somewhat shaken . " And is this house no longer your uncle's ? And are we relations only in blood ? I thought it had been otherwise . " " Heaven knows I thought so too ...
... Talbois and him I accompany . " " Indeed ! " exclaimed Constance , somewhat shaken . " And is this house no longer your uncle's ? And are we relations only in blood ? I thought it had been otherwise . " " Heaven knows I thought so too ...
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admiration affected ambition answered appear asked De Vere aunt Barèges Beaufort beautiful better called Castle Mowbray character charming Clayton consequence countenance court cousin dear Constance deed delightful disappointed earl Earl of Cleveland estates excited exclaimed expected father favour fear feel felt Flowerdale fortune gave gentleman give happy Harclai heart heir honour hope interest John Cleveland knew Lady Clanellan Lady Constance Lady Eleanor least look Lord Clanellan Lord Cleveland Lord Mowbray Lord Oldcastle manner marquis means mind minister misanthropy Mortimer mother nature ness never noble observed De Vere opinion party passed passion perhaps person pleased pleasure political pride Pyrenees replied De Vere retire returned Rivers scene seemed sentiment Silverlock smile spirit Staroste suppose surprise Talbois talked tell thing thought tion told truth Vere's Wentworth whole Wilmot wish young Zerlina
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Page 124 - All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. Teach thy necessity to reason thus ; There is no virtue like necessity.
Page 124 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Page 159 - To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way For honour travels in a strait so narrow, W'here one but goes abreast: keep then the path; For emulation hath a thousand sons, That one by one pursue: If you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost...
Page 108 - It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale ; look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east. Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops; I must be gone and live, or stay and die.
Page 63 - Consistent in our follies and our sins, Here honest Nature ends as she begins. Old politicians chew on wisdom past, And totter on in business to the last ; As weak, as earnest ; and as gravely out, As sober Lanesborow dancing in the gout.
Page 55 - Then why should we quarrel for riches, Or any such glittering toys ? A light heart and thin pair of breeches Will go through the world, my brave boys!
Page 135 - And turn his merry note Unto the sweet bird's throat; Come hither, come hither, come hither: Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather. Who doth ambition shun And loves to live i...
Page 135 - Seeking the food he eats, And pleased with what he gets, Come hither, come hither, come hither: Here shall he see No enemy 15 But winter and rough weather.
Page 8 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears : I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them ; The good is oft interred with their bones : So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus Hath told you, Caesar was ambitious : If it were so, it was a grievous fault, And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it.
Page 67 - WHAT shall I do to be for ever known, And make the age to come my own...