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... painful recollections , Lord Mowbray retired to rest at an early hour ; and as he closed the door , Emily exclaimed in a tone of child- like petulance- " I don't like him at all , Charles , never did I see any one so sadly altered , 10 ...
... painful recollections , Lord Mowbray retired to rest at an early hour ; and as he closed the door , Emily exclaimed in a tone of child- like petulance- " I don't like him at all , Charles , never did I see any one so sadly altered , 10 ...
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... painful intrusion , to characterize his tone of reflection , and attinge with oppressive melancholy every inmost idea ; for there are times when the past , the present , and the future are interwoven in such close connection , by those ...
... painful intrusion , to characterize his tone of reflection , and attinge with oppressive melancholy every inmost idea ; for there are times when the past , the present , and the future are interwoven in such close connection , by those ...
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... painful doubt , and fearful conjecture alternately pressed upon his heart . Then he felt assured , by her manner to Sir Richard Mordaunt , that she felt for him a more than common interest ; and with a shudder came the contemplation of ...
... painful doubt , and fearful conjecture alternately pressed upon his heart . Then he felt assured , by her manner to Sir Richard Mordaunt , that she felt for him a more than common interest ; and with a shudder came the contemplation of ...
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... painfully derogatory is this ! - ' tis precisely what I cannot endure ; and I shall certainly lose no time in divesting his mind of such a vain belief . " Thus , all the contradictory feelings of her un- schooled heart coloured her ...
... painfully derogatory is this ! - ' tis precisely what I cannot endure ; and I shall certainly lose no time in divesting his mind of such a vain belief . " Thus , all the contradictory feelings of her un- schooled heart coloured her ...
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Ravensdale. and the retrospect of those hours enjoyed in her society , passed painfully before his imagi- nation . " That dreaded crisis has at length arrived , " thought he ; " in which imperative duty bids me banish from my heart her ...
Ravensdale. and the retrospect of those hours enjoyed in her society , passed painfully before his imagi- nation . " That dreaded crisis has at length arrived , " thought he ; " in which imperative duty bids me banish from my heart her ...
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Adeline afther anticipated apartment appearance ardent aware behold bray brother Bucephalus character Charles Charles Courtenay cheek cheering childher Clara conceal confess countenance Courtenay craythur dear Emily deeply departure dhrag docthor door drawing-room dread Dublin eagerly earthly ejaculated Ellen Emily's emotion entered exclaimed exis eyes farewell fear feelings felt Gerald goin hand happiness hastily heart Helen hope hour imagine inquired interrupted Irish killin kilt Lady Hamilton leave length letter light look Lord Mow Lord Mowbray Louisa Maddocks melancholy ment mind Miss Emily mother Mount Hamilton Mowbray's nature never night once Paddy painful perceiving poor child present puttin racter Ravensdale rejoined reply retired says seat SHAKSPEARE Sir Richard Mordaunt Sir Robert sister smile spirit sure tears tell tence tender thought throth tion to-morrow tould trust turn uttered vanity voice whilst wilfully blind Williams wish wont words
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Page 188 - She heard me thus, and, though divinely brought, Yet innocence and virgin modesty, Her virtue, and the conscience of her worth, That would be woo'd, and not unsought be won, Not obvious, not obtrusive, but...
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Page 32 - I'll see before I doubt ; when I doubt, prove ; And, on the proof, there is no more but this, — Away at once with love or jealousy ! lago.
Page 21 - O, beware, my lord, of jealousy ; It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on...
Page 57 - Oh Death ! where is thy sting ? Oh Grave ! where is thy victory ? The sting of Death is sin, and the strength of sin is the Law.
Page 66 - Ye! who have traced the Pilgrim to the scene Which is his last, if in your memories dwell A thought which once was his, if on ye swell A single recollection, not in vain He wore his sandal-shoon and scallop-shell; Farewell!
Page 127 - I cannot tell how the truth may be, I tell the tale as 'twas told to me.
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Page 208 - no industry or series of industries can be introduced into the West Indies which will ever completely take the place of sugar, and certainly no such result will be attained within the space of a few years...
Page 100 - God" here means his method of justifying the ungodly : for he was made a sinoffering for us who knew no sin, that we might be made " the righteousness of God in him.