The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq, Volume 1John Murray, 1834 - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) |
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... in it ! what changes might take place in me , before I should visit it again ! Who can tell , when he sets forth to wander , whither he may be driven by the uncertain currents of existence ; or when he 8 THE VOYAGE .
... in it ! what changes might take place in me , before I should visit it again ! Who can tell , when he sets forth to wander , whither he may be driven by the uncertain currents of existence ; or when he 8 THE VOYAGE .
Page 11
... tell the story of their end . What sighs have been wafted after that ship ; what prayers offered up at the deserted fireside of home ! How often has the mistress , the wife , the mother , pored over the daily news , to catch some casual ...
... tell the story of their end . What sighs have been wafted after that ship ; what prayers offered up at the deserted fireside of home ! How often has the mistress , the wife , the mother , pored over the daily news , to catch some casual ...
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... give to all her future prospects — how I am to strike her very soul to the earth , by telling her that her husband is a beggar ! that she is to forego VOL . I. D all the elegancies of life - all the pleasures of THE WIFE . 33.
... give to all her future prospects — how I am to strike her very soul to the earth , by telling her that her husband is a beggar ! that she is to forego VOL . I. D all the elegancies of life - all the pleasures of THE WIFE . 33.
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... tell her that I have dragged her down from the sphere in which she might have continued to move in constant brightness - the light of every eye the admiration of every — - heart ! —How can she bear poverty ? She has been brought up in ...
... tell her that I have dragged her down from the sphere in which she might have continued to move in constant brightness - the light of every eye the admiration of every — - heart ! —How can she bear poverty ? She has been brought up in ...
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... tell the private truth , it is not a whit better than it should be . Its chief merit is its scrupulous accuracy , which indeed was a little questioned on its first appearance , but has since been completely established : and it is now ...
... tell the private truth , it is not a whit better than it should be . Its chief merit is its scrupulous accuracy , which indeed was a little questioned on its first appearance , but has since been completely established : and it is now ...
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