The Foundling of Belgrade: A Translation from the French |
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... looked for- ward with every pleasing hope to the moment the mon- > ster , united to my daughter , should present me with issue to heir the titles and the fortune of a house desti- ned to be extinquished and cut short from posterity by ...
... looked for- ward with every pleasing hope to the moment the mon- > ster , united to my daughter , should present me with issue to heir the titles and the fortune of a house desti- ned to be extinquished and cut short from posterity by ...
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... looked back upon the peaceful habitation I had been torn from . I compared its simple furniture with the grandeur which encompassed me . I thought of the produce of the last two short days and wondered what was in reserve . Supplied ...
... looked back upon the peaceful habitation I had been torn from . I compared its simple furniture with the grandeur which encompassed me . I thought of the produce of the last two short days and wondered what was in reserve . Supplied ...
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... looked into the catalogue of his crimes for such an instance of untamed ferocity . Could I look on you a helpless unsuspicious infant , abandoned by those on whom nature had imposed her weightiest charge , without feeling an interest in ...
... looked into the catalogue of his crimes for such an instance of untamed ferocity . Could I look on you a helpless unsuspicious infant , abandoned by those on whom nature had imposed her weightiest charge , without feeling an interest in ...
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... looked . Ambition fired my young and ardent- mind . I panted for renown - but , to lead an army to the field was not the summit of my wishes - no ; nor to return crowned with the laurels of victory ! unsatisfied even with renown in arms ...
... looked . Ambition fired my young and ardent- mind . I panted for renown - but , to lead an army to the field was not the summit of my wishes - no ; nor to return crowned with the laurels of victory ! unsatisfied even with renown in arms ...
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... looked for a raising of the siege -in vain a period to the war The mysterious policy of the divan would neither listen to remonstrances for a sufficient reinforcement that should have given us the power of driving the enemy back from ...
... looked for a raising of the siege -in vain a period to the war The mysterious policy of the divan would neither listen to remonstrances for a sufficient reinforcement that should have given us the power of driving the enemy back from ...
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abbess acquaintance affected agitation Agnes alarm Andalusia anxious arms art thou assassin began beheld Belgrade blush bosom Caligula cause character charms Clare conceal confession confidence Constantinople continued Alfonso convent of St countenance cried Alfonso curiosity danger daughter Diego discovered disposition doubt duke Aranza exclaimed Bernard fancied father fear feelings fonso fortune Franciscan Francisco friendship gossa hand happy hasten heard heart heaven holy office honor hope human innocence interrupted janissaries knew Kyoprili letter looked madame Madrid Mariana ment Miguel mind monastery monk Morad Morgiana mother Mustapha mystery never niece night object Omar once parent Parouty passion paused Perpignan poignard promised recollection regiment replied resolved rienced Rosalvo Saragossa scene scimitar secret seignior sentiments sigh sister smile soon sought soul spahis spirits stood stranger superior suspicions tender thou tion Turkey twas unhappy Violante Westcote wife wished wound wretch yellow fever
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Page 8 - Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned ; " and also to an act. entitled, " An act, supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietor? of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
Page 8 - District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " THE CHILD'S BOTANY," In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
Page 8 - An act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned "and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Page 159 - She loved him for the dangers he had past, And he loved her because she pitied them.
Page 103 - William, and you will discover that reproaches and inquiries have no power to afflict either the man of unblemished integrity, or the abandoned profligate. It is the middle, compound character which alone is vulnerable : the man who, without firmness enough to avoid a dishonorable action, has feeling enough to be ashamed of it. I thank you for the hint of the Decalogue, and shall take an opportunity of applying it to some of your most virtuous friends in both houses of Parliament. You seem to have...
Page 8 - Be il remembered, that on the thirtieth day of May, in the thirty-second year of the Independence of the United States of America, George E. Blake, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit: " The Indian Princess; or La Belle Sauvage.