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... parental solicitude ; without offspring , he was un- tutored in the affections which agonize a parent at the cause . loss of a child : but he had a heart 14 FOUNDLING.
... parental solicitude ; without offspring , he was un- tutored in the affections which agonize a parent at the cause . loss of a child : but he had a heart 14 FOUNDLING.
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... parental supplication which baffled the ingenuity of language to describe . On this was engraven a placid smile of indifference indicative of a soul exalted by in- nocence and perfection , estimating existence as unen- viable when ...
... parental supplication which baffled the ingenuity of language to describe . On this was engraven a placid smile of indifference indicative of a soul exalted by in- nocence and perfection , estimating existence as unen- viable when ...
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... parent of invention . While the ingen- uity of every country has been racked in the discovery of efficient means of aggrandizement , Spain , from the rich produce of her colonies , is blind to her real advan- tage . Silver and gold are ...
... parent of invention . While the ingen- uity of every country has been racked in the discovery of efficient means of aggrandizement , Spain , from the rich produce of her colonies , is blind to her real advan- tage . Silver and gold are ...
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... parental uncle , and I am anxious she should continue in that belief . " The count Jacca was my elder brother . He died some years back , leaving two children Diego and her . The count educated to the church arrived to its high- est ...
... parental uncle , and I am anxious she should continue in that belief . " The count Jacca was my elder brother . He died some years back , leaving two children Diego and her . The count educated to the church arrived to its high- est ...
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... parent . With every species of de- bauchery within his purchase , his unbridled appetite bat- tened on excess . Every rank weed went down ; and bask- ing in the sunshine of pleasure , and brousing awhile on the summit of lewdness , till ...
... parent . With every species of de- bauchery within his purchase , his unbridled appetite bat- tened on excess . Every rank weed went down ; and bask- ing in the sunshine of pleasure , and brousing awhile on the summit of lewdness , till ...
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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.