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Page 89
... recollection . That he knew me is equally true ; and the agitation of my spirits assuredly forebode some event for which I am not prepared . But what have I to dread ? I can trace every past transaction of my life - pry into the inmost ...
... recollection . That he knew me is equally true ; and the agitation of my spirits assuredly forebode some event for which I am not prepared . But what have I to dread ? I can trace every past transaction of my life - pry into the inmost ...
Page 95
... recollection of that circumstance , seignior , which occupied my thoughts I'm not , however , displeased at what hap- pened , since it was the means of placing me under your highness ' command . A company in the janissaries was the ...
... recollection of that circumstance , seignior , which occupied my thoughts I'm not , however , displeased at what hap- pened , since it was the means of placing me under your highness ' command . A company in the janissaries was the ...
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... recollection of one so near my heart , I blessed it as a precious relict , the only substantial token of Kyoprili's fame ; but tarnished by unseemly hands , and sent to me by heaven as the safeguard of its glori- ous achievements ...
... recollection of one so near my heart , I blessed it as a precious relict , the only substantial token of Kyoprili's fame ; but tarnished by unseemly hands , and sent to me by heaven as the safeguard of its glori- ous achievements ...
Page 134
... recollection the amaze- ment I occasioned - having satisfied the company with a specimen of my magick spells I hastened to destroy the apparatus of my trade and to acquaint the stranger of the discovery I had made . Anxiously we looked ...
... recollection the amaze- ment I occasioned - having satisfied the company with a specimen of my magick spells I hastened to destroy the apparatus of my trade and to acquaint the stranger of the discovery I had made . Anxiously we looked ...
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... recollection of former days came in aid of present feel- ing ; subsequent misfortune gave to each an impressive sympathy , and kindled anew the emotions of parental blessings and filial respect . " Emerging from the coppice , they ...
... recollection of former days came in aid of present feel- ing ; subsequent misfortune gave to each an impressive sympathy , and kindled anew the emotions of parental blessings and filial respect . " Emerging from the coppice , they ...
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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.