The Foundling of Belgrade: A Translation from the French |
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... society . He had yet to detect the powerful influence of the passions ; and the evidence of their ascendancy in human action , es- tablished to his conviction , the mechanism of the mind . We are willing to bestow some pains in our ...
... society . He had yet to detect the powerful influence of the passions ; and the evidence of their ascendancy in human action , es- tablished to his conviction , the mechanism of the mind . We are willing to bestow some pains in our ...
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... society , and having experienced in a singular degree the unwearied attendance of a total stranger , could have ill sustained the intelligence of his departure . It had been cruel in Alfonso to desert him . It had even been unjust ; for ...
... society , and having experienced in a singular degree the unwearied attendance of a total stranger , could have ill sustained the intelligence of his departure . It had been cruel in Alfonso to desert him . It had even been unjust ; for ...
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... society . By the way , he mentioned an anecdote of general T- -- : you know him , Ber- nard - the french minister at Madrid . What a brutal and degenerate mind must he inherit , who would out- rage the prerogative of a husband , by the ...
... society . By the way , he mentioned an anecdote of general T- -- : you know him , Ber- nard - the french minister at Madrid . What a brutal and degenerate mind must he inherit , who would out- rage the prerogative of a husband , by the ...
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... society ; and the once needy and indigent gallician in the prime of life , found himself courted by all who had pretensions to what the capricious world denominates taste and fashion . But unsatisfied with the unqualified estimation in ...
... society ; and the once needy and indigent gallician in the prime of life , found himself courted by all who had pretensions to what the capricious world denominates taste and fashion . But unsatisfied with the unqualified estimation in ...
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... society - continually busied in the scent of calumny - flying from house to house for fresh materials of slanderous enterprize , in order to serve up the corrupted game he has been pursuing- hated , yet courted ; detested by every one ...
... society - continually busied in the scent of calumny - flying from house to house for fresh materials of slanderous enterprize , in order to serve up the corrupted game he has been pursuing- hated , yet courted ; detested by every one ...
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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...
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