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... missed fire - ineffectually did the intended victim solicit the treatment due to his situation , by repeating that he was a prisoner of war . 13. The degenerate Frenchman did not understand the language of honor or of nature ; deaf to ...
... missed fire - ineffectually did the intended victim solicit the treatment due to his situation , by repeating that he was a prisoner of war . 13. The degenerate Frenchman did not understand the language of honor or of nature ; deaf to ...
Page 171
... Miss Clary Brentford , and that all parties are very happy in the connexion . ] Confu sion ! ( throws down the letter . ) What does this mean ! - married to Clary Brentford ! This is exactly one of cousin Tom's villainous tricks . He ...
... Miss Clary Brentford , and that all parties are very happy in the connexion . ] Confu sion ! ( throws down the letter . ) What does this mean ! - married to Clary Brentford ! This is exactly one of cousin Tom's villainous tricks . He ...
Page 180
... Miss Belfield . " Mr. Delvill presents his compliments to Miss Belfield , and begs to be permitted to wait on her for a few minutes , at any time in the afternoon she will please to appoint . " Only think ! it is me , poor simple me ...
... Miss Belfield . " Mr. Delvill presents his compliments to Miss Belfield , and begs to be permitted to wait on her for a few minutes , at any time in the afternoon she will please to appoint . " Only think ! it is me , poor simple me ...
Page 181
... Miss Beverly - I suspect - LA servant enters with a message . ] Ser . A gentleman in the parlor desires to speak with Miss Belfield . Servant goes out . ] Hen . My dear Miss Beverly , what shall I say to him ? Pray advise me . I am so ...
... Miss Beverly - I suspect - LA servant enters with a message . ] Ser . A gentleman in the parlor desires to speak with Miss Belfield . Servant goes out . ] Hen . My dear Miss Beverly , what shall I say to him ? Pray advise me . I am so ...
Page 182
... Miss Beverly ! Once my own Cecilia ? do you , can you wish it possible ? Cec . No , no , I wish nothing about it . Yet tell me how it has happened I am curious ( smiling ) though not inter- ested in it . Delv . What hope would this ...
... Miss Beverly ! Once my own Cecilia ? do you , can you wish it possible ? Cec . No , no , I wish nothing about it . Yet tell me how it has happened I am curious ( smiling ) though not inter- ested in it . Delv . What hope would this ...
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Page 207 - This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Page 214 - Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Page 216 - By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash, By any indirection.
Page 213 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries ; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes : and thus far hear me, Cromwell ; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee, Say, Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory...
Page 79 - I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers, and sisters, and cousins, understanding the bargain...
Page 190 - WE all of us complain of the shortness of time, saith Seneca, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives, says he, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them.
Page 153 - Italy, bind, scourge, torture with fire and red hot plates of iron, and at last put to the infamous death of the cross, a Roman citizen ? Shall neither the cries of innocence expiring in agony, nor the tears of pitying spectators, nor the majesty of the Roman commonwealth, nor the...
Page 169 - All sly, slow things, with circumspective eyes : Men in their loose, unguarded hours they take ; Not that themselves are wise, but others weak.
Page 208 - Long in his highness' favor, and do justice For truth's sake, and his conscience ; that his bones, When he has run his course, and sleeps in blessings, May have a tomb of orphans' tears wept on 'em !
Page 217 - When that rash humor, which my mother gave me, Makes me forgetful ? Bru. Yes, Cassius ; and, from henceforth, When you are over-earnest with your Brutus, He'll think your mother chides, and leave you so.