Fatherless Fanny; or, The memoirs of a little mendicant, and her benefactors. By mrs. Edgeworth, Volume 3 |
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Page 113 - River where ford there was none; But ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late : For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.
Page 183 - At the time 1 proposed the alliance to yon, there appeard no impediment to the ffnion ; you then was averse to the proposal, and I let the subject drop, little supposing you would happen to wish to renew it at a moment when I am convinced it is impossible ; Lord Somertown's inflexibility to all endeavours at thwarting his will, is almost proverbial ; whatever he has said shall be, is like the laws of the Medes and Persians,