Marchmont: A Novel, Volume 2S. Low, 1796 - English fiction |
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... opened which might enable him to difcharge the debt he had thus taken . upon himself . To leave England therefore , and to escape from their threats and impor- tunities , while he hoped to obtain , as a tutor , a falary which he might ...
... opened which might enable him to difcharge the debt he had thus taken . upon himself . To leave England therefore , and to escape from their threats and impor- tunities , while he hoped to obtain , as a tutor , a falary which he might ...
Page 72
... opened to her . " Oh ! my dearest Mifs , " cried fhe , as fhe entered- " Sure I never in all my whole life have been fo frighted— and I am fure you too muft have been terrified ! - Dear ! how pale you look ! - Let me get you fomething ...
... opened to her . " Oh ! my dearest Mifs , " cried fhe , as fhe entered- " Sure I never in all my whole life have been fo frighted— and I am fure you too muft have been terrified ! - Dear ! how pale you look ! - Let me get you fomething ...
Page 92
... opened into a pavi- lion , where , in the days of their prosper- ous fortune , the family of Marchmont ufed to entertain their company , or amuse themselves in the fine evenings of fummer ; for it looked into the pleasant- eft part of ...
... opened into a pavi- lion , where , in the days of their prosper- ous fortune , the family of Marchmont ufed to entertain their company , or amuse themselves in the fine evenings of fummer ; for it looked into the pleasant- eft part of ...
Page 105
... opened where his fifter had been ; and Althea , bidding them both go down ftairs , was following them as fast as her trembling knees would permit , when fhe diftinctly heard a door open - and then footsteps follow her towards the head ...
... opened where his fifter had been ; and Althea , bidding them both go down ftairs , was following them as fast as her trembling knees would permit , when fhe diftinctly heard a door open - and then footsteps follow her towards the head ...
Page 119
... opened by Marchmont . Althea ftepped haftily in , but the could not speak . Marchmont closed after her the great heavy door , and the noife of its fhutting re - echoed through the vacant rooms . Amidst the deep dejection that visibly ...
... opened by Marchmont . Althea ftepped haftily in , but the could not speak . Marchmont closed after her the great heavy door , and the noife of its fhutting re - echoed through the vacant rooms . Amidst the deep dejection that visibly ...
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affiftance affured againſt alarm almoſt anfwered appeared aſk becauſe believe cauſe CHAP cife circumftances compaffion concealed confiderable converfation dear defign deſtiny Eaftwoodleigh endeavoured enquire eſcape faid Althea faid fhe fancied father fear fecure feemed feen felf fervant fhall fhe faw fhe found fhe heard fhe thought fhew fhould fifters figh filence fince firſt fituation fome fomething fometimes foon fortune friendſhip ftill fuch fuffered fure haftened heart herſelf himſelf houfe houſe huſband impoffible impriſonment increaſe ingra intereft knew Lady Dacres laft leaſt lefs liftened Madam Marchmont Mifs Dacres mind Mofely moft mont moſt mother muft muſt myſelf neceffary never notwithſtanding obfervation otherwiſe paffage paffed perfon pleaſure poffeffed poffible poor prefent purpoſe reafon refolution ſaid ſeemed ſhe Sir Audley ſpeak thea thefe ther theſe thofe thoſe underſtand unhappy uſed Vampyre vifited walk Wans Wansford whofe whoſe wifhed wiſhes young
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Page 159 - Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage ; Minds innocent and quiet take That for a hermitage : If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, — Angels alone that soar above Enjoy such liberty.
Page 159 - And fetter'd with her eye, The birds, that wanton in the air, Know no such liberty. When flowing cups run swiftly round, With no allaying Thames, Our careless heads with roses crown'd Our hearts with loyal flames...
Page 47 - And loathly mouth, unmeet a mouth to be, That nought but gall and venom comprehended, And wicked words that God and man offended : Her lying tongue was in two parts divided, And both the parts did speak, and both contended ; And as her tongue so was her heart discided," That never thought one thing, but doubly still was guided.
Page 158 - Love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates, And my divine Althea brings To whifper at my grates ; When I lye tangled in her haire, 5 And fetter'd ' with' her eye, The ' birds' .that wanton in the aire .Know no fuch liberty.
Page 78 - Great enemy to it, and to all the rest That in the Garden of Adonis springs, Is wicked Time ; who with his scythe addrest Does mow the flowering herbs and goodly things And all their glory to the ground down flings Where they do wither and are foully marred : He flies about and with his flaggy wings Beats down both leaves and buds without regard, Ne ever pity may relent his malice hard...
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Page 32 - ... argument, that the Director of the world would never violate a known law of nature to anfwer no poffible end.
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