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Page 56
... ideal posses- sion , fame , when his unmerciful pro- sing was interrupted by the following simple paragraph , " On the 27th died , at the house of her nephew , the earl of Avondel , the right honourable lady Selina Dela- " " more . " 56.
... ideal posses- sion , fame , when his unmerciful pro- sing was interrupted by the following simple paragraph , " On the 27th died , at the house of her nephew , the earl of Avondel , the right honourable lady Selina Dela- " " more . " 56.
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... earl of Avondel , whose then youthful arm rescued him at the battle of Minden from the sword of a Bavarian officer . He was under , lying his feet unhorsed and wounded , in the momentary expec- tation of the exterminating blow , when ...
... earl of Avondel , whose then youthful arm rescued him at the battle of Minden from the sword of a Bavarian officer . He was under , lying his feet unhorsed and wounded , in the momentary expec- tation of the exterminating blow , when ...
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... Earl of Avondel is recalled , in conse- quence of an arrangement which the premier has made with Lord Lurcher Rackrent . A frigate is prepared to take his lordship to the settlement , and the ministerial influence in the lower house ...
... Earl of Avondel is recalled , in conse- quence of an arrangement which the premier has made with Lord Lurcher Rackrent . A frigate is prepared to take his lordship to the settlement , and the ministerial influence in the lower house ...
Page 126
... Earl of Avondel and suite are known to have taken their passage for England . " The terrors of the Mandevilles only lasted till the next day , when fear sub- sided into disappointment on reading , " We are anxious to relieve the appre ...
... Earl of Avondel and suite are known to have taken their passage for England . " The terrors of the Mandevilles only lasted till the next day , when fear sub- sided into disappointment on reading , " We are anxious to relieve the appre ...
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Jane West. Earl of Avondel arrived at the Hum- mums , after an absence of twenty years from his native country . A vast concourse of people assembled to tes- tify their admiration of his eminent services , and to gratify their curiosity ...
Jane West. Earl of Avondel arrived at the Hum- mums , after an absence of twenty years from his native country . A vast concourse of people assembled to tes- tify their admiration of his eminent services , and to gratify their curiosity ...
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Page 222 - I have of late— but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Page 255 - Happy in this, she is not yet so old But she may learn; happier than this, She is not bred so dull but she can learn; Happiest of all is that her gentle spirit Commits itself to yours to be directed, As from her lord, her governor, her king.
Page 192 - You hate me, you despise me ! you do well ; For what I've done I hate and scorn myself. Oh, night, fall on me ! I shall blush to death.
Page 202 - Prince! I blush to think what I have said, But fate has wrested the confession from me; Go on, and prosper in the paths of honour, Thy virtue will excuse my passion for thee, And make the Gods propitious to our love.
Page 239 - Alas ! from the day that we met, What hope of an end to my woes ? When I cannot endure to forget The glance that undid my repose. Yet time may diminish the pain : The flower, and the shrub, and the tree, Which I rear'd for her pleasure in vain, In time may have comfort for me.