The refusal, by the author of the Tale of the times, Volume 11810 |
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... tell Betsey Boldface , that Mr. Stanza had made a madrigal on her purple elbows . A confirmed cough was the consequence , and her knell was rung out the same day that a bridal peal announced , that Miss Boldface had relieved herself ...
... tell Betsey Boldface , that Mr. Stanza had made a madrigal on her purple elbows . A confirmed cough was the consequence , and her knell was rung out the same day that a bridal peal announced , that Miss Boldface had relieved herself ...
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... tell you that the duke of Monmouth was the illegi- timate son of Charles the 2d . without the saving clause of " So it was re- ported ; " and I therefore considered it asan extraordinary mark of confidence , that , after several ...
... tell you that the duke of Monmouth was the illegi- timate son of Charles the 2d . without the saving clause of " So it was re- ported ; " and I therefore considered it asan extraordinary mark of confidence , that , after several ...
Page 112
... tell the par- ticulars , but added that it was a very infamous affair . An incident happened at at Lime Grove the day before Miss Mande- ville left it which strongly impressed her youthful imagination . Anxious to present her niece with ...
... tell the par- ticulars , but added that it was a very infamous affair . An incident happened at at Lime Grove the day before Miss Mande- ville left it which strongly impressed her youthful imagination . Anxious to present her niece with ...
Page 115
... tell her all he knew respecting the early history of his . friend , the point of identity might soon be determined . Her utmost address , however , could discover no more than that Lord Avon- del embarked in the pursuit of mi- litary ...
... tell her all he knew respecting the early history of his . friend , the point of identity might soon be determined . Her utmost address , however , could discover no more than that Lord Avon- del embarked in the pursuit of mi- litary ...
Page 123
... tell you my lord has an utter aversion to ignorant peo- ple . " Roasting an ox , broaching pipes of cyder , calling in the tenants , and talk- ing over campaigns , do not sound like amusements which a girl would prefer to Ranelagh and ...
... tell you my lord has an utter aversion to ignorant peo- ple . " Roasting an ox , broaching pipes of cyder , calling in the tenants , and talk- ing over campaigns , do not sound like amusements which a girl would prefer to Ranelagh and ...
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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.