The refusal, by the author of the Tale of the times, Volume 11810 |
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... things will happen in the best regu- lated families , I can only advise mas- ters and mistresses not to do any thing which they are ashamed to have spoken of , and to keep out of such company as they do not choose to be known to ...
... things will happen in the best regu- lated families , I can only advise mas- ters and mistresses not to do any thing which they are ashamed to have spoken of , and to keep out of such company as they do not choose to be known to ...
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... thing to see two de- claimers , equally loud , talking to , or rather at , each other . But when the tumult of " Yes , madam , this is my opinion ; " " Nothing ever was so shock- ing , sir ; " " O most infamous ! there can be no doubt ...
... thing to see two de- claimers , equally loud , talking to , or rather at , each other . But when the tumult of " Yes , madam , this is my opinion ; " " Nothing ever was so shock- ing , sir ; " " O most infamous ! there can be no doubt ...
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Jane West. " I never was so sure of any thing in all my life , " & c , & c . resounding from twenty different voices , in different keys , conveyed to our delighted minds the deafening luxury of colloquial en- joyment . Suddenly a noise ...
Jane West. " I never was so sure of any thing in all my life , " & c , & c . resounding from twenty different voices , in different keys , conveyed to our delighted minds the deafening luxury of colloquial en- joyment . Suddenly a noise ...
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... things , that little or no- thing could be known , he proceeded to question our knowledge of the pre- sent ; and the obituary of my old friend Urban ( whose labours always lie on my tea - table ) served him as a text- book . He first ...
... things , that little or no- thing could be known , he proceeded to question our knowledge of the pre- sent ; and the obituary of my old friend Urban ( whose labours always lie on my tea - table ) served him as a text- book . He first ...
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... things , must be whimsical and contra- dictious . He loved early hours , he detested books , except the Memoirs of Marshal Saxe , and the Campaigns of the Duke of Marlborough ; his infir- mities required hot rooms , and his chief ...
... things , must be whimsical and contra- dictious . He loved early hours , he detested books , except the Memoirs of Marshal Saxe , and the Campaigns of the Duke of Marlborough ; his infir- mities required hot rooms , and his chief ...
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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.