The busy-bodies, by the authors of 'The odd volume'.1827 |
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... Granton- " " Oh then , " interrupted Mrs Lennox , " of course you will ask him here ? " What has brought him to Scotland ? " asked Ellinor . " Something very extraordinary , I dare say ? " rejoined Mrs Lennox . 66 If you will only have ...
... Granton- " " Oh then , " interrupted Mrs Lennox , " of course you will ask him here ? " What has brought him to Scotland ? " asked Ellinor . " Something very extraordinary , I dare say ? " rejoined Mrs Lennox . 66 If you will only have ...
Page 55
... Granton ; but that , not knowing I was in Portobello , ( which , I must say , is a little extraordinary , ) he of course had not delivered it . He is to call here to - morrow . " " Indeed ! " said Ellinor , as she retreated to her ...
... Granton ; but that , not knowing I was in Portobello , ( which , I must say , is a little extraordinary , ) he of course had not delivered it . He is to call here to - morrow . " " Indeed ! " said Ellinor , as she retreated to her ...
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... Granton to Sir Thomas . It seems he was formerly in Captain Spencer's regiment , but left it on half - pay at the time of his projected marriage . ' 99 " Ah , then , Willoughby knows him ? " 66 No ; I rather think he joined the regi ...
... Granton to Sir Thomas . It seems he was formerly in Captain Spencer's regiment , but left it on half - pay at the time of his projected marriage . ' 99 " Ah , then , Willoughby knows him ? " 66 No ; I rather think he joined the regi ...
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... Granton , " he added , turn- ing to Ashley , " I enjoin him not to revenge my death . " He looked again at Edward , Say to Catherine that I pardoned you for 66 her sake . " " Edward knelt beside him , and wrung his hand . " Of whom does ...
... Granton , " he added , turn- ing to Ashley , " I enjoin him not to revenge my death . " He looked again at Edward , Say to Catherine that I pardoned you for 66 her sake . " " Edward knelt beside him , and wrung his hand . " Of whom does ...
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... his feelings . His first occupation was to write Lord Granton of the sad ca- tastrophe , and to acquaint him with the wishes of the deceased ; and inform him that he had fixed the day of the funeral at THE BUSY - BODIES . 215.
... his feelings . His first occupation was to write Lord Granton of the sad ca- tastrophe , and to acquaint him with the wishes of the deceased ; and inform him that he had fixed the day of the funeral at THE BUSY - BODIES . 215.
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Page 168 - FRIEND after friend departs : Who hath not lost a friend? There is no union here of hearts That finds not here an end: Were this frail world our final rest, Living or dying, none were blest.
Page 78 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blush'd at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 10 - I LOVED thee once; I'll love no more, — Thine be the grief as is the blame; Thou art not what thou wast before, What reason I should be the same? He that can love unloved again, Hath better store of love than brain: God send me love my debts to pay, While unthrifts fool their love away!
Page 83 - How sweet the answer Echo makes To music at night, When, roused by lute or horn, she wakes, And far away, o'er lawns and lakes, Goes answering light. Yet Love hath echoes truer far, And far more sweet, Than e'er beneath the moonlight's star, Of horn or lute, or soft guitar, The songs repeat. 'Tis when the sigh, in youth sincere, And only then, — The sigh that's breath'd for one to hear, Is by that one, that only dear, Breathed back again ! OH BANQUET NOT.
Page 258 - Good people all of every sort, Give ear unto my song, And if you find it wondrous short It cannot hold you long. In Islington there was a man, Of whom the world might say, That still a godly race he ran Whene'er he went to pray. A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes; The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be...
Page 268 - Sweet kerchief, checked with heavenly blue, Which once my love sat knotting in ! — Alas! Matilda then was true! At least I thought so at the U — ,0 — niversity of Gottingen — — niversity of Gottingen.
Page 176 - Lose not time to contradict her, Nor endeavour to convict her. Never take it in your thought, That she'll own, or cure a fault. Into contradiction warm her, Then, perhaps, you may reform...
Page 27 - E'en now, how dearly do I feel there may ! But what of them ? they are not made for me — The hasty flashes of contending steel Must serve instead of glances from my love, And for soft breathing sighs the cannon's roar.
Page 176 - Oh, cease to weep ! this storm will yet decay, And the sad clouds of sorrow melt away : While through the rugged path of life we go, All mortals taste the bitter draught of woe.
Page 209 - I cannot talk with civet in the room, A fine puss gentleman that's all perfume ; The sight's enough — no need to smell a beau — Who thrusts his nose into a rareeshow?