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... light esteem . " 66 " Forgive me , Amabel , " rejoined Wyvil , in a voice so penitent that it instantly effaced her displeasure ; " I meant not to offend . I spoke only the language of distraction . Do not dismiss me thus , or my death ...
... light esteem . " 66 " Forgive me , Amabel , " rejoined Wyvil , in a voice so penitent that it instantly effaced her displeasure ; " I meant not to offend . I spoke only the language of distraction . Do not dismiss me thus , or my death ...
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... light footstep behind him , and turning at the sound , beheld Amabel . " Leonard , " she whispered , " I promised to tell you when I should next meet Maurice Wyvil . He will be here to - night . " And with- out giving him time to answer ...
... light footstep behind him , and turning at the sound , beheld Amabel . " Leonard , " she whispered , " I promised to tell you when I should next meet Maurice Wyvil . He will be here to - night . " And with- out giving him time to answer ...
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... light was afforded by a candle with a most portentous crest of snuff . " So you have been poisoning yourself , I perceive , " observed Leonard , approaching . " Keep off ! " cried the porter , springing sud- denly to his feet . “ Don't ...
... light was afforded by a candle with a most portentous crest of snuff . " So you have been poisoning yourself , I perceive , " observed Leonard , approaching . " Keep off ! " cried the porter , springing sud- denly to his feet . “ Don't ...
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... light of which , falling upon his sable locks and tawny skin , gave him an almost unearthly appearance . 66 Impelled by curiosity , Leonard paused for a moment to listen to him , and heard him thun- der forth the following denunciation ...
... light of which , falling upon his sable locks and tawny skin , gave him an almost unearthly appearance . 66 Impelled by curiosity , Leonard paused for a moment to listen to him , and heard him thun- der forth the following denunciation ...
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... light was seen at the door , and a coffin was brought out and placed in the cart . This done , the driver , who was smoking a pipe , cracked his whip , and put the vehicle in motion . Shrinking into a door - way , and holding a ...
... light was seen at the door , and a coffin was brought out and placed in the cart . This done , the driver , who was smoking a pipe , cracked his whip , and put the vehicle in motion . Shrinking into a door - way , and holding a ...
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Page 246 - Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffic ; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
Page 40 - I have admonished you this day. For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the Lord your God, saying, Pray for us unto the Lord our God; and according unto all that the Lord our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.
Page 295 - ... but bend your course directly in the middle line, that the whole body of the church may appear to be yours ; where, in view of all, you may publish your suit in what manner you affect most, either with the slide of your cloak from the one shoulder...
Page 40 - I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
Page 293 - The noise in it is like that of bees, a strange humming or buzz mixed of walking tongues and feet: it is a kind of still roar or loud whisper. It is the great exchange of all discourse, and no business whatsoever but is here stirring and a-foot.
Page 294 - ... faces. It is the market of young lecturers, whom you may cheapen here at all rates and sizes. It is the general mint of all famous lies, which are here like the legends of popery, first coined and stamped in the church. All inventions are emptied here, and not few pockets. The best sign of a temple in it is, that it is the thieves...
Page 293 - Is the land's epitome, or you may call it the lesser isle of Great Britain. It is more than this, the whole world's map, which you may here discern in its perfectest motion, justling and turning. It is a heap of stones and men, with a vast confusion of languages; and were the steeple not sanctified, nothing liker Babel.
Page 121 - His excellent verses upon the twelve months," says Lilly, in his autobiography, " framed according to the configurations of each month, being blessed with success, according to his predictions, procured him much reputation all over England. He was a very honest man...
Page 294 - ... a kind of still roar or loud whisper. It is the great exchange of all discourse, and no business whatsoever but is here stirring and afoot. It is the synod of all pates politic, jointed and laid together in most serious posture, and they are not half so busy at the Parliament.
Page 294 - The visitants are all men without exceptions, but the principal inhabitants and possessors are stale knights and captains out of service; men of long rapiers and breeches, which after all turn merchants here and traffic for news.