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... marry , much against her will , he being nearly fifty , and she but little more than sixteen years of age . He died within two years after their marriage , leaving her with an infant son , and , except his entailed estates , with the ...
... marry , much against her will , he being nearly fifty , and she but little more than sixteen years of age . He died within two years after their marriage , leaving her with an infant son , and , except his entailed estates , with the ...
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... marry again , it shall be from choice . She has hitherto turn- ed a deaf ear to all who have approached her , nor does she give her lovers any cause to complain . She affords them no hope , for she is too amiable to play the part of a ...
... marry again , it shall be from choice . She has hitherto turn- ed a deaf ear to all who have approached her , nor does she give her lovers any cause to complain . She affords them no hope , for she is too amiable to play the part of a ...
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... Marriage , ' said the shrewd , but affectionate Yorick . ' Psha ! ' interrupted Charles rather peevishly , and relapsing into his former despondency , ' who would marry 2 * THE FORTUNE TELLER . 21.
... Marriage , ' said the shrewd , but affectionate Yorick . ' Psha ! ' interrupted Charles rather peevishly , and relapsing into his former despondency , ' who would marry 2 * THE FORTUNE TELLER . 21.
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... marry him under existing circumstances ; it were madness to think of it for a moment . Mr Tor- rington had bought his commission , and Montgomery informed Yorick of his intentions ; but to his great surprise discovered that he was not ...
... marry him under existing circumstances ; it were madness to think of it for a moment . Mr Tor- rington had bought his commission , and Montgomery informed Yorick of his intentions ; but to his great surprise discovered that he was not ...
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... marriage license . The nuptials of Charles Montgomery , the handsome American , late captain in his Majesty's Guards , to Lady Emily , the young , lovely , and rich widow of Sir William Rivers , were announced in the Morning Chronicle ...
... marriage license . The nuptials of Charles Montgomery , the handsome American , late captain in his Majesty's Guards , to Lady Emily , the young , lovely , and rich widow of Sir William Rivers , were announced in the Morning Chronicle ...
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Page 89 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed. The mustering squadron, and the clattering car. Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
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Page 109 - To press the weary minutes' flagging wings; New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns; Now kindred Merit fills the sable bier, Now lacerated Friendship claims a tear; Year chases year, decay pursues decay, Still drops some joy from...
Page 79 - His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles ; His love sincere, his thoughts immaculate ; His tears, pure messengers sent from his heart ; His heart as far from fraud, as heaven from earth.
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Page 32 - It were all one, That I should love a bright particular star, And think to wed it, he is so above me: In his bright radiance and collateral light Must I be comforted, not in his sphere.
Page 194 - Oh grief, beyond all other griefs, when fate First leaves the young heart lone and desolate In the wide world, without that only tie For which it loved to live or feared to die...
Page 155 - And lean-looked prophets whisper fearful change. Rich men look sad, and ruffians dance and leap. The one, in fear to lose what they enjoy, The other to enjoy by rage and war. These signs forerun the death or fall of Kings.