The English Fireside: A Tale of the Past, Volume 2Saunders and Otley, 1844 |
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... Perhaps it is within mine , " said a voice ; and upon turning her head , Grace found the stranger , a tall and well - dressed gentle- man , who had been a listener to her song , close by her side . " I beg , sir , " replied Grace ...
... Perhaps it is within mine , " said a voice ; and upon turning her head , Grace found the stranger , a tall and well - dressed gentle- man , who had been a listener to her song , close by her side . " I beg , sir , " replied Grace ...
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... perhaps , the good , kind- hearted man , forgot the failing weakness of his child , who tottered on the support of her sister , scarcely less overcome with excite- ment than herself . " Let Stop for one moment , " said Ned , taking from ...
... perhaps , the good , kind- hearted man , forgot the failing weakness of his child , who tottered on the support of her sister , scarcely less overcome with excite- ment than herself . " Let Stop for one moment , " said Ned , taking from ...
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... Perhaps so , " returned the squire care- lessly , again sipping the nauseous liquid , a libel on the name of wine . " But my mind was never of that class called inquisitive , and I haven't troubled myself with the inquiry . In truth ...
... Perhaps so , " returned the squire care- lessly , again sipping the nauseous liquid , a libel on the name of wine . " But my mind was never of that class called inquisitive , and I haven't troubled myself with the inquiry . In truth ...
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... from a recumbent posture into a sitting one . " How very queer ! Such thoughts should never enter your head . " " But having entered there , " rejoined Charles , " perhaps you will assist them with your 36 THE ENGLISH FIRESIDE .
... from a recumbent posture into a sitting one . " How very queer ! Such thoughts should never enter your head . " " But having entered there , " rejoined Charles , " perhaps you will assist them with your 36 THE ENGLISH FIRESIDE .
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A Tale of the Past John Mills. Charles , " perhaps you will assist them with your council . How am I to live ? " " As a gentleman , of course , " replied the squire , slightly elevating his eyebrows , as if surprised with the question ...
A Tale of the Past John Mills. Charles , " perhaps you will assist them with your council . How am I to live ? " " As a gentleman , of course , " replied the squire , slightly elevating his eyebrows , as if surprised with the question ...
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Page 27 - If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions : I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Page 257 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.
Page 180 - There's nothing in this world can make me joy : Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man ; And bitter shame hath spoil'd the sweet world's taste, That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.
Page 128 - Men will wrangle for religion; write for it, fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.
Page 160 - Kidlywink's progress in his work, the ratcatcher rose softly from his seat, and, unobserved, crept towards a heap of old iron in a dark corner of the shop.