The English Fireside: A Tale of the Past, Volume 2Saunders and Otley, 1844 |
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Page 51
... seemed to pass over his eyes . He even reeled with mingled sensations as he saw with some lingering distrust as to the accuracy of his vision— the now unmistakable , although altered , Ned Swiftfoot before him . " What , Soaking Bob ...
... seemed to pass over his eyes . He even reeled with mingled sensations as he saw with some lingering distrust as to the accuracy of his vision— the now unmistakable , although altered , Ned Swiftfoot before him . " What , Soaking Bob ...
Page 59
... seemed to enjoy aunt Deborah's satire amazingly . " And with great truth , truth , no doubt , " added he . " Precepts are far easier de- livered than followed . " At this time a neatly - dressed servant girl entered the room and said ...
... seemed to enjoy aunt Deborah's satire amazingly . " And with great truth , truth , no doubt , " added he . " Precepts are far easier de- livered than followed . " At this time a neatly - dressed servant girl entered the room and said ...
Page 61
... seemed weeks to me . " " A common complaint , I believe , " added Blanch , " in such disappointments . But tell me , " she continued , " is he so very - so incomparably handsome as I am led to expect ? " " Indeed ! " replied Grace ...
... seemed weeks to me . " " A common complaint , I believe , " added Blanch , " in such disappointments . But tell me , " she continued , " is he so very - so incomparably handsome as I am led to expect ? " " Indeed ! " replied Grace ...
Page 90
... seemed to be aware now of what would happen , as if he had been in the close and implicit confidence of Destiny herself . Even aunt Deborah was impressed with the soundness of her judgment in prognosti- cating the end of the notorious ...
... seemed to be aware now of what would happen , as if he had been in the close and implicit confidence of Destiny herself . Even aunt Deborah was impressed with the soundness of her judgment in prognosti- cating the end of the notorious ...
Page 98
... seemed either unable to break it from amazement or unwillingness . At length the vicar turned to my father and observed , in a singularly collected voice , ' I wish you , Mr Merton , to commence the examination ; I am not sufficiently ...
... seemed either unable to break it from amazement or unwillingness . At length the vicar turned to my father and observed , in a singularly collected voice , ' I wish you , Mr Merton , to commence the examination ; I am not sufficiently ...
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arms asked Bamfield Carew beau ideal black spade blacksmith Brainshaw burst catcher cell cheek clasping companion continued dear boy ejaculated Ellen endeavouring escape exclaimed aunt Deborah eyes father fear feel fingers gaoler gipsies give head hear heard heart hope Jack Slimmer king laughing lips listen looking Macrone majesty Master Kidlywink Ned Swiftfoot Ned's mother never observed old Soaker poor Mary port wine pray quickly rejoined Blanch rejoined Grace rejoined Mr Fulton rejoined the prisoner remarked repeated replied aunt Deborah replied Blanch replied Carew replied Charles replied Grace replied Mr Fulton replied Ned replied the ratcatcher returned Blanch returned Grace returned Mr Fulton returned the ratcatcher Ringwood Robert Fulton round scarcely seemed silent tongue Soaking Bob speak squire stood stranger strong Swiftfoot thought tinued Tom Brainshaw tone tongue truth turning vicar vicarage voice whisper words
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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.