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... affection for her young mistresses , to change the tenor of her discourse , as she was wan- dering to something more dreadful in idea than even the danger of the tempest , or perils of the present mo- ment could convey , while the ...
... affection for her young mistresses , to change the tenor of her discourse , as she was wan- dering to something more dreadful in idea than even the danger of the tempest , or perils of the present mo- ment could convey , while the ...
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... affection for my father carried me a little beyond the bounds of temperance with my sister ; nor is it in- deed a very likely matter , that you would endanger the life of your father for the sake of one who is an entire stranger , and ...
... affection for my father carried me a little beyond the bounds of temperance with my sister ; nor is it in- deed a very likely matter , that you would endanger the life of your father for the sake of one who is an entire stranger , and ...
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... affection of a sister ; for remember , girls , " continued the fisher , regarding his daughters with peculiar earnestness , " that such might have been your own condition , had it pleased Provi- dence to have made you orphans , like ...
... affection of a sister ; for remember , girls , " continued the fisher , regarding his daughters with peculiar earnestness , " that such might have been your own condition , had it pleased Provi- dence to have made you orphans , like ...
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... affection ; that his servant , David , would be there at an early hour in order to assist Shelty in packing up what parcels or trunks she might have to remove from her own habi- tation to Herring Dale . " And then , my love , " cried ...
... affection ; that his servant , David , would be there at an early hour in order to assist Shelty in packing up what parcels or trunks she might have to remove from her own habi- tation to Herring Dale . " And then , my love , " cried ...
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... affection , while , looking at Shelty , he further exclaimed , - " Shiver my topsails ! dost think I can bear this heavy sail , without feeling my eyes a little swimmy ? talk of my Jessy as long as you please , but say nothing about her ...
... affection , while , looking at Shelty , he further exclaimed , - " Shiver my topsails ! dost think I can bear this heavy sail , without feeling my eyes a little swimmy ? talk of my Jessy as long as you please , but say nothing about her ...
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Agatha Singleton Alfred Alice answered beautiful Beda beheld Black Forest blush bosom Braganza Captain Singleton chamber child Claribelle Cliff colour Cottage countenance cousin Craftly cried Agatha cried Jessy cried Olive cried the fisher Cromer Dale daughter dear dear Jessy Delcrusa Duchess Duchess of Braganza Duke Duke of Braganza enquired exclaimed eyes father fear feelings Fisher Blust girl gleton hand happy hear heart Heaven heroine holy honest instantly Jessy's kinsman Leontine Craftly Lessington look Lord Montague Lord Winstone lovely Manfrida manner Marchioness Marinetta Marquis means mind Miss Blust Miss Jessy Miss Olive Miss Singleton mistress Montault mother never night old Abbey Olive Blust Olive's once passion Paulo Michello pray pretty protector racter replied Shelty shiver my top-sails silence sister smile sweet tears tell thee thing thou thought tion uttered Agatha voice wish Wolf woman young lady
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Page 547 - tis not to me she speaks: Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, Having some business, do entreat her eyes To twinkle in their spheres till they return.
Page 214 - Are trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. "And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep?
Page 149 - The purest treasure mortal times afford Is — spotless reputation ; that away, Men are but gilded loam, or painted clay.
Page 724 - All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
Page 724 - Cease then, nor order imperfection name : Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. Know thy own point : This kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, Heaven bestows on thee.
Page 724 - All discord, harmony not understood ; All partial evil, universal good : And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, WHATEVER is, is RIGHT.
Page 500 - Our valour is to chase what flies ; our cage We make a choir, as doth the prison'd bird, And sing our bondage freely.
Page 442 - But shade her lustre; all the royal pomp Makes her not proud, but sad : the dignity That doth befit Castile, she casts aside, As if it soiled her purity of heart: But if Don Carlos in her presence stands, Then like a statue starting into life, Her cheeks blush deep with rosy streams ; her eyes Glow with unusual fires ; her arm, her hand, No longer move with langour : all her frame In animated gesture speaks the soul ; Though still her timid modesty of mind Tempers with grace the beauty of her mien,...
Page 301 - Which have been suffer'd, and can ne'er return? Those that have weather'da tempestuous night, And find a calm approaching with the light, Will not, unless their reason they disown, Still make those dangers present that are gone.
Page 676 - Trent and the groves of Clifton heard ; not alone by the Muses But by the Virtues loved, his soul in its youthful aspirings Sought the Holy Hill, and his thirst was for Siloa's waters. Was I deceived by desire...