"1745.": A TaleJames Nisbet and Company, 1859 - 158 pages |
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... exclaimed- " I am quite tired ; it is dull work watching other people's gaiety . I wish we had been invited to Buckingham Palace . " " And I can't see why we should not have been , " responded another ; " we have been presented to Queen ...
... exclaimed- " I am quite tired ; it is dull work watching other people's gaiety . I wish we had been invited to Buckingham Palace . " " And I can't see why we should not have been , " responded another ; " we have been presented to Queen ...
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A Tale Seventeen forty-five. " 1745 ! " they all exclaimed ; " why , it is just a century ago , and the Queen's fancy - ball is to re- present the dress of that time . " " Exactly so , " said the mother , smiling ; " perhaps that very ...
A Tale Seventeen forty-five. " 1745 ! " they all exclaimed ; " why , it is just a century ago , and the Queen's fancy - ball is to re- present the dress of that time . " " Exactly so , " said the mother , smiling ; " perhaps that very ...
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... exclaimed he , starting , " to be sure I do ; you are expecting company ? " " Yes , Sir Algernon , and Lady Lyndsey , and their niece . Well , Sidney , why do you look so dis- composed ? " " Because , mother , I hate the name of these ...
... exclaimed he , starting , " to be sure I do ; you are expecting company ? " " Yes , Sir Algernon , and Lady Lyndsey , and their niece . Well , Sidney , why do you look so dis- composed ? " " Because , mother , I hate the name of these ...
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... exclaimed- " They are come , mother ; do you receive them , and I will go and prepare for supper . " He affectionately kissed his mother's hand and left the apartment . Lady Berenger sighed as she listened A Tale . 5.
... exclaimed- " They are come , mother ; do you receive them , and I will go and prepare for supper . " He affectionately kissed his mother's hand and left the apartment . Lady Berenger sighed as she listened A Tale . 5.
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... exclaimed Antonia ; and will you not allow me to be your partner , Lord Berenger ? " " Heyday ! am I to figure away also ? Sidney , you'll be jealous , for I don't mean to relinquish this fair lady's hand ; so you must persuade Lady ...
... exclaimed Antonia ; and will you not allow me to be your partner , Lord Berenger ? " " Heyday ! am I to figure away also ? Sidney , you'll be jealous , for I don't mean to relinquish this fair lady's hand ; so you must persuade Lady ...
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Page 76 - Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt.
Page 18 - For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Page 147 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, and fondly broods with miser care ; time but the impression deeper makes, as streams their channels deeper wear.
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Page 158 - Forget me not, when others gaze Enamour'd on thee with the looks of praise ; When weary leagues between us both are cast, And each dull hour seems heavier than the last — Oh ! then forget me not ! 2.
Page 54 - It is not victory to win the field, Unless we make our enemies to yield More to our justice, than our force ; and so As well instruct, as overcome our foe.
Page 60 - Think we or think we not, time hurries on With a resistless unremitting stream, Yet treads more soft than e'er did midnight thief That slides his hand under the miser's pillow And carries off his prize. What is this world ? What but a spacious burial-field unwalled Strewed with death's spoils, the spoils of animals Savage and tame, and full of dead men's bones.
Page 134 - Look forward what's to come, and back what's past, Thy life will be with praise and prudence graced: What loss or gain may follow, thou may'st guess, Thou then wilt be secure of the success...
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Page 9 - It was not mirth, for mirth she was too still, It was not wit, wit leaves the heart more chill; But that continuous sweetness, which with ease Pleases all round it, from the wish to please, — This was the charm that Lucy's smile bestowed; The waves' fresh ripple from deep fountains flowed; Below exhaustless gratitude, — above, Woman's meek temper — childhood's ready love.