De Vere: Or, The Man of Independence, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1827 |
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... thought ! ) and she were poor ! -though I might beg my bread with her from door to door , -being what she is , I cannot beg it of her . " In this train of musing , he paced the proud terrace of the castle , and contemplated its ro ...
... thought ! ) and she were poor ! -though I might beg my bread with her from door to door , -being what she is , I cannot beg it of her . " In this train of musing , he paced the proud terrace of the castle , and contemplated its ro ...
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... thought of his youth , contrasted with his own age , but still more when he thought of his mental qualities , he was filled with terror . But he might be misinformed ; he had watched them during the day , and saw no symptoms of it . If ...
... thought of his youth , contrasted with his own age , but still more when he thought of his mental qualities , he was filled with terror . But he might be misinformed ; he had watched them during the day , and saw no symptoms of it . If ...
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... think it sufficient pride to be able to succeed in the acquisition of a lit- tle trumpery patronage . When I have seen the silken barons ( as they have been called ) of modern times , and thought of their iron ances- tors 6 DE VERE .
... think it sufficient pride to be able to succeed in the acquisition of a lit- tle trumpery patronage . When I have seen the silken barons ( as they have been called ) of modern times , and thought of their iron ances- tors 6 DE VERE .
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Or, The Man of Independence Robert Plumer Ward. modern times , and thought of their iron ances- tors , I have wondered . " It must be owned that this speech of the Earl , was a tribute wrung from him at the moment by the force of ...
Or, The Man of Independence Robert Plumer Ward. modern times , and thought of their iron ances- tors , I have wondered . " It must be owned that this speech of the Earl , was a tribute wrung from him at the moment by the force of ...
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... thought incompatible with the passion , though it often supplies it with its daintiest food . For many a labour has been en- countered , and many a life ventured , seemingly for the sake of power , or riches , or high degree , when ...
... thought incompatible with the passion , though it often supplies it with its daintiest food . For many a labour has been en- countered , and many a life ventured , seemingly for the sake of power , or riches , or high degree , when ...
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acquaintance admiration agreeable ambition asked De Vere astonishment Baronet Beaufort beautiful better Blakeney borough called Castle character Clayton confess confidence Constance's Court delight Doctor doubt Earl excited exclaimed father favour favourite fear feeling felt Flowerdale fortune gave give Grantley happy Harclai heard heart Herbert honour hope hour House interest knew Lady Clanellan Lady Constance Lady Eleanor Lady Elizabeth laugh least looked Lord Cleve Lord Cleveland Lord Eustace Lord Mow Lord Mowbray Lord Oldcastle lordship Marchioness masque Mellilot ment mind Minister Mortimer mountebank Mowbray's never observed Oldbury Partridge Partridge family party parvenu perhaps person pleased pleasure political Polycrates Premier present pride racter replied De Vere resign returned De Vere Roebuck seemed sentiment SHAKSPEARE Sir Bertie smiled spirit stance suppose sure surprise Sylvan tell thing thought tion tridge truth uncle Vere's views Wentworth whole wish young
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Page 332 - I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry : be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.
Page 119 - While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken ; The kingdom is departed from thee.
Page 334 - Tis unnatural, Even like the deed that's done. On Tuesday last A falcon towering in her pride of place Was by a mousing owl hawk'd at and kill'd.
Page 210 - Alas! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair?
Page 165 - In springing flower the image of thy day! Ah ! see the virgin rose, how sweetly she Doth first peep forth with bashful modesty, That fairer seems the less ye see her may! Lo! see soon after, how more bold and free Her bared bosom she doth broad display; Lo! see soon after, how she fades and falls away!
Page 119 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
Page 100 - ... when I would beget content and increase confidence in the power and wisdom and providence of Almighty God, I will walk the meadows, by some gliding stream, and there contemplate the lilies that take no care, and those very many other various little living creatures that are not only created but fed, man knows not how, by the goodness of the God of Nature, and therefore trust in him.
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Page 165 - So passeth in the passing of a day Of mortal life the leaf, the bud, the flower...
Page 217 - But yesterday, the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world : now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.