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... walk of singular beauty , formed by the over- hanging wood , leads to a wicket that communicates with Grove - House , the property and occasional residence of the Princess at the time she held the cottage . It is a pretty monastic ...
... walk of singular beauty , formed by the over- hanging wood , leads to a wicket that communicates with Grove - House , the property and occasional residence of the Princess at the time she held the cottage . It is a pretty monastic ...
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... walk . Here is a small park of about forty acres , through which there is a plea- sant drive to the lodge , which is pretty and chaste . It is rendered pleasing by the deep thatched roof , which , overhanging the dwelling , forms a ...
... walk . Here is a small park of about forty acres , through which there is a plea- sant drive to the lodge , which is pretty and chaste . It is rendered pleasing by the deep thatched roof , which , overhanging the dwelling , forms a ...
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... walks , the ca- resses of my faithful dog , and the at- tachment of my old servant , these are helps to soften the tedium of life ; but perhaps a still greater is my clo- set - window . It is there that I find For the first forty years ...
... walks , the ca- resses of my faithful dog , and the at- tachment of my old servant , these are helps to soften the tedium of life ; but perhaps a still greater is my clo- set - window . It is there that I find For the first forty years ...
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... walk , and for a fortnight of that time , the garret , my grand re- source , has been untenanted . I have heard of a man who found the hor- rors of captivity softened by watch - half persuaded me she is not what I ing the motions of a ...
... walk , and for a fortnight of that time , the garret , my grand re- source , has been untenanted . I have heard of a man who found the hor- rors of captivity softened by watch - half persuaded me she is not what I ing the motions of a ...
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... walks before keeper . The only difference arises dinner , or to arrange longer excur- from the general respect acquired ... walk about . " The unexpected word walz natu- rally led to the question : " Is danc- ing allowed among you ? " It ...
... walks before keeper . The only difference arises dinner , or to arrange longer excur- from the general respect acquired ... walk about . " The unexpected word walz natu- rally led to the question : " Is danc- ing allowed among you ? " It ...
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Page 340 - Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream, Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion.
Page 355 - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse : which I observing, Took once a pliant hour, and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart That I would all my pilgrimage dilate, Whereof by parcels she had something heard, But not intentively.
Page 124 - Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings.
Page 234 - ... management or precaution, to the shoulders of the too merciful executioner. The scene immediately became more interesting. The beadle could by no means be prevailed upon to strike hard, which provoked the constable to strike harder ; and this double flogging continued, till a lass of...
Page 308 - DUTIES ; Or, Instructions to Young Married Ladies on the Management of their Households, and the Regulation of their Conduct in the various Relations and Duties of Married Life. By Mrs. W. PARKES.
Page 142 - Irish sailor, who was poor and much distressed for clothes and common necessaries. Hickey compassionating his poverty, and finding he was his countryman, relieved his wants, and an intimacy commenced between them. They agreed to go to Ireland together; and it was remarked on their passage that Caulfield...
Page 313 - ... by William Penn, proprietary and governor of the province of Pennsylvania and territories thereof, viz.
Page 223 - Sir Charles Lee, by his first lady, had only one daughter, of which she died in childbirth ; and when she died, her sister, the lady Everard, desired to have the education of the child ; and she was by her very well educated till she was marriageable ; and a match was concluded for her with sir William Perkins, but was then prevented in an extraordinary manner. Upon a Thursday night, she thinking she saw...
Page 295 - Her sister Furies fly her hideous face; So frightful are the forms the monster takes, So fierce the hissings of her speckled snakes. Her Juno finds, and thus inflames her spite: "O virgin daughter of eternal night, Give me this once thy labour, to sustain My right, and execute my just disdain.
Page 234 - ... the verse. She then began in a kind of whining recitative, but as she proceeded and as the composition required it, her voice assumed a variety of deep and fine tones, and the energy with which many passages were delivered, proved her perfect comprehension and strong feeling of the subject, but her eyes always continued shut, perhaps to prevent interruption to her thoughts, or her attention being engaged by any surrounding object.