The outcasts, tr. from the Germ. (of the baroness de la Motte Fouqué) by G. Soane |
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... able to lift its head since . However it will always stand as a memorial of the learning of an age , when even the operas are so abstruse , as to require notes at the foot of every other page ; and though some envious folks may be apt ...
... able to lift its head since . However it will always stand as a memorial of the learning of an age , when even the operas are so abstruse , as to require notes at the foot of every other page ; and though some envious folks may be apt ...
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... able to occupy his attention with foreign objects . His breast was filled by the sudden impression of things beyond expectation ; and wavering , between two worlds , he unwillingly saw himself recalled to the dark and deceitful ...
... able to occupy his attention with foreign objects . His breast was filled by the sudden impression of things beyond expectation ; and wavering , between two worlds , he unwillingly saw himself recalled to the dark and deceitful ...
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... able to 66 do , " said Herbert gently , but firmly ; " you must shew no distrust of my plighted word . I have promised to be at Newmarket , and I will be , there at the same time with yourself , for I am used to go on foot , and can ...
... able to 66 do , " said Herbert gently , but firmly ; " you must shew no distrust of my plighted word . I have promised to be at Newmarket , and I will be , there at the same time with yourself , for I am used to go on foot , and can ...
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... able either to move or stand ; upon this I took him on my back , and carried him for some distance , till we met a waggon , which brought him to an inn in the village , where he lies at this time fretting inwardly . ' " 9 " Where he ...
... able either to move or stand ; upon this I took him on my back , and carried him for some distance , till we met a waggon , which brought him to an inn in the village , where he lies at this time fretting inwardly . ' " 9 " Where he ...
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... able to support . " " I could almost call my mother's mirth cruel , " said Jane , gaily , " if I were not certain that she knew the full extent of my happiness , and mocked me only to exalt its value . " But Jane's cheerful looks and ...
... able to support . " " I could almost call my mother's mirth cruel , " said Jane , gaily , " if I were not certain that she knew the full extent of my happiness , and mocked me only to exalt its value . " But Jane's cheerful looks and ...
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Page 253 - Her heart, replete with this love of literature and serious studies, and with tenderness towards her husband, who was deserving of her affection, had never opened itself to the flattering allurements of ambition ; and the information of her advancement to the throne was by no means agreeable to her. She even refused to accept...
Page 253 - Greek languages, besides modern tongues ; had passed most of her time in an application to learning; and expressed a great indifference for other occupations and amusements, usual with her sex and station. Roger Ascham, tutor to the Lady Elizabeth, having...
Page 284 - And while she dress'd it in her lap Her husband made the infant pap. Anon, the sexton thither came, And finding them there by the fire; The drunken knave, all void of shame, To drive them out was his desire ; And spurning out the noble dame, Her husband's wrath he did inflame.
Page 280 - When God had taken for our sin That prudent Prince King Edward away, Then bloody Bonner did begin His raging malice to bewray ; AH those that did God's word profess He persecuted more or less.
Page 250 - Virgin, whose flesh, being the outward man, was sinfully begotten, and born in sin ; and consequently, he could take none of it : but the Word, by the consent of the inward man of the Virgin, was made flesh n.
Page 284 - With cap and knee they court'sy make, But none of them would pity take. Lo, here a princess of great blood Doth pray a peasant for relief, With tears bedewed as she stood, Yet few or none regard her grief. Her speech they could not understand, But some gave money in her hand. When all in vain her speeches spent, And that they could no house-room get, Into a church-porch...