The outcasts, tr. from the Germ. (of the baroness de la Motte Fouqué) by G. Soane |
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... bring us back to the old school , they have checked the mania of mysticism . Their works are as much an object of admiration in France . and Germany as in England and Scotland ; and one is puzzled to understand that little spirit of ...
... bring us back to the old school , they have checked the mania of mysticism . Their works are as much an object of admiration in France . and Germany as in England and Scotland ; and one is puzzled to understand that little spirit of ...
Page x
... brings her more immediately in comparison with an author , whose genius goes far beyond his century . It would have spoken more for her judg- ment , and been infinitely more for her re- putation , had she followed the example of the ...
... brings her more immediately in comparison with an author , whose genius goes far beyond his century . It would have spoken more for her judg- ment , and been infinitely more for her re- putation , had she followed the example of the ...
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... , Sarah , see what is the matter , and bring me back word directly . " 66 May I be allowed to speak ? " said the con- fidante ; but without waiting for an answer , she added quickly , " I would recommend your Grace not 40 THE OUTCASTS .
... , Sarah , see what is the matter , and bring me back word directly . " 66 May I be allowed to speak ? " said the con- fidante ; but without waiting for an answer , she added quickly , " I would recommend your Grace not 40 THE OUTCASTS .
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... bring yourself to desert a mother in the moment of her greatest need . You are aware , " she added , for- getting all other considerations ; " you are aware that a crown is at stake - a crown , your Grace ! and this is yet wavering in ...
... bring yourself to desert a mother in the moment of her greatest need . You are aware , " she added , for- getting all other considerations ; " you are aware that a crown is at stake - a crown , your Grace ! and this is yet wavering in ...
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... bring me a cup of good ale . ” On saying this he entered the public room , threw on the table his gloves and his hat , with its short black feathers , and nodding much more familiarly to the hostess , exclaimed , “ Yes , yes , my good ...
... bring me a cup of good ale . ” On saying this he entered the public room , threw on the table his gloves and his hat , with its short black feathers , and nodding much more familiarly to the hostess , exclaimed , “ Yes , yes , my good ...
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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...