Wanderings of Childe Harolde: A Romance of Real Life : Interspersed with Memoirs of the English Wife, the Foreign Mistress, and Various Other Celebrated Characters, Volume 3Sherwood, Jones & Company, 1825 |
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... took the veil , led thereto by a disappointment where she had fixed her affections . young nobleman who was the object of her amorous propensities turned a deaf ear to solicitations she was not ashamed to make , and one morning he was ...
... took the veil , led thereto by a disappointment where she had fixed her affections . young nobleman who was the object of her amorous propensities turned a deaf ear to solicitations she was not ashamed to make , and one morning he was ...
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... took his station amongst those who had merchandize to dispose of to the gar- rison . He passed well for a mountaineer ; and having disposed of his cattle , got hired as a servant by a rich widow , whom he ac- companied to her farm about ...
... took his station amongst those who had merchandize to dispose of to the gar- rison . He passed well for a mountaineer ; and having disposed of his cattle , got hired as a servant by a rich widow , whom he ac- companied to her farm about ...
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... took the least trouble to bring down , he conceived afforded the most delicious sport , and were most de- sirable . Freeman listened to the Princess , with that devout attention an ancient pilgrim would to a Pythoness at the oracle of ...
... took the least trouble to bring down , he conceived afforded the most delicious sport , and were most de- sirable . Freeman listened to the Princess , with that devout attention an ancient pilgrim would to a Pythoness at the oracle of ...
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... took up his residence at the best house on the island , and waited patiently until the ship had again been put into repair . This occupied some weeks , and a vessel was reported to have anchored under the lee of the island , bearing ...
... took up his residence at the best house on the island , and waited patiently until the ship had again been put into repair . This occupied some weeks , and a vessel was reported to have anchored under the lee of the island , bearing ...
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... took care not to let me be alone with him , when he could help it . One day he asked me if I knew a black man named Lam- ska ? and I replied , that he was the con- fidential steward of Bernardo . 6 • He is a villain , and a murderer ...
... took care not to let me be alone with him , when he could help it . One day he asked me if I knew a black man named Lam- ska ? and I replied , that he was the con- fidential steward of Bernardo . 6 • He is a villain , and a murderer ...
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Page 222 - Heaven ! he cried, my bleeding country save ! Is there no hand on high to shield the brave ? Yet, though destruction sweep these lovely plains, Rise, fellow-men ! our country yet remains ! By that dread name we wave the sword on high ! And swear for her to live ! with her to die...
Page 87 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Page 87 - Heaven forming each on other to depend, A master, or a servant, or a friend, Bids each on other for assistance call, Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all.
Page 136 - When youthful Love, warm-blu.shing strong, Keen-shivering shot thy nerves along, Those accents, grateful to thy tongue, Th' adored Name, I taught thee how to pour in song, To soothe thy flame "I saw thy pulse's maddening play, Wild send thee Pleasure's devious way. Misled by Fancy's meteor ray, By Passion driven; But yet the light that led astray, Was light from Heaven.
Page 161 - Hyenas in the wild, and mermaids on the shore ; Till, led by thee o'er many a cliff sublime, He found a warmer world, a milder clime, A home to rest, a shelter to defend, Peace and repose, a Briton and a friend...
Page 44 - And now, lash'd on by destiny severe, With horror fraught, the dreadful scene drew near! The ship hangs hovering on the verge of death, Hell yawns, rocks rise, and breakers roar beneath!— In vain, alas! the sacred shades of yore Would arm the mind with philosophic lore; In vain they'd teach us, at the latest breath, To smile serene amid the pangs of death.
Page 40 - Be to their faults a little blind, Be to their virtues very kind, Let all their thoughts be unconfined, A.nd clap your padlock on the mind.
Page 188 - Seven Sermons." This book I read with the most thrilling interest. I fairly devoured its contents, and endeavored to find from it some gleam of hope — " Some beam of day to shine on me, To save me from despair;" and "as cold water to a thirsty soul, or good news from a far country," it proved a balm to my wounded spirit. Hope again sprung up in my heart, and I was comforted with the conviction that God would have mercy and abundantly pardon. One day my wife manifested great anxiety to have me go...
Page 217 - Chance awaked, inexorable power! This frail and feverish being of an hour, Doomed o'er the world's precarious scene to sweep, Swift as the tempest travels on the deep, To know Delight but by her parting smile, And toil, and wish, and weep, a little...
Page 182 - IN joyous youth, what soul hath never known Thought, feeling, taste, harmonious to its own ? Who hath not paused while Beauty's pensive eye Ask'd from his heart the homage of a sigh ? Who hath not own'd, with rapture-smitten frame, The power of grace, the magic of a name...