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... passed , that will not furnish some passages of interest . The re- mark has been made by more profound thinkers than myself , and if I avail myself of it as an excuse for again obtruding on the notice of B 513023 the public , I shall ...
... passed , that will not furnish some passages of interest . The re- mark has been made by more profound thinkers than myself , and if I avail myself of it as an excuse for again obtruding on the notice of B 513023 the public , I shall ...
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... passed so quickly that the one got to windward of the other , and I some how or other lost sight of it . " " What on earth do you mean by all this farrago of nonsense . I suppose you class flirt- ing with a worthless woman , while on ...
... passed so quickly that the one got to windward of the other , and I some how or other lost sight of it . " " What on earth do you mean by all this farrago of nonsense . I suppose you class flirt- ing with a worthless woman , while on ...
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... passed , who can look upon suicide and the terrible doom it entails , as a change preferable to her present state . Men are excited to acts of desperation by false estimates of worldly honour or worldly disgrace ; in nine cases out of ...
... passed , who can look upon suicide and the terrible doom it entails , as a change preferable to her present state . Men are excited to acts of desperation by false estimates of worldly honour or worldly disgrace ; in nine cases out of ...
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... passing around her , and her spirits were occasionally wound up to a pitch of excitement , that was unnatural to her placid and melancholy temperament . Her friends won- dered , but none arrived at any thing like a just conclusion as to ...
... passing around her , and her spirits were occasionally wound up to a pitch of excitement , that was unnatural to her placid and melancholy temperament . Her friends won- dered , but none arrived at any thing like a just conclusion as to ...
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... passed away and kissing the cheek of his daughter he resigned her to her sister and requested her to lead her away . On the reunion of the family at breakfast , on the following morning , Ellen's place was vacant . Her mother supposing ...
... passed away and kissing the cheek of his daughter he resigned her to her sister and requested her to lead her away . On the reunion of the family at breakfast , on the following morning , Ellen's place was vacant . Her mother supposing ...
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Life in the Ranks: The Experiences of a British Cavalryman in Early 19th ... William Taylor No preview available - 2012 |
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Page 299 - Most potent, grave, and reverend signiors, My very noble and approved good masters, — That I have ta'en away this old man's daughter, It is most true ; true, I have married her ; The very head and front of my offending Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech, And little bless'd with the set phrase of peace ; For since these arms of mine had seven years...
Page 5 - Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own : He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
Page 118 - The dark vault lies wherein we lay, We heard it ripple night and day; Sounding o'er our heads it...
Page 130 - ... two great timerity at presenting a Picture to the inspection of the first artists in the World, and where it was to come into competition with such masterly performancess as generally appear in that Collection. In my last I promis'd to send another peace, the subject You have sence pointed out, but I fear it will not be in my power to comply with Your design, the time being two short for the exicution of two figures, not having it in my power to spend all my time on it, and the Days short and...
Page 126 - Some men convert the infliction into a source of amusement, by the discordance of their remarks with the pain they are obviously enduring. " An Irish dragoon who was brought to the triangles, not only bore the lash without wincing, but between each round administered by successive operators, was ready with some absurd remark, which converted the whole scene into a farce rather than an example, neither officers nor men being able to preserve their gravity. Amongst other things he had the assurance...