The Duke: A Novel, Volumen1Lea and Blanchard, 1840 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 39
Página 9
... Captain Cecil's embarrassments became the topic of general conversation , Lady Clairville's con- duct was so cruel and unsisterly , that her brother , par- taking , perhaps , too much of the natural pride of his sister's disposition ...
... Captain Cecil's embarrassments became the topic of general conversation , Lady Clairville's con- duct was so cruel and unsisterly , that her brother , par- taking , perhaps , too much of the natural pride of his sister's disposition ...
Página 10
... Captain Cecil was too much loved not to be conscientiously obeyed ; and though deeply deploring his decree , they themselves as- sisted in the measures which were taken to prevent even their very existence being known to any of Lord ...
... Captain Cecil was too much loved not to be conscientiously obeyed ; and though deeply deploring his decree , they themselves as- sisted in the measures which were taken to prevent even their very existence being known to any of Lord ...
Página 11
... Captain Cecil , that he had once refused a peerage ; and had never , by any commercial undertaking , added to the fallen fortunes of the Cecil family . The consequence was , that he died , leaving the ancient honors of his race ...
... Captain Cecil , that he had once refused a peerage ; and had never , by any commercial undertaking , added to the fallen fortunes of the Cecil family . The consequence was , that he died , leaving the ancient honors of his race ...
Página 13
... commander , Cap- tain Cecil married a young and lovely woman , who , moreover , was heiress to considerable wealth . His own fortune , also , was materially improved by some exten- sive piratical captures off the South American coast ...
... commander , Cap- tain Cecil married a young and lovely woman , who , moreover , was heiress to considerable wealth . His own fortune , also , was materially improved by some exten- sive piratical captures off the South American coast ...
Página 14
... Captain Cecil's connections were all moving in the first circles ; then - why was the question , half put to himself why deprive his children of the advantages such connections were likely to produce ? It was in a measure robbing them ...
... Captain Cecil's connections were all moving in the first circles ; then - why was the question , half put to himself why deprive his children of the advantages such connections were likely to produce ? It was in a measure robbing them ...
Términos y frases comunes
admiration affairs affection agitated anxiety anxious appeared Baroness beautiful betrayed Blanche bosom bright brother Captain Cecil Cecil family cheek child comfort conceal confidence conversation countenance cousin dear Lady deep Disney distress dread Duke of Strathhaven eau de Cologne Edwin endeavored Evelyn Cecil evinced excited exclaimed eyes fancied father fearful feelings felt Fitz-Henry fortune gain gentle girl Grace grief Grosvenor Square hand happiness heart Herbert Honfleur hope hour indulgence interest Julian kind knew Lady Clairville Lady Clairville's Lady de Cressy Lady Flo Lady Florence St length lips looked manner marriage menced ment mind morning mother nature never Oakwood once pale passed passion pleasure poor pride Regent's Park rence replied Riversdale scarcely seemed sister smile soon soothed sorrow speak spirit spoke Stewart stranger suffering tears tell tender thought tion tone turned unhappy voice walk watch wife wishes woman words young youthful
Pasajes populares
Página 83 - And he went forth — alone ! not one of all The many whom he loved, nor she whose name Was woven in the fibres of the heart Breaking within him now, to come and speak Comfort unto him. Yea — he went his way, Sick, and heart-broken, and alone — to die ! For God...
Página 165 - Nothing can be more imposing than the magnificence of English park scenery. Vast lawns that extend like sheets of vivid green, with here and there clumps of gigantic trees, heaping up rich piles of foliage : the solemn pomp of groves and woodland glades, with the deer, trooping in silent herds across them...
Página 34 - He prayed for Israel; and his voice went up Strongly and fervently. He prayed for those Whose love had been his shield; and his deep tones Grew tremulous. But, oh! for Absalom — For his estranged, misguided Absalom — The proud, bright being, who had burst away, In all his princely beauty, to defy The heart that...
Página 107 - O ye saints of His : and give thanks unto Him for a remembrance of His holiness. For His wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye, and in His pleasure is life : heaviness may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Página 1 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Página 74 - If I climb up into -heaven, thou art there ; if I go down to hell, thou art there also. 8 If I take the wings of the morning, and remain in the uttermost parts of the sea ; 9 Even there also shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Página 34 - Oh! when the heart is full, when bitter thoughts Come crowding thickly up for utterance, And the poor common words of courtesy Are such a very mockery, how much The bursting heart may pour itself in prayer...
Página 151 - A woman moved is like a fountain troubled, Muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty; And while it is so, none so dry or thirsty Will deign to sip or touch one drop of it.
Página 196 - THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm — A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though childlike form.