The Duke: A Novel, Volumen1Lea and Blanchard, 1840 |
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... soon became known to his mother , after her first suspicions had been awakened ; and perhaps it was this know- ledge , which prompted the cold and cutting sarcasms di- rected to her brother , so calculated to produce the es- trangement ...
... soon became known to his mother , after her first suspicions had been awakened ; and perhaps it was this know- ledge , which prompted the cold and cutting sarcasms di- rected to her brother , so calculated to produce the es- trangement ...
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... soon drawn , by the force of circumstances and example , into a vortex of extrava- gance and dissipation . The consequences were such as might be expected in a few years Captain Cecil found his finances in a most embarrassed state ...
... soon drawn , by the force of circumstances and example , into a vortex of extrava- gance and dissipation . The consequences were such as might be expected in a few years Captain Cecil found his finances in a most embarrassed state ...
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... soon to obtain a commission . With characteristics of a very different nature , still was Evelyn - the sweet , the winning , Evelyn , the ador- ed idol of her brother's heart . Nothing could be more touching - more beautiful to behold ...
... soon to obtain a commission . With characteristics of a very different nature , still was Evelyn - the sweet , the winning , Evelyn , the ador- ed idol of her brother's heart . Nothing could be more touching - more beautiful to behold ...
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... soon became troubled with care and financial anxieties , to enable him to find pleasure in the calm pursuits of literature . Besides this , he thought with Milton , that " Beauty is Nature's brag ; " - and he loved to show his beautiful ...
... soon became troubled with care and financial anxieties , to enable him to find pleasure in the calm pursuits of literature . Besides this , he thought with Milton , that " Beauty is Nature's brag ; " - and he loved to show his beautiful ...
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... soon presented itself . After a morn- ing of unusual excitement , Captain Cecil one day re- quested the dinner hour might be early , as he had bu- siness in the City which was to be transacted in the evening ; and accordingly , he left ...
... soon presented itself . After a morn- ing of unusual excitement , Captain Cecil one day re- quested the dinner hour might be early , as he had bu- siness in the City which was to be transacted in the evening ; and accordingly , he left ...
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
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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.