Aline, an old friend's story, by the author of 'The gambler's wife'.T.C. Newby, 1848 |
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... night of his return , supping once more amidst his silent , earnest countrymen in a London coffee house , upon a noble baron of cold beef , which , in his droll way , he once told me was the primary object which affected his patriotic ...
... night of his return , supping once more amidst his silent , earnest countrymen in a London coffee house , upon a noble baron of cold beef , which , in his droll way , he once told me was the primary object which affected his patriotic ...
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... , before retiring for the night , so fortunate as to meet with a former acquain- tance , who informed him to his extreme regret , of my having lately quitted London for the north , there to visit some connections ; thus I 58 ALINE .
... , before retiring for the night , so fortunate as to meet with a former acquain- tance , who informed him to his extreme regret , of my having lately quitted London for the north , there to visit some connections ; thus I 58 ALINE .
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... night to gain information . It was there- fore with some eagerness he looked forward to the morrow , in order to effect that object , and shortly after his breakfast on the following morning he was 60 ALINE . CHAPTER IV. ...
... night to gain information . It was there- fore with some eagerness he looked forward to the morrow , in order to effect that object , and shortly after his breakfast on the following morning he was 60 ALINE . CHAPTER IV. ...
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... night's rest into the bargain at one of those comfortable Inns , so fondly re- membered by Mr. Anderson , he now found shortened as by magic , through the means lately opened to the country , of performing the journey by railroads . And ...
... night's rest into the bargain at one of those comfortable Inns , so fondly re- membered by Mr. Anderson , he now found shortened as by magic , through the means lately opened to the country , of performing the journey by railroads . And ...
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... night , in an extraordi- nary state of brilliancy and excitement - a con- dition soon accounted for by the large placards placed in every direction , announcing that the grand Musical Festival which was to take place there this year was ...
... night , in an extraordi- nary state of brilliancy and excitement - a con- dition soon accounted for by the large placards placed in every direction , announcing that the grand Musical Festival which was to take place there this year was ...
Términos y frases comunes
Ada's Adelaide's Aline replied Aline's Amina amongst Anderson answered appearance beautiful beheld carriage Castle Mervyn cerning child cold coldly countenance daughter dear delight door Elvino enquired entered excited exclaimed expression eyes face fair fair lady fancy father feelings felt festival gallery gaze gelo gentle girl glanced guests hand head heart Hereford husband idea imagination innocent interest Lady Adelaide Lady Mervyn Lady Mountjoy ladyship light look Lord Mervyn Madame Angelo Madame Lucetti Mamma Marchmont ment Merriford Mervyn Castle mind Miss Seyton morning mother murmured never niece night object once pale party paused perhaps playfully pleasure poor returned scarcely seat seemed servant Signor Angelo sing singer Sir Alexander Sir Michael sister smile Somnambula soon spirit stood strange stranger sweet thing thought tion tone turned uncle voice whilst wife words young Italian young lord
Pasajes populares
Página 229 - O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide, Than public means, which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand...
Página 121 - But music for the time doth change his nature. The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils : The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.
Página 42 - That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.
Página 88 - Oh find me, prosperous or undone ! Or, if the grave be now thy bed, Why am I ignorant of the same, That I may rest ; and neither blame Nor sorrow may attend thy name ? Seven years, alas ! to have received No tidings of an only child ; To have...
Página 45 - Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
Página 257 - Did I but purpose to embark with thee On the smooth surface of a summer's sea ; While gentle zephyrs play in prosperous gales, And fortune's favour fills the swelling sails ; But would forsake the ship, and make the shore, When the winds whistle, and the tempests roar...
Página 182 - And all the ways of men, so vain and melancholy. But as it sometimes chanceth, from the might Of joy in minds that can no further go, As high as we have mounted in delight In our dejection do we sink as low; To me that morning did it happen so; And fears and fancies thick upon me came; Dim sadness— and blind thoughts, I knew not, nor could name.
Página 144 - I know you, Clara Vere de Vere, You pine among your halls and towers : The languid light of your proud eyes Is wearied of the rolling hours. In glowing health, with boundless wealth, But sickening of a vague disease, You know so ill to deal with time, You needs must play such pranks as these.
Página 215 - But hail, thou goddess sage and holy, Hail, divinest Melancholy! Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view O'erlaid with black, staid wisdom's hue; Black, but such as in esteem Prince...