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... she often regretted that she had not accepted him or Captain Howard . " I would rather have got De Mauriac , of course , " she said to herself , " but that treacherous Octavie was all along plotting for 14 Woodbury .
... she often regretted that she had not accepted him or Captain Howard . " I would rather have got De Mauriac , of course , " she said to herself , " but that treacherous Octavie was all along plotting for 14 Woodbury .
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... Captain St. George for his sake . And he was simpleton enough to believe her ; for , if " conscience makes cowards , ” vanity makes fools . Captain St. George might have retained his place in the good graces of the pretty actress if he ...
... Captain St. George for his sake . And he was simpleton enough to believe her ; for , if " conscience makes cowards , ” vanity makes fools . Captain St. George might have retained his place in the good graces of the pretty actress if he ...
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... Captain St. George and Madeleine engaged in an intrigue , which had not even the poor excuse of involuntary , though unhallowed affection . They did not care a straw for each other in reality ; it was merely for temporary excitement ...
... Captain St. George and Madeleine engaged in an intrigue , which had not even the poor excuse of involuntary , though unhallowed affection . They did not care a straw for each other in reality ; it was merely for temporary excitement ...
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... Captain St. George was speedily pounced upon , dragged forward into the lurid light of censoriousness , and com- mented upon more or less virulently , according to the taste of the com- mentators . Madeleine , meanwhile , had no idea ...
... Captain St. George was speedily pounced upon , dragged forward into the lurid light of censoriousness , and com- mented upon more or less virulently , according to the taste of the com- mentators . Madeleine , meanwhile , had no idea ...
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... Captain St. George , if he did not think she might go with Lady Joliffe , and was surprised to find that he did not approve of this plan . " C ' Lady Joliffe would be even a more troublesome chaperone than Mrs. Barwell , " he told her ...
... Captain St. George , if he did not think she might go with Lady Joliffe , and was surprised to find that he did not approve of this plan . " C ' Lady Joliffe would be even a more troublesome chaperone than Mrs. Barwell , " he told her ...
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Página 436 - O'erhang his wavy bed: Now air is hush'd, save where the weak-eyed bat With short shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing, Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises, 'midst the twilight path Against the pilgrim borne in heedless hum...
Página 356 - For a breeze of morning moves, And the planet of Love is on high, Beginning to faint in the light that she loves On a bed of daffodil sky, To faint in the light of the sun she loves, To faint in his light, and to die. All...
Página 290 - ... so much business in so short a time. Besides this body of regular troops, there are stragglers, who, without being duly listed and enrolled, do infinite mischief to those who are so unlucky as to fall into their hands.
Página 417 - For not to think of what I needs must feel, But to be still and patient, all I can; And haply by abstruse research to steal From my own nature all the natural man — This was my sole resource, my only plan: Till that which suits a part infects the whole, And now is almost grown the habit of my soul.
Página 420 - To withdraw myself from myself (oh. that cursed selfishness !) has ever been my sole, my entire, my sincere motive in scribbling at all ; and publishing is also the continuance of the same object, by the action it affords to the mind, which else recoils upon itself.
Página 163 - And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
Página 440 - In the character of his Elegy I rejoice to concur with the common reader; for by the common sense of readers uncorrupted with literary prejudices, after all the refinements of subtilty and the dogmatism of learning, must be finally decided all claim to poetical honours.
Página 166 - This tremendous explosion was followed by a silence not less awful : the firing immediately ceased on both sides ; and the first sound which broke the silence was the dash of her shattered masts and yards falling into the water from the vast height to which they had been exploded.
Página 161 - Like leviathans afloat Lay their bulwarks on the brine ; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime, As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene, And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. "Hearts of oak!
Página 161 - Drew backward as before the offending part. The reeking entrails next he tore away, And to his meagre mastiffs made a prey. The pale assistants on each other stared, With gaping mouths for issuing words prepared : The still-born sounds upon the palate hung, And died imperfect on the faltering tongue.