Newton Forster; or, The merchant service, by the author of 'The king's own'.James Cochrane and Company, 11, Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, 1832 |
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... passed in the country . Having held several lucrative situations for many years , and , although not par- simonious , being very prudent in money concerns , he had amassed a very large fortune . More than once he had returned to England ...
... passed in the country . Having held several lucrative situations for many years , and , although not par- simonious , being very prudent in money concerns , he had amassed a very large fortune . More than once he had returned to England ...
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... passed at the colonel's house . Isabel listened to it with attention , her sisters with impatience , Miss Charlotte , with an air of consternation , in- quired whether the colonel had refused to receive them on being informed to the ...
... passed at the colonel's house . Isabel listened to it with attention , her sisters with impatience , Miss Charlotte , with an air of consternation , in- quired whether the colonel had refused to receive them on being informed to the ...
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... passed away , when Charlotte and Laura decided that they would go , and send back the carriage for Isabel , who by that time would have come to her senses . The heartless , unthinking girls tripped gaily down to the carriage and drove ...
... passed away , when Charlotte and Laura decided that they would go , and send back the carriage for Isabel , who by that time would have come to her senses . The heartless , unthinking girls tripped gaily down to the carriage and drove ...
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... passed through the office , but checked the wish , lest it should appear like pry- ing into his uncle's affairs . Being the month of February , it was dark long before six o'clock , and Newton was puzzled what to do with his father ...
... passed through the office , but checked the wish , lest it should appear like pry- ing into his uncle's affairs . Being the month of February , it was dark long before six o'clock , and Newton was puzzled what to do with his father ...
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... passed several times without his filling . When the ten minutes had elapsed , Mr. John Forster took his watch from the table , replaced it in his fob , and rose from his chair . Locking up the remainder of the wine , he quitted the ...
... passed several times without his filling . When the ten minutes had elapsed , Mr. John Forster took his watch from the table , replaced it in his fob , and rose from his chair . Locking up the remainder of the wine , he quitted the ...
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Página 151 - No towers along the steep; Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak, She quells the floods below, — As they roar on the shore, When the stormy winds do blow ; When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Página 136 - Mine through sunshine, storm, and snows; Seasons may roll, But the true soul Burns the same, where'er it goes.
Página 113 - Their only labour was to kill the time ; And labour dire it is, and weary woe. They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme •; Then, rising sudden, to the glass they go, Or saunter forth, with tottering step and slow : This soon too rude an exercise they find...
Página 14 - Then there were sighs, the deeper for suppression, And stolen glances, sweeter for the theft, And burning blushes, though for no transgression, Tremblings when met, and restlessness when left...
Página 74 - Angels and ministers of grace defend us ! — Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damn'd, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked, or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee, Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane: O, answer me: Let me not burst in ignorance!
Página 251 - Was there ever yet any thing written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's Progress?
Página 251 - ... such as he has assigned to his hero. Be this as it may, society is for ever indebted to the memory of De Foe for his production of a work, in which the ways of Providence are simply and pleasingly vindicated, and a lasting and useful moral is conveyed through the channel of an interesting and delightful story.
Página 27 - Rich in the gems of India's gaudy zone, And plunder piled from kingdoms not their own, Degenerate trade ! thy minions could despise The heart-born anguish of a thousand cries ; -Could lock, with impious hands, their teeming store, While...
Página 201 - Hope, of all passions, most befriends us here ; Passions of prouder name befriend us less. Joy has her tears ; and transport has her death : Hope, like a cordial, innocent, though strong, Man's heart, at once, inspirits and serenes...
Página 251 - by what charm it is that these ' Surprising Adventures' should have instantly pleased, and always pleased, it will be found, that few books have ever so naturally mingled amusement with instruction. The attention is fixed, either by the simplicity of the narration, or by the variety of the incidents ; the heart...