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... seen , become perfectly lady - like , if we may apply such an expres- sion to a true Briton . I know one thing , my Lady Caroline impressed me with such a respect and awe for the fair sex , that at eighteen a tremor― blissful , indeed ...
... seen , become perfectly lady - like , if we may apply such an expres- sion to a true Briton . I know one thing , my Lady Caroline impressed me with such a respect and awe for the fair sex , that at eighteen a tremor― blissful , indeed ...
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... seen them trotted out . " This was considered a very sensible and practical remark , and the reading continued : " I have been doing centimental ; " here Popkins paused with a puzzled expression of countenance : " I always thought senti ...
... seen them trotted out . " This was considered a very sensible and practical remark , and the reading continued : " I have been doing centimental ; " here Popkins paused with a puzzled expression of countenance : " I always thought senti ...
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... seen that it was expedient not to trouble me yet a while . Johnny used to humour me about half an hour in the day , and make me do whatever he pleased the remaining twenty - three hours and a half ; he looked so like his sister Edith ...
... seen that it was expedient not to trouble me yet a while . Johnny used to humour me about half an hour in the day , and make me do whatever he pleased the remaining twenty - three hours and a half ; he looked so like his sister Edith ...
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... seen a lady ; at least , I mean , ever spoken or been friends with any ladylike women . Simp- kins and Co. is a very respectable firm in the saddlery line , and , I dare say , well suited to the mayor and sheriff line , but that does ...
... seen a lady ; at least , I mean , ever spoken or been friends with any ladylike women . Simp- kins and Co. is a very respectable firm in the saddlery line , and , I dare say , well suited to the mayor and sheriff line , but that does ...
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... seen already , " said I , thinking of Edith , and wishing I was in Eaton - square at that very moment , with Lady Elizabeth Waldgrave on one side , scolding me for not having been at church last Sunday , as was her custom , and on the ...
... seen already , " said I , thinking of Edith , and wishing I was in Eaton - square at that very moment , with Lady Elizabeth Waldgrave on one side , scolding me for not having been at church last Sunday , as was her custom , and on the ...
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answered appearance arms arrived asked beauty began believe better called Captain CHAPTER character Cobb coming considered course deal dinner doubt duty Edith effect Ellen eyes face feeling felt fire followed gave girl give half hand Hawkins head hear heard heart hope horse idea interest Ireland Johnny keep knew lady least leave light live looked manner matter means ment military mind Miss morning mother nature never night Nina O'Reilly officers once opinion passed perceived perhaps poor present quarters Ravenswood reason received regiment remarked replied returned round seemed seen short soon sort spirits suppose sure talk tell thing thought tion told took true turned wanted wish wonder young lady
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Página 259 - Nay then, farewell ! I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness : And, from that full meridian of my glory, I haste now to my setting. I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more.
Página 248 - THE CURFEW tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Página 126 - Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure: Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain!
Página 197 - The endeavour of this present breath may buy That honour, which shall bate his scythe's keen edge, And make us heirs of all eternity.
Página 126 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men. A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell...
Página 109 - The glorious, pious and immortal memory of the great and good King William — not forgetting Oliver Cromwell, who assisted in redeeming us from Popery, slavery, arbitrary power, brass money and wooden shoes.
Página 11 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years.
Página 20 - Act, other than the Person thereunto authorized by Law, shall assume or use the Name, Style, or Title of Archbishop of any Province, Bishop of any Bishoprick, or Dean of any Deanery, in England or Ireland, he shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay the Sum of One hundred Pounds.
Página 256 - They come, in dim procession led, The cold, the faithless, and the dead ; As warm each hand, each brow as gay, As if they parted yesterday.
Página 183 - Why, soldiers, why Should we be melancholy, boys, Why, soldiers, why ? Whose business 'tis to die...