Temptation and atonement, and other tales, Volúmenes1-3 |
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... clerk ; not in an abject spirit , but in pure thankfulness for having been , for the last five - and - twenty years , an object of bounty to both . And , in his turn , John Downing was a man who had some need of bounty . In the ...
... clerk ; not in an abject spirit , but in pure thankfulness for having been , for the last five - and - twenty years , an object of bounty to both . And , in his turn , John Downing was a man who had some need of bounty . In the ...
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... clerk was consequently obliged to solicit for the boy who had been so ten- derly recommended to him on her deathbed by his unfortunate wife , the continued har- bour of his sister and brother - in - law . Till ten years old , therefore ...
... clerk was consequently obliged to solicit for the boy who had been so ten- derly recommended to him on her deathbed by his unfortunate wife , the continued har- bour of his sister and brother - in - law . Till ten years old , therefore ...
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... clerk , assured him were better than house or land . He had enforced the same axiom upon Jack . But the bolder boy dissented in toto . Be- cause neither house nor land was to be his portion , why was he forced to accept a horn- book in ...
... clerk , assured him were better than house or land . He had enforced the same axiom upon Jack . But the bolder boy dissented in toto . Be- cause neither house nor land was to be his portion , why was he forced to accept a horn- book in ...
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... wood in search of squirrels ' nests . For these pur- poses , the clerk's cottage was favourably situ- ated ; in the midst of a patch of garden ground at the bottom of Church Lane , di- vided 14 TEMPTATION AND ATONEMENT .
... wood in search of squirrels ' nests . For these pur- poses , the clerk's cottage was favourably situ- ated ; in the midst of a patch of garden ground at the bottom of Church Lane , di- vided 14 TEMPTATION AND ATONEMENT .
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... clerk . Luke , however , was content . Finding that nothing like brotherly love was to be won from the uncouth Jack , he satisfied him- self with the fondness lavished upon him by one who , since the death of his poor wife , had found ...
... clerk . Luke , however , was content . Finding that nothing like brotherly love was to be won from the uncouth Jack , he satisfied him- self with the fondness lavished upon him by one who , since the death of his poor wife , had found ...
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afford Aldridge baronet Black Lion Boscawen brother Cecilia Church Lane Cissy coffin Colonel Garrett Colonel Larpent Colston family comfort cottage cousin cried daugh dear death door endeavoured Esther Harman eyes face fancied favour fortune funeral garden girl grave green Hams hand happy Hart Hartington Hall heart hurried Inner Temple Jack John Downing John Downing's justice knew lady late Sir Clement Laurence Donovan letter lips look Luke Downing Master Downing ment mercy mind Miss Colston morning mother murder neighbour never niece Norcroft old Downing parish perhaps person poor clerk poor Downing poor Jack poor Luke present reached rector rendered replied resumed scarcely Sir Cle Sir Henry Sir Henry Fletcher Sir Mark Colston sister smile Sophia soul spot stood stranger stream thing tion uncle vestry vidual village voice Warling Wood wife Wigswell Wigswell's word young
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Página 85 - Till thou applaud the deed. Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale! Light thickens; and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood: Good things of day begin to droop and drowse; Whiles night's black agents to their preys do rouse.
Página 166 - Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
Página 123 - Sweet is a legacy, and passing sweet The unexpected death of some old lady Or gentleman of seventy years complete, Who've made
Página 68 - THE SONG OF A FELON'S WIFE. THE brand is on thy brow, A dark and guilty spot ; 'Tis ne'er to be erased ! 'Tis ne'er to be forgot ! The brand is on thy brow ! Yet / must shade the spot : For who will love thee now, If...
Página 214 - t were na for my Jeanie. O why should fate sic pleasure have, Life's dearest bands untwining ? Or why sae sweet a flower as love Depend on Fortune's shining ? This warld's wealth when I think on, Its pride, and a' the lave o't ; Fie, fie on silly coward man, That he should be the slave o't.
Página 187 - ... the worm that dieth not, and the fire that is not quenched.
Página 243 - She lies upon her pillow, pale, And moans within her sleep, Or wakeneth with a patient smile, And striveth not to weep ! How gentle and how good a child She is, we know too well, And dearer to her parents' hearts, Than our weak words can tell.
Página 201 - I wanted to see you. I wanted to tell you that I had heard from him. A ship letter. He is well. It was a hint from him that urged me to the duty you found me executing.
Página 14 - By lovely forms, and silent weather, And tender sounds, yet you might see At once that Peter Bell and she Had often been together. 'A savage wildness round him hung As of a dweller out of doors; In his whole figure and his mien A savage character was seen Of mountains and of dreary moors.