Temptation and Atonement, and Other Tales, Volumen1H. Colburn, 1847 |
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... appearance . But the families coeval with his own knew better ; and were disposed indeed to retrace the oddity of his habits to having been as much married as possible , -married to a woman who gave him so sickening a dose of matrimony ...
... appearance . But the families coeval with his own knew better ; and were disposed indeed to retrace the oddity of his habits to having been as much married as possible , -married to a woman who gave him so sickening a dose of matrimony ...
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... appearance , " Jack Downing , conscious of seeing four cousins and two aunts , and afraid lest he might chance to see two Esthers , if he did not skulk off and make the best of his way home to his work , abandoned the field to his ...
... appearance , " Jack Downing , conscious of seeing four cousins and two aunts , and afraid lest he might chance to see two Esthers , if he did not skulk off and make the best of his way home to his work , abandoned the field to his ...
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... appearance to welcome their visiter ; and long before the conclusion of her mother's homily , the nosegay had been given and accepted , unperceived by the some- what lengthy expounder of Dr. Watts ' pleasing philosophy . But , from that ...
... appearance to welcome their visiter ; and long before the conclusion of her mother's homily , the nosegay had been given and accepted , unperceived by the some- what lengthy expounder of Dr. Watts ' pleasing philosophy . But , from that ...
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... appearance at Hartington ; never , unless for the purpose of wrangling out of his father the means of indulging more costly vices than were within reach of a farming man's wages . He usually came penniless , and rarely went away empty ...
... appearance at Hartington ; never , unless for the purpose of wrangling out of his father the means of indulging more costly vices than were within reach of a farming man's wages . He usually came penniless , and rarely went away empty ...
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... appearance to require the attendance of Downing at the Black Lion , when he saw the state of mind to which the mere proposal reduced him , he had too much tenderness towards his respected old neighbour , not to hurry back to the court ...
... appearance to require the attendance of Downing at the Black Lion , when he saw the state of mind to which the mere proposal reduced him , he had too much tenderness towards his respected old neighbour , not to hurry back to the court ...
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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 187 - ... the worm that dieth not, and the fire that is not quenched.
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 1 - She shineth and smileth on every thing. Where come the sheep ? To the rich man's moor. Where cometh sleep ? To the bed that's poor. Peasants must weep, And kings endure ; That is a fate that none can cure...
Página 68 - A FELON'S WIFE. THE brand is on thy brow, A dark and guilty spot ; 'T is ne'er to be erased ! 'T is ne'er to be forgot ! The brand is on thy brow, Yet I must shade the spot : For who will love thee now, If I love thee not...
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.
Página 292 - Gardens feed no fruits nor flowers, But childless seem, and in decay ; The traitor clock forsakes the hours, And points to times — oh, far away ! And the steed no longer neigheth, Nor paws the startled ground ; And the...
Página 201 - I was coming to visit you this morning, uncle," said she, in a broken voice, " even if we had not met in Warling Wood. 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."