The mystery developedA.K. Newman and Company, 1825 - 790 pages |
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... assure you I felt no uneasiness on that account , I promise you - not the least : my daughter will be too knowing for him- she'll know her place , I'll warrant her . " " And I trust mine shall , Mr. Bur- rows , " returned sir Henry ...
... assure you I felt no uneasiness on that account , I promise you - not the least : my daughter will be too knowing for him- she'll know her place , I'll warrant her . " " And I trust mine shall , Mr. Bur- rows , " returned sir Henry ...
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... ; no doubt you have good rea- sons for thinking so , sir Henry ; and did I not think so myself , I assure you I would not have suffered him to re- C 5 main main in this house , the companion of my niece MYSTERY DEVELOPED . 33.
... ; no doubt you have good rea- sons for thinking so , sir Henry ; and did I not think so myself , I assure you I would not have suffered him to re- C 5 main main in this house , the companion of my niece MYSTERY DEVELOPED . 33.
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... assure you , madam , " said he , " it is not without a grateful remem- brance of the many favours I have re- ceived from you and sir Henry , that I shall leave Graves Hall . ” " Have you acquainted sir Henry with your intention ? " Have ...
... assure you , madam , " said he , " it is not without a grateful remem- brance of the many favours I have re- ceived from you and sir Henry , that I shall leave Graves Hall . ” " Have you acquainted sir Henry with your intention ? " Have ...
Page 69
... assure you I will miss your society very much . Sir Henry , you know , is seldom at home , and finds more delight in his hounds , or in visit- ing his tenantry , than he does in re- maining with me . Besides , he talks sometimes of ...
... assure you I will miss your society very much . Sir Henry , you know , is seldom at home , and finds more delight in his hounds , or in visit- ing his tenantry , than he does in re- maining with me . Besides , he talks sometimes of ...
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... assure you that no anticipated happiness can recompence the pain I must endure in quitting Graves Hall . " " Why then do you leave us - or are the motives that urge your departure of a private nature ? " 66 Truly , madam , they are ...
... assure you that no anticipated happiness can recompence the pain I must endure in quitting Graves Hall . " " Why then do you leave us - or are the motives that urge your departure of a private nature ? " 66 Truly , madam , they are ...
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Page 65 - Music the fiercest grief can charm, And Fate's severest rage disarm ; Music can soften pain to ease, And make despair and madness please : Our joys below it can improve, And antedate the bliss above. This the divine Cecilia found, And to her Maker's praise confined the sound. When the full organ joins the tuneful quire, Th...
Page 124 - Long-sounding aisles, and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence., and a dread repose: Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Page 177 - All fame is foreign but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart: One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas; And more true joy Marcellus exiled feels, Than Caesar with a senate at his heels. In parts superior what advantage lies? Tell (for you can) what is it to be wise ? 'Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others...