The mystery developedA.K. Newman and Company, 1825 - 790 pages |
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... lady Graves , which took place about two years before . He perceived , however , that he had hurt her vanity by the allusion ; but seeming not to observe it , he arose , and walked to the other end of the room , where Fre- derick and ...
... lady Graves , which took place about two years before . He perceived , however , that he had hurt her vanity by the allusion ; but seeming not to observe it , he arose , and walked to the other end of the room , where Fre- derick and ...
Page 39
... lady Graves . It must be so - Frederick is my son ; and as his mother is in America , God knows how or when the truth will be found out . Let me see it is only a right which you owe him ' - why , I say again , what right have I to ...
... lady Graves . It must be so - Frederick is my son ; and as his mother is in America , God knows how or when the truth will be found out . Let me see it is only a right which you owe him ' - why , I say again , what right have I to ...
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... lady of Cle- mentina's rank should be instructed ex- cept by those who were themselves re- spectably descended ; and as she could not always always satisfy herself in this point , none of Clementina's 42 MYSTERY DEVELOPED .
... lady of Cle- mentina's rank should be instructed ex- cept by those who were themselves re- spectably descended ; and as she could not always always satisfy herself in this point , none of Clementina's 42 MYSTERY DEVELOPED .
Page 68
... lady , and he frequent- ly accused himself of his own nervous timidity . His timidity however did not arise from a delicacy of feeling , or of principle , but from an actual fear of lo- sing his situation . Determined there- fore to go ...
... lady , and he frequent- ly accused himself of his own nervous timidity . His timidity however did not arise from a delicacy of feeling , or of principle , but from an actual fear of lo- sing his situation . Determined there- fore to go ...
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... lady , is very desirous of seeing me ; and that , as far as he can judge , she wishes to re- new our former intimacy . As her cir- cumstances are independent , and her fa- mily highly respectable , I would be per- fectly regardless of ...
... lady , is very desirous of seeing me ; and that , as far as he can judge , she wishes to re- new our former intimacy . As her cir- cumstances are independent , and her fa- mily highly respectable , I would be per- fectly regardless of ...
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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...