The mystery developedA.K. Newman and Company, 1825 - 790 pages |
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Page 32
... soon ; and were they never to meet again , it would be so much the better . " 66 Nay , now you are angry with the urchin ; don't you know that boys will be playing those wild pranks ? Gad- zooks , Elizabeth , I recollect , when I was a ...
... soon ; and were they never to meet again , it would be so much the better . " 66 Nay , now you are angry with the urchin ; don't you know that boys will be playing those wild pranks ? Gad- zooks , Elizabeth , I recollect , when I was a ...
Page 52
... soon be- came acquainted with the fate of his predecessors , and he resolved to exercise an ingenuity which seldom failed him , in avoiding a similar destiny . Of his abilities as a performer and a teacher of music , and of his ...
... soon be- came acquainted with the fate of his predecessors , and he resolved to exercise an ingenuity which seldom failed him , in avoiding a similar destiny . Of his abilities as a performer and a teacher of music , and of his ...
Page 70
... feel in losing the society of an acquaintance , is soon re- moved by the activity of the social prin- ciple , which begins to seek out for , and ciple , 70 MYSTERY DEVELOPED . and her too credulous father, for not ...
... feel in losing the society of an acquaintance , is soon re- moved by the activity of the social prin- ciple , which begins to seek out for , and ciple , 70 MYSTERY DEVELOPED . and her too credulous father, for not ...
Page 93
... soon as Dennis found himself set- tled to his satisfaction , he wrote a letter to his cousin , of which the following is a correct copy : - " DEAR LARRY , " I sind these few lines to you , hopin they will find you in good helth , as i ...
... soon as Dennis found himself set- tled to his satisfaction , he wrote a letter to his cousin , of which the following is a correct copy : - " DEAR LARRY , " I sind these few lines to you , hopin they will find you in good helth , as i ...
Page 96
... soon run down the hair , and faith , I took care to be the furst in , and get the scut myself ; and by - and - by who comes up but sir Henry himself , as fine a lookin gintleman , Larry , as you'd find in all Munster , Ulster , Linster ...
... soon run down the hair , and faith , I took care to be the furst in , and get the scut myself ; and by - and - by who comes up but sir Henry himself , as fine a lookin gintleman , Larry , as you'd find in all Munster , Ulster , Linster ...
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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...