The mystery developedA.K. Newman and Company, 1825 - 790 pages |
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... thing , if I had not Frederick to assist me . " 66 Why , Clementina , would you be so sorry to part with Frederick ? " 66 " I would indeed , sir ; and he would be so sorry to remain behind . " 66 Indeed " Indeed he would , sir . " " How ...
... thing , if I had not Frederick to assist me . " 66 Why , Clementina , would you be so sorry to part with Frederick ? " 66 " I would indeed , sir ; and he would be so sorry to remain behind . " 66 Indeed " Indeed he would , sir . " " How ...
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... thing ; but go away about your business . - Can it be possible ? " said he , after a moment's thought . " By all the gods in Germany , Burrows was right ! yet who the devil could suppose that he possessed so much penetration ? But so it ...
... thing ; but go away about your business . - Can it be possible ? " said he , after a moment's thought . " By all the gods in Germany , Burrows was right ! yet who the devil could suppose that he possessed so much penetration ? But so it ...
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... thing is excellent only as it is excellently applied ; and virtue is only a dream , till it is reduced to prac- tice . Novels are , therefore , neither good nor bad , abstracted from the manner in which they are executed ; and whenever ...
... thing is excellent only as it is excellently applied ; and virtue is only a dream , till it is reduced to prac- tice . Novels are , therefore , neither good nor bad , abstracted from the manner in which they are executed ; and whenever ...
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... thing has been left to your ma- nagement ; nor have I , even in the pre- sent instance , formed a resolution in which I do not intend to be guided by your advice , for I have always formed too high an estimate of your prudence , to ...
... thing has been left to your ma- nagement ; nor have I , even in the pre- sent instance , formed a resolution in which I do not intend to be guided by your advice , for I have always formed too high an estimate of your prudence , to ...
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... on very slight coinci- dences . It may be so , however . One thing is certain , that he has some of the family likeness in him . But why should that imprudent family 36 MYSTERY DEVELOPED . was beyond his comprehension. He gave ...
... on very slight coinci- dences . It may be so , however . One thing is certain , that he has some of the family likeness in him . But why should that imprudent family 36 MYSTERY DEVELOPED . was beyond his comprehension. He gave ...
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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...