The mystery developedA.K. Newman and Company, 1825 - 790 pages |
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... word for it , you will re- pent it hereafter , if you suffer him to remain any longer in your daughter's society : consider on it , sir Henry - con- sider on it seriously , and you'll see at once that I am right : bind him to some trade ...
... word for it , you will re- pent it hereafter , if you suffer him to remain any longer in your daughter's society : consider on it , sir Henry - con- sider on it seriously , and you'll see at once that I am right : bind him to some trade ...
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... word ! Mr. Stanhope was going to flog Frederick the other day for saying that wicked word . What are you thinking of , papa ? I'll tell you - you are think- ing if I love Frederick as much as he loves me . " 46 Yes , that is exactly ...
... word ! Mr. Stanhope was going to flog Frederick the other day for saying that wicked word . What are you thinking of , papa ? I'll tell you - you are think- ing if I love Frederick as much as he loves me . " 46 Yes , that is exactly ...
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... words , it stuck fast in my throat . A Graves indeed- " " Why , my dear , there was one of the name hanged in London some time ago , and— ” 66 My ears - for pity's sake don't men- tion it ! In London , did you say ? But I will not ...
... words , it stuck fast in my throat . A Graves indeed- " " Why , my dear , there was one of the name hanged in London some time ago , and— ” 66 My ears - for pity's sake don't men- tion it ! In London , did you say ? But I will not ...
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... words . " What is the boy to me , that I should thus feel a more than parental affection for him ? I loved Charles as I love the apple of my eye , and do still , for what son bet- ter deserves a father's love and esteem ? but I did not ...
... words . " What is the boy to me , that I should thus feel a more than parental affection for him ? I loved Charles as I love the apple of my eye , and do still , for what son bet- ter deserves a father's love and esteem ? but I did not ...
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... words with great self - importance , for she thought her house somewhat humbled by the degra- dation Mr. Grame brought upon it by becoming a music - master . She conceal- ed her anxiety , however , by affecting more than usual state and ...
... words with great self - importance , for she thought her house somewhat humbled by the degra- dation Mr. Grame brought upon it by becoming a music - master . She conceal- ed her anxiety , however , by affecting more than usual state and ...
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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...