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Page 5
... added the lady of the manor , “ is no other than the ancient heathen literature ;
and it might perhaps be very useful on the present occasion to enquire whether
the dark shadows of paganism are so absolutely passed away from Christendom
...
... added the lady of the manor , “ is no other than the ancient heathen literature ;
and it might perhaps be very useful on the present occasion to enquire whether
the dark shadows of paganism are so absolutely passed away from Christendom
...
Page 36
... for he presently , though with great ease , and apparently without design ,
passed from more common to more refined topics , making several allusions to
literary subjects , which proved that he had read largely , if not deeply . A distant
sound ...
... for he presently , though with great ease , and apparently without design ,
passed from more common to more refined topics , making several allusions to
literary subjects , which proved that he had read largely , if not deeply . A distant
sound ...
Page 41
As I have here given a very circumstantial account of my first evening at
Swetzinghen , I shall not trouble you , my friend , with any very particular detail of
the few ensuing days which we passed at this place ; all of which were devoted to
such ...
As I have here given a very circumstantial account of my first evening at
Swetzinghen , I shall not trouble you , my friend , with any very particular detail of
the few ensuing days which we passed at this place ; all of which were devoted to
such ...
Page 44
not help enquiring of myself , ' Are these the qualities which are suitable to a child
of the dust ? to a creature whose breath is in his nostrils ? who is liable every
moment to dissolution from a thousand accidents ? and who after death must
pass ...
not help enquiring of myself , ' Are these the qualities which are suitable to a child
of the dust ? to a creature whose breath is in his nostrils ? who is liable every
moment to dissolution from a thousand accidents ? and who after death must
pass ...
Page 93
Whereupon , the latter discharged a pistol at my father's head , the ball of which
passed through his hat , without doing him any injury : but it is supposed that by
some other act of violence he was brought to the ground in a state of insensibility
.
Whereupon , the latter discharged a pistol at my father's head , the ball of which
passed through his hat , without doing him any injury : but it is supposed that by
some other act of violence he was brought to the ground in a state of insensibility
.
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| Title | The Lady of the Manor, 3. köide The Lady of the Manor, Mary Martha Sherwood |
| Author | Mary Martha Sherwood |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | Houlston and Stoneman, 1841 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 25 nov. 2014 |
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