First Love: A Novel, 3. köideSaunders & Otley, 1830 |
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... took up a paper , it was the first word she saw ! It seemed written in talismanic characters ! It stood out from the page , and offered itself to her view , ere , at least , she was conscious of having sought for it . Yet there were ...
... took up a paper , it was the first word she saw ! It seemed written in talismanic characters ! It stood out from the page , and offered itself to her view , ere , at least , she was conscious of having sought for it . Yet there were ...
Page 28
... took fire at the thought ; but , alas ! he had neither talent nor steadiness to sustain him in the high resolves which such feelings suggested . The insufficient impulse carried him into the midst of daring under- takings , and there ...
... took fire at the thought ; but , alas ! he had neither talent nor steadiness to sustain him in the high resolves which such feelings suggested . The insufficient impulse carried him into the midst of daring under- takings , and there ...
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... immediate orders to clear for action . In the mean time , he bore down upon the enemy , and took up , unfortunately , a far from favourable position . It was one , however , in which he could bring a broadside to FIRST LOVE . 29.
... immediate orders to clear for action . In the mean time , he bore down upon the enemy , and took up , unfortunately , a far from favourable position . It was one , however , in which he could bring a broadside to FIRST LOVE . 29.
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... , we are not aware . But what will sensible people say , when we confess that our heroine actually preserved this strange likeness of a lover , and even took a sly oppor- tunity of slipping it into the interior of the said FIRST LOVE . 53.
... , we are not aware . But what will sensible people say , when we confess that our heroine actually preserved this strange likeness of a lover , and even took a sly oppor- tunity of slipping it into the interior of the said FIRST LOVE . 53.
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... took quite a pleasure in writing that cruel letter , and fan- cying how wretched it would make us all ! - For Edmund is not like you ; every body loves him , poor dear fellow ! " " Candid , at least ! " observed Henry , 60 FIRST LOVE .
... took quite a pleasure in writing that cruel letter , and fan- cying how wretched it would make us all ! - For Edmund is not like you ; every body loves him , poor dear fellow ! " " Candid , at least ! " observed Henry , 60 FIRST LOVE .
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Page 39 - Why hast thou told me, Hidallan, that my hero fell ? I might have hoped a little while his return ; I might have thought I saw him on the distant rock ; a tree might have deceived me with his appearance ; the wind of the hill might have been the sound of his horn in mine ear. O that I were on the banks of Carun ! that my tears might be warm on his cheek ! HIDALLAN.