Bentley's Miscellany, 2. köideCharles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith Richard Bentley, 1837 |
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... wish ; but as fathers will be in the way on such occasions , - how can they be so hard - hearted ? —and as something like his consent was deemed necessary , Binks , through the medium of a friend , had the old man's sentiments sounded ...
... wish ; but as fathers will be in the way on such occasions , - how can they be so hard - hearted ? —and as something like his consent was deemed necessary , Binks , through the medium of a friend , had the old man's sentiments sounded ...
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... wish , —I am fallen off in my appetite . I could finish my ham , -three slices , and a few eggs ; but I am a little changed , Julia . Hussey , you've a sharp eye ; and to notice it ! " " Lord ! pa , " said the insidious Julia , " all ...
... wish , —I am fallen off in my appetite . I could finish my ham , -three slices , and a few eggs ; but I am a little changed , Julia . Hussey , you've a sharp eye ; and to notice it ! " " Lord ! pa , " said the insidious Julia , " all ...
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... wish to see it . A very agreeable young man showed them over the house . The more he examined it , the more he liked it ; every thing in it was so like what he once had . Why , Julia , this is your pianoforte ! let me hear you play ; I ...
... wish to see it . A very agreeable young man showed them over the house . The more he examined it , the more he liked it ; every thing in it was so like what he once had . Why , Julia , this is your pianoforte ! let me hear you play ; I ...
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... wish me to work as an amateur drudge . A suggestion so horrible made my flesh crawl ; I'm a gentleman quite , and of no use at all ! I've an uncle , or nephew , or kin of some kind , Who , to sit in St. Stephen's , once felt much inclin ...
... wish me to work as an amateur drudge . A suggestion so horrible made my flesh crawl ; I'm a gentleman quite , and of no use at all ! I've an uncle , or nephew , or kin of some kind , Who , to sit in St. Stephen's , once felt much inclin ...
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... wish him with her , but never out of sight . She appeared to be his only care ; his poor head seemed filled with nothing but thoughts of her . His friends used to send him trinkets , and money , and baubles , to amuse him ; and his ...
... wish him with her , but never out of sight . She appeared to be his only care ; his poor head seemed filled with nothing but thoughts of her . His friends used to send him trinkets , and money , and baubles , to amuse him ; and his ...
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Page 554 - She should have died hereafter ; There would have been a time for such a word. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death.
Page 551 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me— I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums, And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Page 459 - To plague the inventor; this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips.
Page 65 - I'll believe thee. Rom. If my heart's dear love — Jul. Well, do not swear: although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract to-night: It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden; Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be Ere one can say "It lightens.
Page 547 - Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day ; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale...
Page 363 - O for pity ! — we shall much disgrace With four or five most vile and ragged foils, Right ill-disposed in brawl ridiculous, The name of Agincourt.
Page 550 - The Prince of Cumberland ! that is a step On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap, For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires ; Let not light see my black and deep desires : The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be, Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.
Page 551 - Nought's had, all's spent, Where our desire is got without content : 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy, Than, by destruction, dwell in doubtful joy.
Page 544 - I hate the Moor: And it is thought abroad, that 'twixt my sheets He has done my office: I know not if t be true; But I, for mere suspicion in that kind, Will do as if for surety.
Page 550 - This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill; cannot be good: if ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth? I am thane of Cawdor: If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature?