The Pirate, Volumen1Archibald Constable and Company; and Hurst, Robinson, and Company, London, 1822 - 346 páginas |
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... persons of this description , and which , of course , were hard enough . The landlord him- self resided upon an estate which he possessed in a more eligible situation , in a different part of the island , and sel- dom visited his ...
... persons of this description , and which , of course , were hard enough . The landlord him- self resided upon an estate which he possessed in a more eligible situation , in a different part of the island , and sel- dom visited his ...
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... person of some conse- quence ; and although it was conjectured that he could not be rich , yet it was certainly known by his expenditure that neither was he absolutely poor . He had , besides , some powers of conversation , when , as we ...
... person of some conse- quence ; and although it was conjectured that he could not be rich , yet it was certainly known by his expenditure that neither was he absolutely poor . He had , besides , some powers of conversation , when , as we ...
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... person of rank superior to their own , was come to reside in the ruinous tenement which they still called the castle . In those days , ( for the present times are greatly altered for the better , ) the pre- sence of a superior , in such ...
... person of rank superior to their own , was come to reside in the ruinous tenement which they still called the castle . In those days , ( for the present times are greatly altered for the better , ) the pre- sence of a superior , in such ...
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... person spends the time within doors in feasting and merriment , this unhappy man would wrap himself in a dark - coloured sea cloak , and wander out along the stormy beach , or upon the desolate heath , in- dulging his own gloomy and ...
... person spends the time within doors in feasting and merriment , this unhappy man would wrap himself in a dark - coloured sea cloak , and wander out along the stormy beach , or upon the desolate heath , in- dulging his own gloomy and ...
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... person within whose mansion the means of such know- ledge was to be acquired . But the book of nature was before Minna , that noblest of volumes , where we are ever called to wonder and to admire , even when we cannot un- derstand . The ...
... person within whose mansion the means of such know- ledge was to be acquired . But the book of nature was before Minna , that noblest of volumes , where we are ever called to wonder and to admire , even when we cannot un- derstand . The ...
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Página 29 - SHE walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies ; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes : Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impair'd the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er her face ; Where thoughts serenely sweet express How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.
Página 207 - I pass, like night, from land to land; I have strange power of speech; That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me : To him my tale I teach.
Página 143 - Portugal I sung, Was but the prelude to that glorious day, When thou on silver Thames did'st cut thy way, With...
Página 26 - If strangers sometimes conceived that her fine features were clouded by melancholy for which her age and situation could scarce have given occasion, they were soon satisfied, upon further acquaintance, that the placid mild quietude of her disposition, and the mental energy of a character which was but little interested in ordinary and trivial occurrences, was the real...