The Pirate, Volumen1Archibald Constable and Company; and Hurst, Robinson, and Company, London, 1822 - 346 páginas |
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... speak upon general subjects , as upon his own affairs . But he was sometimes led into dis- cussions , which showed , as it were in spite of himself , the scholar and the man of the world ; and , at other times , as if in requital of the ...
... speak upon general subjects , as upon his own affairs . But he was sometimes led into dis- cussions , which showed , as it were in spite of himself , the scholar and the man of the world ; and , at other times , as if in requital of the ...
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... speak plainly , ( I wish they were peculiar to himself , ) of cultivating the glebe six days in the week , preaching on the seventh with due regu- larity , and dining with some fat franklin or country laird , with whom he could smoke a ...
... speak plainly , ( I wish they were peculiar to himself , ) of cultivating the glebe six days in the week , preaching on the seventh with due regu- larity , and dining with some fat franklin or country laird , with whom he could smoke a ...
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... speaking of his farm - ser- vants and horses , " make it all , and the carles and cart- avers eat it all ; " a conclusion which might sum up the year - book of many a gentleman - farmer . Matters would have soon been brought to a close ...
... speaking of his farm - ser- vants and horses , " make it all , and the carles and cart- avers eat it all ; " a conclusion which might sum up the year - book of many a gentleman - farmer . Matters would have soon been brought to a close ...
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... speak of what is in the house , and a fitting man to have the charge of it . - Hark , as I live by bread , Thear a tapping at the outer yett . " 66 Go and open it then , Baby , " said her brother , glad at any thing that promised to ...
... speak of what is in the house , and a fitting man to have the charge of it . - Hark , as I live by bread , Thear a tapping at the outer yett . " 66 Go and open it then , Baby , " said her brother , glad at any thing that promised to ...
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... speak to ye about a gold mine , I ken weel wha would promise he suld have Portugal pieces clinking in his pouch before the year gaed by . " " And why suld I not ? " said Triptolemus- " may be your head does not know there is a land in ...
... speak to ye about a gold mine , I ken weel wha would promise he suld have Portugal pieces clinking in his pouch before the year gaed by . " " And why suld I not ? " said Triptolemus- " may be your head does not know there is a land in ...
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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...