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... - maid to carry the Colonel's billets - doux , lest by some unlucky mistake they should slide into the hand of her Lord . This I know , Mrs. Pru- dentia received intelligence of the Duchess of P.'s assignation with 15.
... - maid to carry the Colonel's billets - doux , lest by some unlucky mistake they should slide into the hand of her Lord . This I know , Mrs. Pru- dentia received intelligence of the Duchess of P.'s assignation with 15.
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... hands , she wished to qua- lify them for that life of dependence to which they seemed partial , by teach- ing them to hold their tongues . I am sorry to add , that in this instance also her excellent intentions were counter- acted by ...
... hands , she wished to qua- lify them for that life of dependence to which they seemed partial , by teach- ing them to hold their tongues . I am sorry to add , that in this instance also her excellent intentions were counter- acted by ...
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... the same person by different hands usually do each other , there is a vast advantage in being first at market ; and besides , the Horatian rule respecting the time that manuscripts should lie upon the shelf , will not apply 61.
... the same person by different hands usually do each other , there is a vast advantage in being first at market ; and besides , the Horatian rule respecting the time that manuscripts should lie upon the shelf , will not apply 61.
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... hand , but I trust the public will be predisposed to prefer an old friend now sinking in the vale of years , who has almost blinded herself in their ser- vice . The work itself certainly must excite attention on account of its ori ...
... hand , but I trust the public will be predisposed to prefer an old friend now sinking in the vale of years , who has almost blinded herself in their ser- vice . The work itself certainly must excite attention on account of its ori ...
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... hands . Actuated by family pride , without one iota of what was personal , Sir Walter felt it his duty to keep up the Mandeville dignity . He had public days , and presided at his table , sullen through pique , and awkward from a ...
... hands . Actuated by family pride , without one iota of what was personal , Sir Walter felt it his duty to keep up the Mandeville dignity . He had public days , and presided at his table , sullen through pique , and awkward from a ...
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Página 222 - I have of late— but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Página 255 - Happy in this, she is not yet so old But she may learn; happier than this, She is not bred so dull but she can learn; Happiest of all is that her gentle spirit Commits itself to yours to be directed, As from her lord, her governor, her king.
Página 192 - You hate me, you despise me ! you do well ; For what I've done I hate and scorn myself. Oh, night, fall on me ! I shall blush to death.
Página 202 - Prince! I blush to think what I have said, But fate has wrested the confession from me; Go on, and prosper in the paths of honour, Thy virtue will excuse my passion for thee, And make the Gods propitious to our love.
Página 239 - Alas ! from the day that we met, What hope of an end to my woes ? When I cannot endure to forget The glance that undid my repose. Yet time may diminish the pain : The flower, and the shrub, and the tree, Which I rear'd for her pleasure in vain, In time may have comfort for me.