The Red Barn: A Tale, Founded on FactJ. Bennett, 1831 - 716 Seiten |
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... for their works , we shall only mention the name of Sir Walter Scott . In some of the most interesting and affecting of his earlier productions , his plots entirely turn on cases of this kind ; and one of ív PREFACE .
... for their works , we shall only mention the name of Sir Walter Scott . In some of the most interesting and affecting of his earlier productions , his plots entirely turn on cases of this kind ; and one of ív PREFACE .
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A Tale, Founded on Fact William Maginn. turn on cases of this kind ; and one of the best stories in his last work , " The Tales of the Canongate , " is that of a murderer at whose trial he was himself present : -we mean the tale of " The ...
A Tale, Founded on Fact William Maginn. turn on cases of this kind ; and one of the best stories in his last work , " The Tales of the Canongate , " is that of a murderer at whose trial he was himself present : -we mean the tale of " The ...
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... kind , but volatile ; she had all the gaiety and thoughtlessness that belong to youth and innocence ; all her feelings and pro- pensities were on the side of virtue , by nature rather than by precept , —she was virtuously in- clined ...
... kind , but volatile ; she had all the gaiety and thoughtlessness that belong to youth and innocence ; all her feelings and pro- pensities were on the side of virtue , by nature rather than by precept , —she was virtuously in- clined ...
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... kind that he could have wished . Indeed , the fact was , that Maria loved Harry better than any one - her parents excepted : his company was always agreeable to her . Her father was fond of Harry's society , and liked to have him as an ...
... kind that he could have wished . Indeed , the fact was , that Maria loved Harry better than any one - her parents excepted : his company was always agreeable to her . Her father was fond of Harry's society , and liked to have him as an ...
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... kind , -she could think of nothing but the prediction of the fortune- teller , in whose prophetic power she implicitly believed . 66 So , then , " said she to herself , " I am really to be a lady after all ; -how delightful ! How ...
... kind , -she could think of nothing but the prediction of the fortune- teller , in whose prophetic power she implicitly believed . 66 So , then , " said she to herself , " I am really to be a lady after all ; -how delightful ! How ...
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The Red Barn: A Tale, Founded on Fact - Primary Source Edition William Maginn Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2014 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
advertisement answer appearance Beauty body buried Captain Creed Carribles character child Colchester connexion Coroner cottage cried daughter dear death dress entered evidence exclaimed father favourable fear feelings female fortune fortune-teller gentleman girl give guilty hand handkerchief Hannah happy Harry Everton head hear heard heart honour hour Ipswich Isle of Wight Jack Jack Smith Jury Killganders knew lady letter living London look manner Manningtree Maria Marten marriage married mind morning mother murder nard nature never night o'clock officer old Barnard old Marten Orridge passed passion person pistols Polstead postchaise present prisoner racter Red Barn render replied Barnard respectable returned Smith soon sphenoidal sinus Stafford Jackson Sudbury Suffolk tell thought tion told Tom Ricketts took voice Warren wife William Barnard William Corder witness woman wound Xiutototle Yarmouth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 355 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Seite 484 - Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear Thy very stones prate of my where-about, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it.
Seite 1 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please: How often have I loiter'd o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endear'd each scene ! How often have I...
Seite 674 - April next, and that, at two o'clock in the afternoon of that day, you be taken thence to the place of execution, and there be hanged by the neck till you are dead! dead! dead ! And may the Almighty God have mercy on your soul...
Seite 180 - Tis raging noon ; and, vertical, the Sun Darts on the head direct his forceful rays. O'er heaven and earth, far as the ranging eye Can sweep, a dazzling deluge reigns; and all From pole to pole is undistinguished blaze.
Seite 439 - Come unto me all ye who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Seite 643 - EF, one mortal wound, of the depth of four inches, and of the breadth of half an inch ; of which said mortal wound he the said EF then and there instantly died.
Seite 181 - Welcome, ye shades ! ye bowery thickets, hail ! Ye lofty pines ! ye venerable oaks ! Ye ashes wild, resounding o'er the steep ! Delicious is your shelter to the soul, As to the hunted hart the sallying spring...
Seite 620 - ... a third liaison with the man who became her deliberate murderer. William Corder was the son of an opulent farmer at Polstead, and having become acquainted with the unfortunate girl Marten the consequence of an illicit intercourse which took place between them, was a child. From that time he became much attached to her, and was a frequent visitor at her father's house. The child died within a short period of its birth, and from the circumstances of its...
Seite 205 - I received you ; Courted, and sought to raise you to your merits : My house, my table, nay, my fortune too, My very self was yours; you might have...