De Clifford; or, The constant man, by the author of 'Tremaine'. |
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... look to what his pro- genitors had been , he would , perhaps , have been hap- pier . But luckily these interruptions came not often , and did not last long . Our name , which had been for centuries on the grand jury , was not yet struck ...
... look to what his pro- genitors had been , he would , perhaps , have been hap- pier . But luckily these interruptions came not often , and did not last long . Our name , which had been for centuries on the grand jury , was not yet struck ...
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... look was most demurely sad ; And now I laugh'd aloud , yet none knew why : The neighbours stared and sigh'd , yet blessed the lad ; Some deem'd him wond'rous wise , and some believ'd him mad . " * One thing indeed inclined my good ...
... look was most demurely sad ; And now I laugh'd aloud , yet none knew why : The neighbours stared and sigh'd , yet blessed the lad ; Some deem'd him wond'rous wise , and some believ'd him mad . " * One thing indeed inclined my good ...
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... look for either profit or improvement to be had for twenty pounds a year ? What either of scholarship or knowledge of mankind ( the only know- ledge perhaps worth having ) , can be acquired , as all public - school men will exclaim , in ...
... look for either profit or improvement to be had for twenty pounds a year ? What either of scholarship or knowledge of mankind ( the only know- ledge perhaps worth having ) , can be acquired , as all public - school men will exclaim , in ...
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... look of superiority , and , as it were , of fashion ( though of that I then knew nothing ) , when accompanied and set off by such beau- tiful sentiments ! Foljambe had , however , a most extraordinary warmth and vigour in all his ...
... look of superiority , and , as it were , of fashion ( though of that I then knew nothing ) , when accompanied and set off by such beau- tiful sentiments ! Foljambe had , however , a most extraordinary warmth and vigour in all his ...
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... looks gloomily on futurity , and always possesses in idea whatever it chooses to wish for ; all these were enjoyments , not the less felt , because perhaps , at the time , not well understood . But there were others of a more distinct ...
... looks gloomily on futurity , and always possesses in idea whatever it chooses to wish for ; all these were enjoyments , not the less felt , because perhaps , at the time , not well understood . But there were others of a more distinct ...
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Seite 163 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Seite 328 - ... uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules: within a month, Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her galled eyes, She married.
Seite 9 - As made the things more rich; their perfume lost, Take these again; for to the noble mind Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.
Seite 246 - True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise ; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self ; and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions...
Seite 329 - Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment?
Seite 19 - O how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ? The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields...
Seite 7 - Thou, nature, art my goddess ; to thy law My services are bound : Wherefore should I Stand in the plague of custom ; and permit The curiosity of nations to deprive me, For that I am some twelve or fourteen moon-shines Lag of a brother? Why bastard?
Seite 246 - ... it wants within itself, and receives no addition from multitudes of witnesses and spectators. On the contrary, false happiness loves to be in a crowd, and to draw the eyes of the world upon her. She does not receive any satisfaction from the applauses which she gives herself, but from the admiration which she raises in others.
Seite 353 - Methinks I should know you, and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant What place this is; and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me; For (as I am a man) I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Seite 88 - Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field ; Let us lodge in the villages. Let us get up early to the vineyards; Let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, And the pomegranates bud forth: There will I give thee my loves.