De Clifford: Or, the Constant Man, Band 2Henry Colburn, 1841 - 4 Seiten |
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... less kind than his usual manner . It was apparent that my translation , as he called it , to Foljambe Park , had not given him pleasure . I did not suspect him of being one of those counsellors so jealous of their own wisdom that they ...
... less kind than his usual manner . It was apparent that my translation , as he called it , to Foljambe Park , had not given him pleasure . I did not suspect him of being one of those counsellors so jealous of their own wisdom that they ...
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... less use to him in diverting his attention from a seeming trouble brought upon him by a large packet of letters , sent him through the Hanover mission in London , from Germany . It arrived just as the dessert came upon table , and , in ...
... less use to him in diverting his attention from a seeming trouble brought upon him by a large packet of letters , sent him through the Hanover mission in London , from Germany . It arrived just as the dessert came upon table , and , in ...
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... less did my when I entered the summer - house which I formerly described as decorated with the armorial bearings of her maternal ancestors . This was , in summer time , a sort of supplementary common room , in addition to the great ...
... less did my when I entered the summer - house which I formerly described as decorated with the armorial bearings of her maternal ancestors . This was , in summer time , a sort of supplementary common room , in addition to the great ...
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... less scruple to peruse it . It seemed to represent an answer to a letter which had been received , and it ran thus : - " Je ne doute point , chère Maman , que le séjour de la campagne ne vous soit très utile . Le spectacle qu'on y ...
... less scruple to peruse it . It seemed to represent an answer to a letter which had been received , and it ran thus : - " Je ne doute point , chère Maman , que le séjour de la campagne ne vous soit très utile . Le spectacle qu'on y ...
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... less to friends who respect him as we do . ” " Alas ! " said I , " though while in possession of reason , it requires no forecast , nay , it would demand a miracle , to transgress a respect which fills every thought of my brain , and ...
... less to friends who respect him as we do . ” " Alas ! " said I , " though while in possession of reason , it requires no forecast , nay , it would demand a miracle , to transgress a respect which fills every thought of my brain , and ...
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a-doing ambition amusing answered asked Autolycus beautiful began believe Bertha better Binfield Bolton-le-Moors called character charming Chubb Clifford dinner enjoy eyes father favourite fear feel felt Firebrass flowers Foljambe Fothergill garden gave Gayford gentleman Gil Blas give Granville Handcock happy heard heart heaven honour hope hour interest John Jolly Angler knapsack knew lady landlord laugh least leave look Lord Lord Badlesmere Lord Ligonier Lord Privy Seal Manners Mary master ment mind morning nature ness never night observed open album Oxford pedlar perhaps pleased pleasure poor pray racter reason recollections replied retired returned Royal Oak Ryegate scene Sedbergh seemed shewed sight Sir Simeon solitude soon soothing sort suppose sure sweet talk taste tell Thatcham thing thought tion told town turned walk Wallingford Winter's Tale wish young youth
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Seite 187 - 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 33 - 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 270 - 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 144 - Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way, And merrily hent the stile-a : A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a.
Seite 163 - He rode upon a cherub, and did fly : yea, He did fly upon the wings of the wind. He made darkness His secret place ; His pavilion round about Him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Seite 17 - 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 270 - ... 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 112 - 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.
Seite 210 - Once again I see These hedgerows, hardly hedgerows, little lines Of sportive wood run wild ; these pastoral farms, Green to the very door...
Seite 14 - That live according to her sober laws, And holy dictate of spare Temperance: If every just man that now pines with want Had but a moderate and beseeming share Of that which lewdly pampered Luxury Now heaps upon some few with vast excess, Nature's full blessings would be well dispensed In unsuperfluous even proportion, And she no whit encumbered with her store...