The fatalists; or, Records of 1814 and 1815, Volúmenes4-51821 |
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... door , as lady Courteney might have wished , the stairs to gain sir Richard's apartment . He was informed by one of the housemaids whom he met in the corridor , that the ba ronet , only slightly indisposed , was read- ing the newspaper ...
... door , as lady Courteney might have wished , the stairs to gain sir Richard's apartment . He was informed by one of the housemaids whom he met in the corridor , that the ba ronet , only slightly indisposed , was read- ing the newspaper ...
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... door , when the baronet's well - known voice from within , and to which our hero's heart , with quickened throb , affectionately responded , bade him enter . Plunket , feeling some inquietude as to the reception he might receive , with ...
... door , when the baronet's well - known voice from within , and to which our hero's heart , with quickened throb , affectionately responded , bade him enter . Plunket , feeling some inquietude as to the reception he might receive , with ...
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... door of the apartment , exclaim- ed , in a whining tone- " My lady , my poor lady ! sir Richard , come instantly to her assistance . There she is dying , thrown into a fit , that will certainly kill her , by Mr. Plunket's ungentlemanly ...
... door of the apartment , exclaim- ed , in a whining tone- " My lady , my poor lady ! sir Richard , come instantly to her assistance . There she is dying , thrown into a fit , that will certainly kill her , by Mr. Plunket's ungentlemanly ...
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mrs. Kelly. pleased eye of the wearied traveller the black board over the door , that in white letters promised good entertainment . Here , when Plunket had consigned his horse for the night to the care of the host , who promised the ...
mrs. Kelly. pleased eye of the wearied traveller the black board over the door , that in white letters promised good entertainment . Here , when Plunket had consigned his horse for the night to the care of the host , who promised the ...
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... door disturbed the current of his thoughts , and gave a sudden interruption to the re- pose of his sleeping companion . The host , roused thus suddenly out of his snoring fit , started from his recumbent posture in the chimney corner ...
... door disturbed the current of his thoughts , and gave a sudden interruption to the re- pose of his sleeping companion . The host , roused thus suddenly out of his snoring fit , started from his recumbent posture in the chimney corner ...
Términos y frases comunes
agitation alarm anxiety anxious appeared arms attention baronet beloved betray breast Brussels calm captain Plunket chaise colonel Clairfait countenance Courteney's cried danger dared daugh dear Charles dear Fanny dear Geraldine death despair disappointment door dread engaged entertain exclaimed exposed eyes Fairfield Fanny's fate favour fear feelings felt ford Gauntlet gave Geraldine's give guilty hand happiness heart Heaven hero heroine honour hope Horatia horror husband impatient indignation innocent inquired insult Jenny Kitty La Haye Sainte lady Courteney lady's late madam major Blandford marquis of Waramour marriage ment mind morning nature ness night O'Grady Oldenrig painful passion Patt perceived person pity Plun possessed present prove quired ready regard regret reply repose retired scarce secret sion sir Richard Soignies soul spect spirit stood sudden suffer tears tender terror thoughts thousand guineas tion tone trembling turbed turn uncon urged vols Wentworth wife woman wounded wretched zard
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Página 27 - Meantime I seek no sympathies, nor need ; The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree I planted : they have torn me, and I bleed : I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed.
Página 274 - Implored your highness' pardon and set forth A deep repentance : nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it ; he died As one that had been studied in his death, To throw away the dearest thing he owed* As 'twere a careless trifle.
Página 15 - I am one, my liege, Whom the vile blows and buffets of the world Have so incensed that I am reckless what I do to spite the world.
Página 73 - Oh grief, beyond all other griefs, when fate First leaves the young heart lone and desolate In the wide world, without that only tie For which it loved to live or feared to die ; — Lorn as the hung-up lute, that ne'er hath spoken Since the sad day its master-chord was broken...
Página 300 - All Sorts of Lovers, or Indiscretion, Truth, and Perfidy, by Henry Summerset, Author of the Mad Man of the Mountains, &c. 3 vols 0 15...
Página 168 - When fortune changed, and love fled far, And hatred's shafts flew thick and fast, Thou wert the solitary star Which rose and set not to the last.
Página 168 - Now led against thee ; and, let conquerors boast Their fields of fame, he who in virtue arms A young, warm spirit against beauty's charms, Who feels her brightness, yet defies her thrall, Is the best, bravest conqueror of them all.
Página 77 - What female vanity might fear to know : Some merit's mine, to dare to be sincere : But greater your's, sincerity to bear. Hard is the fortune that your sex attends; Women, like princes, find few real friends: All who approach them their own ends pursue ; Lovers and ministers are seldom true.
Página 197 - tis idle rage : Oh ! mark it not ; but let thy steady virtue Be constant to its temper. Save his life, And save Arpasia from the sport of talkers. Think, how the busy, meddling world will toss Thy mighty name about, in scurril mirth ; Shall brand thy vengeance, as a foul design, And make such monstrous legends of our lives, As late posterity shall blush in reading.