The Old CommodoreRoutledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1863 - 311 pages |
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... feelings , tinged them with a gory hue . How soon does satisfaction pall upon the acts that glorify us ! As years pass on , they are too often either remembered with disgust , or they fade away from our memory for ever . But the great ...
... feelings , tinged them with a gory hue . How soon does satisfaction pall upon the acts that glorify us ! As years pass on , they are too often either remembered with disgust , or they fade away from our memory for ever . But the great ...
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... feelings an object , and one connected with the desponding affection that he swore could never be eradicated . She contrived , in the first place , without permitting him to do more than suspect from what hand the boon came , to place ...
... feelings an object , and one connected with the desponding affection that he swore could never be eradicated . She contrived , in the first place , without permitting him to do more than suspect from what hand the boon came , to place ...
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... feelings . Hitherto , he had been a most successful man ; that he had lost his left arm , had his forehead cloven in twain , and the sight of one of his eyes extinguished , he regarded as matters of course , trifles not worth speaking ...
... feelings . Hitherto , he had been a most successful man ; that he had lost his left arm , had his forehead cloven in twain , and the sight of one of his eyes extinguished , he regarded as matters of course , trifles not worth speaking ...
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... feeling that only a mind inured to reflection pos- sesses ; yes , he loved her tenderly , but , as yet , without passion . In order to induce her to do anything distasteful , and , to her , restraint was the most distasteful of all ...
... feeling that only a mind inured to reflection pos- sesses ; yes , he loved her tenderly , but , as yet , without passion . In order to induce her to do anything distasteful , and , to her , restraint was the most distasteful of all ...
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... feelings by exclaiming , " A handsome group , sister Astell , by Jove ! What a fine figure - head we should make for the Victory . " " Yes , " said Lady Astell , " the centre figure is certainly strik- ing . " 66 ' Right , sister ...
... feelings by exclaiming , " A handsome group , sister Astell , by Jove ! What a fine figure - head we should make for the Victory . " " Yes , " said Lady Astell , " the centre figure is certainly strik- ing . " 66 ' Right , sister ...
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