New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 98Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth E. W. Allen, 1853 |
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... arms of her husband , who had enough to do to sustain her , being terribly frightened himself . The rest of the company stared aghast . There could be no illusion in this case . The spectre was palpable enough to sight and hearing too ...
... arms of her husband , who had enough to do to sustain her , being terribly frightened himself . The rest of the company stared aghast . There could be no illusion in this case . The spectre was palpable enough to sight and hearing too ...
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... arms round his neck . Dragon was considerably puzzled too ; and examined his master's greaves before he could be quite satisfied it was he ; after which , he expressed his delight by barking loudly and leaping upon him . " I cannot take ...
... arms round his neck . Dragon was considerably puzzled too ; and examined his master's greaves before he could be quite satisfied it was he ; after which , he expressed his delight by barking loudly and leaping upon him . " I cannot take ...
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... arm . Upon Madame de F.'s saying " No , it was Mr. Moore , " the duchesse replied , " Ah ! c'est la même chose , c'est Lalla Rookh ' que j'adore . " Another time , discussing English literature at the Duc de Broglie's , a Frenchman ...
... arm . Upon Madame de F.'s saying " No , it was Mr. Moore , " the duchesse replied , " Ah ! c'est la même chose , c'est Lalla Rookh ' que j'adore . " Another time , discussing English literature at the Duc de Broglie's , a Frenchman ...
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... arm , reminded him of his own lines , how- Sooner or later , all have to grieve Who waste their morn's dew in the beams of the great , And expect ' twill return to refresh them at eve . After all , he was only " little Tom " with these ...
... arm , reminded him of his own lines , how- Sooner or later , all have to grieve Who waste their morn's dew in the beams of the great , And expect ' twill return to refresh them at eve . After all , he was only " little Tom " with these ...
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... arms on the gates of Perth and Stirling , his legs on those of Glasgow and Aberdeen , and his body to be buried by the hang- man on the Burrow - Muir . Montrose heard this barbarous sentence with a countenance wholly unchanged . The ...
... arms on the gates of Perth and Stirling , his legs on those of Glasgow and Aberdeen , and his body to be buried by the hang- man on the Burrow - Muir . Montrose heard this barbarous sentence with a countenance wholly unchanged . The ...
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