Walter Colyton: A Tale of 1688, Volume 1H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1830 |
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Page 14
... less of actual dissension than might have been anticipated from the uncongeniality of their respective characters . Mrs , Colyton's bleak - looking and rather shrewish countenance did not render justice to her good qualities ; for she ...
... less of actual dissension than might have been anticipated from the uncongeniality of their respective characters . Mrs , Colyton's bleak - looking and rather shrewish countenance did not render justice to her good qualities ; for she ...
Page 15
... less of grief or distress in the family than is usually felt under such a trying be- reaval . Even his twin sister Edith , between whom and the deceased there had ever existed an affectionate attachment of no common intensity , admitted ...
... less of grief or distress in the family than is usually felt under such a trying be- reaval . Even his twin sister Edith , between whom and the deceased there had ever existed an affectionate attachment of no common intensity , admitted ...
Page 22
... less susceptible and inconsiderate than himself , re- turned with all the girlish ardour of a first love , excited by her natural anxiety to accomplish a marriage which should secure her from the dreaded chance of 22 WALTER COLYTON .
... less susceptible and inconsiderate than himself , re- turned with all the girlish ardour of a first love , excited by her natural anxiety to accomplish a marriage which should secure her from the dreaded chance of 22 WALTER COLYTON .
Page 61
... less suddenly than alarmingly broken by a hubbub in the hall , and the loud screams of a female . Starting up and snatch- ing his rapier from its scabbard , the bewildered squire rushed to the scene of disturbance , where to his utter ...
... less suddenly than alarmingly broken by a hubbub in the hall , and the loud screams of a female . Starting up and snatch- ing his rapier from its scabbard , the bewildered squire rushed to the scene of disturbance , where to his utter ...
Page 87
... of sundry snatches of old Bacchanalian songs , all recommending deep draughts , an advice of which few men stood less in need than the jovial singer . CHAPTER IV . But in the porch did evermore abide WALTER COLYTON . 87.
... of sundry snatches of old Bacchanalian songs , all recommending deep draughts , an advice of which few men stood less in need than the jovial singer . CHAPTER IV . But in the porch did evermore abide WALTER COLYTON . 87.
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Page 235 - Whitehall chapel, and is half an hour before other people come, and half an hour after everybody is gone, at her private devotions. She runs from church to church after the famousest preachers, and keeps such a clatter with her devotions that it really turns one's stomach. Sure there never was a couple so well matched as she and her good husband; for as she is throughout in all her actions the greatest jade that ever was, so he is the subtilest working villain that is on the face of the earth.
Page 235 - Martin's morning and afternoon, (because there are not people enough to see her at Whitehall Chapel,) and is half an hour before other people come, and half an hour after everybody is gone, at her private devotions.