Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 3Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith Richard Bentley, 1838 |
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... . Herman gets the estates , -Sobieski gets his wife ; - they both get back to his mother's ; there they get - very happy , - and I get rid of the story . " WAYLAC . 4.4 FICTIONS OF THE MIDDLE AGES . BONOMYE THE USURER A NIGHT OF TERROR .
... . Herman gets the estates , -Sobieski gets his wife ; - they both get back to his mother's ; there they get - very happy , - and I get rid of the story . " WAYLAC . 4.4 FICTIONS OF THE MIDDLE AGES . BONOMYE THE USURER A NIGHT OF TERROR .
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... wife , no child , to leave to an uncertain fate , but he dreaded death : now he thought that could he but save his life , he would be content to give up all that he had , and when he considered what he must sacrifice - his gold , the ...
... wife , no child , to leave to an uncertain fate , but he dreaded death : now he thought that could he but save his life , he would be content to give up all that he had , and when he considered what he must sacrifice - his gold , the ...
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... wives ; and when the alderman who commanded saw the determined faces of the mob , and the flourish of staves , and learned that it was a Jew only whose life was in jeopardy , he retreated to tell the mayor that the riot was of little ...
... wives ; and when the alderman who commanded saw the determined faces of the mob , and the flourish of staves , and learned that it was a Jew only whose life was in jeopardy , he retreated to tell the mayor that the riot was of little ...
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... things have come about : I won a bumper rubber last night of old Dinglederry and his wife , before we supped off the fish that I had caught in the morning , with a brace of birds that I shot 74 " ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL . "
... things have come about : I won a bumper rubber last night of old Dinglederry and his wife , before we supped off the fish that I had caught in the morning , with a brace of birds that I shot 74 " ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL . "
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... wife , the only child of his old friend Rutherford . " · " Then your intended wife is the same artful , specious hussy who gained his affections ? ' - is it so ? " " The same , " said Dick . " Henceforth I renounce grumbling , and ...
... wife , the only child of his old friend Rutherford . " · " Then your intended wife is the same artful , specious hussy who gained his affections ? ' - is it so ? " " The same , " said Dick . " Henceforth I renounce grumbling , and ...
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Page 476 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be ; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Page 471 - tis true : 'tis true 'tis pity, And pity 'tis 'tis true : a foolish figure ; But farewell it, for I will use no art. Mad let us grant him, then ; and now remains, That we find out the cause of this effect ; Or rather say, the cause of this defect, For this effect defective comes by cause : Thus it remains, and the remainder thus.
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Page 98 - Satan in divers shapes in his lonely perambulations, yet daylight put an end to all these evils: and he would have passed a pleasant life of it, in despite of the Devil and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put together; and that was — a woman.
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Page 140 - MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. MY heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here ; My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer ; Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go.
Page 470 - My liege, and madam, to expostulate What majesty should be, what duty is, Why day is day, night night, and time is time, Were nothing but to waste night, day, and time. Therefore, — since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, — I will be brief...
Page 239 - Come not to me again : but say to Athens, Timon hath made his everlasting mansion Upon the beached verge of the salt flood ; Who once a day with his embossed froth The turbulent surge shall cover : thither come, And let my grave-stone be your oracle.
Page 6 - ... the reeking bodies of the cattle, and mingling with the fog, which seemed to rest upon the chimney-tops, hung heavily above. All the pens in the centre of the large area: and as many temporary...
Page 319 - The younger lady was in the lovely bloom and springtime of womanhood; at that age, when, if ever angels be for God's good purposes enthroned in mortal forms, they may be, without impiety, supposed to abide in such as hers.