Tremaine ; Or, The Man of RefinementHenry Colburn, 1836 |
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... walk up Headington hill . It was not that the fair one's leg was either thick or crooked for it was even remarkably well shaped . But the scandal went on to say , that a garter , which happened to fall on the occasion , was considerably ...
... walk up Headington hill . It was not that the fair one's leg was either thick or crooked for it was even remarkably well shaped . But the scandal went on to say , that a garter , which happened to fall on the occasion , was considerably ...
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... walk in such a scene seemed at this moment the most suited to his taste of anything in the world . His heart expanded to the touch of nature ; but yet there was a void in it . " Is it not strange , " said he to himself as he surveyed ...
... walk in such a scene seemed at this moment the most suited to his taste of anything in the world . His heart expanded to the touch of nature ; but yet there was a void in it . " Is it not strange , " said he to himself as he surveyed ...
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... walk , Tremaine , on taking leave , said , " My dear madam , how is it possi- ble for me to thank you for perhaps the most charming evening I ever spent ! " Eugenia's heart throbbed at the words , and she was not a little pleased at her ...
... walk , Tremaine , on taking leave , said , " My dear madam , how is it possi- ble for me to thank you for perhaps the most charming evening I ever spent ! " Eugenia's heart throbbed at the words , and she was not a little pleased at her ...
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... ! how has every banquet failed me through life ! " His brow clouded , he left the alcove , and striking into a covered walk , seemed lost in no pleasing medita- the tion ; when he beheld at the end of it TREMAINE . 41.
... ! how has every banquet failed me through life ! " His brow clouded , he left the alcove , and striking into a covered walk , seemed lost in no pleasing medita- the tion ; when he beheld at the end of it TREMAINE . 41.
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... walk- " how weak and ignoble is man if he cannot suffice to himself ! The people I am thinking of in Yorkshire may be all in reality boors , who have never been out of their own country , and know nothing of the world . It is certain ...
... walk- " how weak and ignoble is man if he cannot suffice to himself ! The people I am thinking of in Yorkshire may be all in reality boors , who have never been out of their own country , and know nothing of the world . It is certain ...
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Page 199 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them, the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Page 12 - hest to say so ! Fer. Admired Miranda ! Indeed the top of admiration ; worth What's dearest to the world ! Full many a lady I have eyed with best regard ; and many a time The harmony of their tongues hath into bondage Brought my too diligent ear...
Page 314 - These things hast thou done, and I kept silence ; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself : But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
Page 313 - Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Page 140 - And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
Page 309 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking off...
Page 84 - And let my liver rather heat with wine Than my heart cool with mortifying groans. Why should a man, whose blood is warm within, Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster?
Page 301 - Which the five watchful Senses represent, She forms Imaginations, Aery shapes, Which Reason joining or disjoining, frames All what we affirm or what deny, and call Our knowledge or opinion; then retires Into her private Cell when Nature rests.
Page 256 - It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
Page 344 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.