Walter Colyton: A Tale of 1688, Volume 2H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1830 |
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... character for docility ; but he was no sooner in motion , and sensible of the un- usual appendage to his croup , than he began to wince and fidget , and curvet and caracole after a very portentous mood , at the same time ac- celerating ...
... character for docility ; but he was no sooner in motion , and sensible of the un- usual appendage to his croup , than he began to wince and fidget , and curvet and caracole after a very portentous mood , at the same time ac- celerating ...
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... character of the bosom wherein it sprang , it was both an ungenerous and an unfounded one . None of the Sheltons , not even the old priest , entertained that miserable spirit of proselytism , which only worshiping self , while ...
... character of the bosom wherein it sprang , it was both an ungenerous and an unfounded one . None of the Sheltons , not even the old priest , entertained that miserable spirit of proselytism , which only worshiping self , while ...
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... character , possessed the charm of no- velty , while it was , at the same time , singularly congenial to her disposition . " We have nothing to offer you , " said Mr. Shelton , two or three mornings after her ar- rival " that may ...
... character , possessed the charm of no- velty , while it was , at the same time , singularly congenial to her disposition . " We have nothing to offer you , " said Mr. Shelton , two or three mornings after her ar- rival " that may ...
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... character . " " O Sir ! talk not of my being a loser in any sense , " exclaimed Edith , with ardour- " Have I not here both social and natural pleasures united ? More enlightened minds , or affection- ate hearts , I could never find ...
... character . " " O Sir ! talk not of my being a loser in any sense , " exclaimed Edith , with ardour- " Have I not here both social and natural pleasures united ? More enlightened minds , or affection- ate hearts , I could never find ...
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... characters , the might , majesty , and mercy of the Creator . " " I wonder not at your enthusiasm , dearest Edith , " said Agatha ; " this noble prospect is affecting even to me who have so often visited the Druid's Seat , as we call ...
... characters , the might , majesty , and mercy of the Creator . " " I wonder not at your enthusiasm , dearest Edith , " said Agatha ; " this noble prospect is affecting even to me who have so often visited the Druid's Seat , as we call ...
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Agatha and Edith Audley auver beauty bosom Bridgwater brother Captain Colyton Catherine Sedley Catholic cher Chervil claret companion conceal Countess of Dorchester cried the Squire danger daughter dear declared delight derland dragoons Dumpling duty dwon't ejaculated escape exclaimed eyes Father Bartholomew favour feelings fortune gennelman Goathurst Hales Court hand head heart Heaven Hetty honour hope horse inmate instantly Jaspar Colyton King King's kinsman lady Lady Sunderland letter listen look Lord Sunderland Lordship Madam Madge Majesty Mapletoft ment merry mind Miss Edy Miss Shelton mistress Morlay nature never occasion on't Orchard Place parties perhaps perilous pleasure Popish plot present priest Protestant recollect Seagrave Sedley seemed Sir Charles Sir Charles Sedley soldier soon sooner sparticles Stanley Forester stranger sure tell thee thic thing thought tion traitor Tummas Tynte uttered Walter Watchet wish young zome
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Page 298 - The mysteries of Hecate, and the night; By .all the operation of the orbs, From whom we do exist, and cease to be ; Here I disclaim all my paternal care, Propinquity and property of blood, And as a stranger to my heart and me Hold thee, from this, for ever.
Page 144 - Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right : for that shall bring a man peace at the last.
Page 95 - I chuse a companion for wit and pleasure, it should be you; or for honesty to interchange my bosom with, it should be you; or wisdom to give me counsel, I would pick out you; or valour to defend my reputation, still I...
Page 30 - LET us drink and be merry, dance, joke, and rejoice, With claret and sherry, theorbo and voice! The changeable world to our joy is unjust, All treasure's uncertain, Then down with your dust! In frolics dispose your pounds, shillings, and pence, For we shall be nothing a hundred years hence.
Page 191 - That they may be avenged of them; as it is written, Such honour have all his saints.
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Page 208 - The point at issue was this : The duty of man being to love God with all his heart, and his neighbour as himself...
Page 162 - Blackball, selected to preach before the queen, enunciated the doctrine of the divine right of kings and the duty of passive obedience.
Page 165 - Dion. Sure, she has a garrison of devils in her tongue, she uttereth such balls of wild-fire : she has so nettled the King, that all the doctors in the country will scarce cure him. That boy was a strange-found-out antidote to cure her infection ; that boy, that princess...