Walter Colyton: A Tale of 1688, Volume 2H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1830 |
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... head , at the same time giving his long stiff pigtail an angular pinch , so that the last three or four inches of it pointed direct- ly upwards to the sky . Having adjusted his spectacles to his nose , the scholar proceeded to mount ...
... head , at the same time giving his long stiff pigtail an angular pinch , so that the last three or four inches of it pointed direct- ly upwards to the sky . Having adjusted his spectacles to his nose , the scholar proceeded to mount ...
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... head , and the beast will go as gently as a cracker in the air . " Obeying this insidious advice , which indeed seemed well calculated to give him a firmer seat , the unlucky cavalier grasped the crupper with his right hand , thus ...
... head , and the beast will go as gently as a cracker in the air . " Obeying this insidious advice , which indeed seemed well calculated to give him a firmer seat , the unlucky cavalier grasped the crupper with his right hand , thus ...
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... head , whinnied , and stood perfectly still as if awaiting the arrival of the other horses , a truce of which his rider took advan- tage to adjust himself afresh in the stirrups , take out his pocket - handkerchief , remove his ...
... head , whinnied , and stood perfectly still as if awaiting the arrival of the other horses , a truce of which his rider took advan- tage to adjust himself afresh in the stirrups , take out his pocket - handkerchief , remove his ...
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... head sunk upon Agatha's bo- som , and she burst into an hysterical passion of tears . In order that the other females might uninterruptedly minister towards her recovery , the gentlemen withdrew into an adjoining cham- ber , where the ...
... head sunk upon Agatha's bo- som , and she burst into an hysterical passion of tears . In order that the other females might uninterruptedly minister towards her recovery , the gentlemen withdrew into an adjoining cham- ber , where the ...
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... head , while they were occasionally obliged to pass beneath rude arches of rock , where the obscurity was purposely deepened , in order to heighten the effect of the opening , to which they were gradually winning their way along an ...
... head , while they were occasionally obliged to pass beneath rude arches of rock , where the obscurity was purposely deepened , in order to heighten the effect of the opening , to which they were gradually winning their way along an ...
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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.
Page 165 - That boy was a strange-found-out antidote to cure her infection; that boy, that princess' boy; that brave, chaste, virtuous lady's boy ; and a fair boy, a well-spoken boy ! All these considered, can make nothing else — but there I leave you, gentlemen.
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...