Walter Colyton: A Tale of 1688, Volume 2H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1830 |
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... parties compared to the ardour , the ecstasy with which the enthu- siastic Edith quickly attached herself to Agatha Shelton , whom indeed it was scarcely possible to know without feeling for her a deep and pas- sionate admiration . Even ...
... parties compared to the ardour , the ecstasy with which the enthu- siastic Edith quickly attached herself to Agatha Shelton , whom indeed it was scarcely possible to know without feeling for her a deep and pas- sionate admiration . Even ...
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... parties been so fulsome , abject and crawling ; never had the personal protesta- tions of unbounded attachment and fidelity been so loud and enthusiastic , and never did an hypo- crisy so palpable as to become have a laughing stock and ...
... parties been so fulsome , abject and crawling ; never had the personal protesta- tions of unbounded attachment and fidelity been so loud and enthusiastic , and never did an hypo- crisy so palpable as to become have a laughing stock and ...
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... parties remain- ed in the house , their proceedings were involved in deep mystery ; they decamped before day- light on the morning subsequent to your attack , nor have they been heard of since . " " It was my intention to have visited ...
... parties remain- ed in the house , their proceedings were involved in deep mystery ; they decamped before day- light on the morning subsequent to your attack , nor have they been heard of since . " " It was my intention to have visited ...
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... parties or not to this nefarious scheme , I cannot exactly determine ; but certain it is that the latter has contrived to pacify the brothers , either by large bribes , or by pledging himself to assist in securing you as a husband for ...
... parties or not to this nefarious scheme , I cannot exactly determine ; but certain it is that the latter has contrived to pacify the brothers , either by large bribes , or by pledging himself to assist in securing you as a husband for ...
Page 183
... parties ; the addresses pre- sented to me have been numerous , loyal , and obedient beyond all precedent ; the great work of conversion prospers well ; the Propagandists are active and successful ; and the Holy Father has been kind ...
... parties ; the addresses pre- sented to me have been numerous , loyal , and obedient beyond all precedent ; the great work of conversion prospers well ; the Propagandists are active and successful ; and the Holy Father has been kind ...
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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...