The Metropolitan, Volume 36James Cochrane, 1843 |
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... character , and imperious pride , he had long been acquainted with . The abrupt and uncourteous manner of his departure gave a colouring to the suspicion which now occupied the thoughts of the unhappy lover ; and by the time he arrived ...
... character , and imperious pride , he had long been acquainted with . The abrupt and uncourteous manner of his departure gave a colouring to the suspicion which now occupied the thoughts of the unhappy lover ; and by the time he arrived ...
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... character of its people were alone inducement to do so . Tyrolese , however , are altogether a noble people ; a truthful , upright , manly race ; of open , plain , and simple manners , not smeared over with conventional varnish , but ...
... character of its people were alone inducement to do so . Tyrolese , however , are altogether a noble people ; a truthful , upright , manly race ; of open , plain , and simple manners , not smeared over with conventional varnish , but ...
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... character of the country changes for a time ; the woods close over the river , bald rocks jut above their tops into the air , the views are bounded . The road grows hilly too- no pleasant event , since , whether up hill or down hill ...
... character of the country changes for a time ; the woods close over the river , bald rocks jut above their tops into the air , the views are bounded . The road grows hilly too- no pleasant event , since , whether up hill or down hill ...
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... character of the scene ac- cords with its associations . The high road runs between the rock and the river . There the French troops must pass . A colossal peak , isolated , immense , still stands out now as it stood then , in a dis ...
... character of the scene ac- cords with its associations . The high road runs between the rock and the river . There the French troops must pass . A colossal peak , isolated , immense , still stands out now as it stood then , in a dis ...
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... character of a listener . I was perfectly electrified at the appearance of Zechariah ; he was dressed in his very best attire , such as he wore when he waited on heedless young noblemen to settle the terms of a mortgage with them , a ...
... character of a listener . I was perfectly electrified at the appearance of Zechariah ; he was dressed in his very best attire , such as he wore when he waited on heedless young noblemen to settle the terms of a mortgage with them , a ...
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Page 115 - PRACTICAL MERCANTILE CORRESPONDENCE. A Collection of Modern Letters of Business, with Notes, Critical and Explanatory, and an Appendix, containing a Dictionary of Commercial Technicalities, pro forma Invoices, Account Sales, Bills of Lading, and Bills of Exchange ; also an Explanation of the German Chain Rule.
Page 319 - ... the appellation of benevolence, these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner, that if I was dry I drank the sweet draught, and if hungry ate the coarse morsel, with a double relish.
Page 80 - ... when such a man would speak, his words, like so many nimble and airy servitors, trip about him at command, and in well ordered files, as he would wish, fall aptly into their own places.
Page 54 - Ah me! for aught that ever I could read. Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth: But, either it was different in blood; Her.
Page 254 - twas, but it express'd her fortune, And she died singing it : that song to-night Will not go from my mind ; I have much to do, But to go hang my head all at one side, And sing it like poor Barbara.
Page 320 - The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her. She will do him good, and not evil, all the days of her life.
Page 7 - that the Christian religion should become universal amongst us. I look at the wisdom of these worshippers of Jehovah, and see how superior they are to us in every respect. Their ships are like floating houses, so that they can traverse the tempest-driven ocean for months with perfect safety...
Page 318 - There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.
Page 101 - On these thy spirit loved to dwell Untainted by the world's control. My brother, those were happy days When thou and I were children yet ; How fondly memory still surveys Those scenes the heart can ne'er forget...
Page 319 - I never addressed myself in the language of decency and friendship to a woman, whether civilized or savage, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise. In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden, frozen Lapland, rude and...