The Metropolitan, Volume 36James Cochrane, 1843 |
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... - tion of the road , a sharp wind alternates with the hot sun , and the sultry air that stagnates in the more sheltered parts of the defile . Few objects of much interest take our attention here , 28 The Stelvio Pass .
... - tion of the road , a sharp wind alternates with the hot sun , and the sultry air that stagnates in the more sheltered parts of the defile . Few objects of much interest take our attention here , 28 The Stelvio Pass .
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Few objects of much interest take our attention here , as may be believed . The changing horses the most amusing episode of the day . Yet a pedestrian would find many . We met , by the way , qu'on nous pardonne le jeu de mot , one of ...
Few objects of much interest take our attention here , as may be believed . The changing horses the most amusing episode of the day . Yet a pedestrian would find many . We met , by the way , qu'on nous pardonne le jeu de mot , one of ...
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... interests of my two daughters . " Sir William had certainly submitted to the want of a son because he could not help it , but he had made it a constant subject of dis- content and upbraiding ; as to his regard for the interests of his ...
... interests of my two daughters . " Sir William had certainly submitted to the want of a son because he could not help it , but he had made it a constant subject of dis- content and upbraiding ; as to his regard for the interests of his ...
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... interests , might possibly induce you to suppose that I was in a hurry for the little sum which I had the pleasure of advancing to you . In fact , I have never ceased to blame myself for directing him to trouble you about it at all ...
... interests , might possibly induce you to suppose that I was in a hurry for the little sum which I had the pleasure of advancing to you . In fact , I have never ceased to blame myself for directing him to trouble you about it at all ...
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... arms , her excited feelings found vent in tears , and I took my de- parture , feeling that I filled a superfluous place in a " family group " far transcending in interest all that had ever been traced The Lawyer's Two Visits . 39.
... arms , her excited feelings found vent in tears , and I took my de- parture , feeling that I filled a superfluous place in a " family group " far transcending in interest all that had ever been traced The Lawyer's Two Visits . 39.
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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...