Friends and Fortune: A Moral TaleD. Appleton & Company, 1849 - 240 pages |
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Page 34
... Leyden ? " That depends upon how many you are , " was the reply . " Why we are a tolerable party , " laughed the intruder , with a look over his shoulder at his companions , " but children go half price . " " Not if Roderick the Goth is ...
... Leyden ? " That depends upon how many you are , " was the reply . " Why we are a tolerable party , " laughed the intruder , with a look over his shoulder at his companions , " but children go half price . " " Not if Roderick the Goth is ...
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... Leyden , the Vicar's only daughter , was one of those gracious womanly beings that are difficult to describe , from possessing no one prominent characteristic , nor aspiring to any ; but whose presence is felt wherever they move , from ...
... Leyden , the Vicar's only daughter , was one of those gracious womanly beings that are difficult to describe , from possessing no one prominent characteristic , nor aspiring to any ; but whose presence is felt wherever they move , from ...
Page 38
... Leyden ! " cried Nelson , starting up— “ I deny the charge ! I'll bet you whatever you like- " I never bet , sir : and have no respect for those who do . " " Then you are wrong , sir , begging your pardon , we are taught to respect our ...
... Leyden ! " cried Nelson , starting up— “ I deny the charge ! I'll bet you whatever you like- " I never bet , sir : and have no respect for those who do . " " Then you are wrong , sir , begging your pardon , we are taught to respect our ...
Page 39
... Leyden , coloring , " you must recite for both , for you know my bad memory . " " " Nonsense , child : you never yet forgot any thing I wished you to remember - but now for it , if my old head will serve my turn . " And without further ...
... Leyden , coloring , " you must recite for both , for you know my bad memory . " " " Nonsense , child : you never yet forgot any thing I wished you to remember - but now for it , if my old head will serve my turn . " And without further ...
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... Leyden said he would defer his call , that he might have the pleasure of seeing Miss Armadale face to face , and trying to persuade her to settle at Rockstone Manor . " Whereabouts is the manor - house ? " asked Margaret . " On the ...
... Leyden said he would defer his call , that he might have the pleasure of seeing Miss Armadale face to face , and trying to persuade her to settle at Rockstone Manor . " Whereabouts is the manor - house ? " asked Margaret . " On the ...
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Page 39 - O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, As is a winged messenger of heaven Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds And sails upon the bosom of the air.
Page 40 - Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill ; A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
Page 39 - Our revels now are ended... These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air, And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind: we are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep..