Friends and Fortune: A Moral TaleD. Appleton & Company, 1849 - 240 pages |
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... asked her fellow - conspirator if she had fully weighed the annoyances to which she might be sub- ject . " Oh , yes , of course , " said Miss Armadale , carelessly . " Because , my dear , it will never do to begin a thing of this kind ...
... asked her fellow - conspirator if she had fully weighed the annoyances to which she might be sub- ject . " Oh , yes , of course , " said Miss Armadale , carelessly . " Because , my dear , it will never do to begin a thing of this kind ...
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... asked her " what she would prefer . " But the false heiress turning her head away again , Miss Crawford turned hers also , and Miss Armadale would have fared badly , but for the attentions of Alfred . He asked her what she could take ...
... asked her " what she would prefer . " But the false heiress turning her head away again , Miss Crawford turned hers also , and Miss Armadale would have fared badly , but for the attentions of Alfred . He asked her what she could take ...
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... asked to dinner , and by Mrs. Crawford's secret ar- rangements , Margaret was consigned to the care of Alfred , and planted as far from Nelson as possible . The latter , by the same judicious management , was stationed next to Miss ...
... asked to dinner , and by Mrs. Crawford's secret ar- rangements , Margaret was consigned to the care of Alfred , and planted as far from Nelson as possible . The latter , by the same judicious management , was stationed next to Miss ...
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... asked Margaret , with great interest . " I've had my share , ma'am , " said Wilton , quietly , " not a stroke too many : may you never learn the truth , Miss Es- ther , as I learnt it . . . at last ! " " I should like to know your ...
... asked Margaret , with great interest . " I've had my share , ma'am , " said Wilton , quietly , " not a stroke too many : may you never learn the truth , Miss Es- ther , as I learnt it . . . at last ! " " I should like to know your ...
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... asked Mar- garet , smiling . " Succeed ! no Ruin seized me , ' in the shape of a ruthless tutor , and ' confusion has waited ' on all my young ideas ever since . He chastised and explained by turns , but all in vain - to this day I do ...
... asked Mar- garet , smiling . " Succeed ! no Ruin seized me , ' in the shape of a ruthless tutor , and ' confusion has waited ' on all my young ideas ever since . He chastised and explained by turns , but all in vain - to this day I do ...
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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..