Husband Hunting, Or, The Mother and Daughters: A Tale of Fashionable Life, Հատոր 2Wells and Lilly, 1825 |
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... death , in all its forms of terror , till he was found , and she prayed for death . " And may not his spirit be near me now ? " sighed she , as her eye followed the fading glow of the heavens ; " may it not be on those clouds , looking ...
... death , in all its forms of terror , till he was found , and she prayed for death . " And may not his spirit be near me now ? " sighed she , as her eye followed the fading glow of the heavens ; " may it not be on those clouds , looking ...
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... death , his former scheme presented itself in glowing colours . But a sudden difficulty arose . Would not a being of her spirit and feeling penetrate at once into the motive which actuated him , shrink from attentions following so ...
... death , his former scheme presented itself in glowing colours . But a sudden difficulty arose . Would not a being of her spirit and feeling penetrate at once into the motive which actuated him , shrink from attentions following so ...
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... death superseding every other conside- ration ; and she felt at that instant as if she could have pardoned even his utter deser- tion of her , could she have been but assured of his safety . Courtney gazed in dismay at her blank ...
... death superseding every other conside- ration ; and she felt at that instant as if she could have pardoned even his utter deser- tion of her , could she have been but assured of his safety . Courtney gazed in dismay at her blank ...
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... death . In one of those , General Greville had ap- prized Mrs. Courtney , that his military du- ties would call him many hundred mile up the country , where he was likely to be sta- VOL . II . 4 * tioned for some time , and where she ...
... death . In one of those , General Greville had ap- prized Mrs. Courtney , that his military du- ties would call him many hundred mile up the country , where he was likely to be sta- VOL . II . 4 * tioned for some time , and where she ...
Էջ 67
... him in any engagement of the kind ? —a pennyless orphan ! " " Perhaps I might have made use of a wrong term , it might have been merely a conditional promise in case " " In case of the old man's death , and HUSBAND HUNTING . 67.
... him in any engagement of the kind ? —a pennyless orphan ! " " Perhaps I might have made use of a wrong term , it might have been merely a conditional promise in case " " In case of the old man's death , and HUSBAND HUNTING . 67.
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Էջ 187 - Thy very stones prate of my whereabout, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it.
Էջ 89 - Our lands, our lives, and all are Bolingbroke's, And nothing can we call our own but death, And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and cover to our bones.
Էջ 63 - Content!' to that which grieves my heart, And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions.
Էջ 98 - I'll frown, and be perverse, and say thee nay, So thou wilt woo; but else, not for the world. In truth, fair Montague, I am too fond; And therefore thou mayst think my haviour light; But trust me, gentleman, I'll prove more true Than those that have more cunning to be strange.
Էջ 255 - To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and, perhaps, Out of my weakness, and my melancholy, (As he is very potent with such spirits,) Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: The play's the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Էջ 64 - I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chapfallen? Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come; make her laugh at that. Prithee, Horatio, tell me one thing. Hor. What's that, my lord? Ham. Dost thou think Alexander looked o' this fashion i
Էջ 13 - Which we more hunt for than the grace of God ! Who builds his hope in air of your...
Էջ 3 - Prince! I blush to think what I have said, But fate has wrested the confession from me; Go on, and prosper in the paths of honour, Thy virtue will excuse my passion for thee, And make the Gods propitious to our love.
Էջ 21 - Not with the living ; They feed upon opinions, errors, dreams, And make 'em truths ; they draw a nourishment Out of defamings, grow upon disgraces ; And, when they see a virtue fortified Strongly above the battery of their tongues, Oh, how they cast to sink it ! and, defeated, (Soul-sick with poison) strike the monuments Where noble names lie sleeping, till they sweat, And the cold marble melt.
Էջ 209 - Flatter had sat with his elbow on the table, and his chin resting on his hand, looking at the lady's agitated visage.