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... tune , which were rejected on account of her extreme youth . Happy would it have been if reasons of such weight had continued in force a few years longer ! With so many objects to engage her attention , and CHARLOTTE SMITH .
... tune , which were rejected on account of her extreme youth . Happy would it have been if reasons of such weight had continued in force a few years longer ! With so many objects to engage her attention , and CHARLOTTE SMITH .
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Walter Scott. With so many objects to engage her attention , and the late hours incident to a life of dissipation , her ... object of her dearest affections , and who , having hitherto been indulged in every wish , and even every caprice ...
Walter Scott. With so many objects to engage her attention , and the late hours incident to a life of dissipation , her ... object of her dearest affections , and who , having hitherto been indulged in every wish , and even every caprice ...
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... object of his curi- osity . If any of her friends or acquaintance happened to call on her , he would examine them with a suspi- cious curiosity , which usually compelled them to shorten their visits , and took from them the desire of ...
... object of his curi- osity . If any of her friends or acquaintance happened to call on her , he would examine them with a suspi- cious curiosity , which usually compelled them to shorten their visits , and took from them the desire of ...
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... object proposed . She had little or no society , and her mind languished for want of congenial conversa- tion , and her natural vivacity seemed extinguished by the monotony of her life . Her father - in - law was in the habit of ...
... object proposed . She had little or no society , and her mind languished for want of congenial conversa- tion , and her natural vivacity seemed extinguished by the monotony of her life . Her father - in - law was in the habit of ...
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... object , and one mentioned by Mr. Hayley , in his Memoirs , there can be no doubt but this arrow came from the same quiver . Those gentlemen lived in habits of in- timacy with the celebrated editor of Shakspeare ; Mrs. Smith had no ...
... object , and one mentioned by Mr. Hayley , in his Memoirs , there can be no doubt but this arrow came from the same quiver . Those gentlemen lived in habits of in- timacy with the celebrated editor of Shakspeare ; Mrs. Smith had no ...
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Էջ 257 - Nor coin'd my cheek to smiles, nor cried aloud In worship of an echo; in the crowd They could not deem me one of such ; I stood Among them, but not of them ; in a shroud Of thoughts which were not their thoughts, and still could, Had 1 not filed my mind, which thus itself subdued. CXIV. I
Էջ 258 - not filed my mind, which thus itself subdued. CXIV. I have not loved the world, nor the world me— But let us part fair foes ; I do believe, Though I have found them not, that there may be Words which are things—hopes which will not
Էջ 166 - gray eyes, and a large mole near his mouth ; was born in London, and for many years was a hose-factor, in Freeman's Yard, in Cornhill, and now is owner of the brick and pantile works near Tilbury-fort, in Essex ; whoever shall discover the said Daniel De Foe to one of her majesty's principal secretaries
Էջ 166 - of her majesty's principal secretaries of state, or any of her majesty's justices of peace, so as he may be apprehended, shall have a reward of £50, which her majesty has ordered immediately to be paid upon such discovery." He was shortly after caught, fined, pilloried, and imprisoned. " Thus," says he,
Էջ 257 - His life was one long war with self-sought foes, Or friends by him self-banish'd ; for his mind Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary, and chose For its own cruel sacrifice, the kind, 'Gainst whom he raged with fury strange and blind.
Էջ 257 - not loved the world, nor the world me— But let us part fair foes ; I do believe, Though I have found them not, that there may be Words which are things—hopes which will not
Էջ 257 - Harold seems to bid a long and lasting farewell to social intercourse, and, with exceptions so cautiously restricted and guarded as to be almost none, brands the mass of humanity, whom he leaves behind him as false and treacherous. CXIII. " I have not loved the world, nor the world me ; I have not flatter'd its rank breath, nor bow'd To its idolatries a patient knee,—
Էջ 193 - spent, he got fire by rubbing two sticks of pimento wood together upon his knee. In the lesser hut, at some distance from the other, he dressed his victuals; and in the larger he slept, and employed himself in reading, singing psalms, and praying; so that he said, he was a better Christian, while in this
Էջ 198 - so that they were exposed to hardships. And Mrs. Bargrave in those days had as unkind a father, though she wanted neither for food nor clothing, while Mrs. Veal wanted for both ; insomuch that she would often say, " Mrs. Bargrave, you are not only the best, but the only, friend I have in
Էջ 39 - Few sorrows hath she of her own, My hope, my joy, my Genevieve; She loves me best whene'er I sing The songs that make her grieve. * LOvE.