The Roué, Bind 1J. and J. Harper, 1828 |
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... possessed of all those feelings , by the encouragement and the subsequent blight of which she had been condemned to a life of perpetual pro- bation ; and she almost wished that the heart of her darling Agnes was as cold as the world in ...
... possessed of all those feelings , by the encouragement and the subsequent blight of which she had been condemned to a life of perpetual pro- bation ; and she almost wished that the heart of her darling Agnes was as cold as the world in ...
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... possessed the power , the heart and feelings of Amelia with a little of the Promethean fire which burnt too strongly in the spirit of Agnes - a spirit alas , too like her own , and which , as she re called all the early scenes of her ...
... possessed the power , the heart and feelings of Amelia with a little of the Promethean fire which burnt too strongly in the spirit of Agnes - a spirit alas , too like her own , and which , as she re called all the early scenes of her ...
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... possessing any of them . and whose only claim to admiration was a title or an estate unencumbered by any thing but his own dulness and stupidity . Yet this was precisely what lady Mary wished and expected her daughters to do ; and ...
... possessing any of them . and whose only claim to admiration was a title or an estate unencumbered by any thing but his own dulness and stupidity . Yet this was precisely what lady Mary wished and expected her daughters to do ; and ...
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... possessed of hearts which soon gratefully acknowledged the prudence of their mother , and which soon forgot their early predilections . in favour of sentiment , in the contemplation and enjoyment of equipage and splendour . Unluckily ...
... possessed of hearts which soon gratefully acknowledged the prudence of their mother , and which soon forgot their early predilections . in favour of sentiment , in the contemplation and enjoyment of equipage and splendour . Unluckily ...
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... possessed of it ; and she fondly thought that her parents . would overlook this deficiency , as she was the only person who would have to suffer the privations arising from its absence . Filled with these ideas , they gave themselves up ...
... possessed of it ; and she fondly thought that her parents . would overlook this deficiency , as she was the only person who would have to suffer the privations arising from its absence . Filled with these ideas , they gave themselves up ...
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Side 199 - Man's love is of man's life a thing apart, 'Tis woman's whole existence ; man may range The court, camp, church, the vessel, and the mart ; Sword, gown, gain, glory, offer in exchange Pride, fame, ambition, to fill up his heart, And few there are whom these cannot estrange ; Men have all these resources, we but one, To love again, and be again undone.
Side 238 - And put it to the foil : but you, O you, So perfect, and so peerless, are created Of every creature's best.
Side 55 - O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day ; Which now shows all the beauty of the sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away ! Re-enter PANTHINO.
Side 88 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?
Side 74 - You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will cling 'round it still.
Side 160 - Only, this one : — lord Angelo is precise ; Stands at a guard ' with envy ; scarce confesses That his blood flows, or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone : hence shall we see, If power change purpose, what our seemers be.
Side 88 - Her serious sayings darken'd to sublimity ; In short, in all things she was fairly what I call A prodigy — her morning dress was dimity, Her evening silk, or, in the summer, muslin, And other stuffs, with which I won't stay puzzling. XIII. She knew the Latin— that is,
Side 10 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Side 245 - I must have liberty Withal, as large a charter as the wind, To blow on whom I please...
Side 227 - ... on this head have almost been given up, and the subject generally thought to be a matter of too high and too delicate a nature to admit of any true or intelligible discussion.