Scenes where the Tempter Has TriumphedBentley, 1849 - 316 sider |
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Side iv
... hand to hand among other paper . " " Who could have thought , " cried a third , " that that missing letter with money in it would have been traced to me ? I fancied ' twas a thousand chances to one that I ever heard of it more ...
... hand to hand among other paper . " " Who could have thought , " cried a third , " that that missing letter with money in it would have been traced to me ? I fancied ' twas a thousand chances to one that I ever heard of it more ...
Side 13
... hand on her shoulder , and pushed her from him , rather in contempt than in anger , or with a design to hurt her . At this juncture her foot happened to trip in the floor - cloth . She fell backwards , and her head came with great force ...
... hand on her shoulder , and pushed her from him , rather in contempt than in anger , or with a design to hurt her . At this juncture her foot happened to trip in the floor - cloth . She fell backwards , and her head came with great force ...
Side 26
... hand down she felt something soft ; she then fetched a poker , and pressing down the contents of the tub , she got water in a pail . This circum- stance was related to Pelsey , and they agreed the first opportunity to examine the ...
... hand down she felt something soft ; she then fetched a poker , and pressing down the contents of the tub , she got water in a pail . This circum- stance was related to Pelsey , and they agreed the first opportunity to examine the ...
Side 40
... eminence and usefulness . Delusive all ! The promise seemed fair . But a blight was at hand : and fatal . A passion for the society of the titled and the wealthy , a desire to mingle in circles far 40 POPULARITY - A SNARE .
... eminence and usefulness . Delusive all ! The promise seemed fair . But a blight was at hand : and fatal . A passion for the society of the titled and the wealthy , a desire to mingle in circles far 40 POPULARITY - A SNARE .
Side 44
... swore that the signatures - that to the bond and that to the receipt were neither of them in the hand- writing of his lordship . Mr. Manly was then called . He gave in evidence a minute and succinct detail of 44 POPULARITY- -A SNARE .
... swore that the signatures - that to the bond and that to the receipt were neither of them in the hand- writing of his lordship . Mr. Manly was then called . He gave in evidence a minute and succinct detail of 44 POPULARITY- -A SNARE .
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afterwards answer appeared asked attended bank Bank of England Barbot Bishop Blight blunderbuss bond brother brought called character charged circumstances confession convicted counsel court crime criminal Daniel Perreau death deceased defence deposed Deptford desired Dodd door evidence examination executed Fearne fire forged forgery gaol Gardelle Gardelle's gentleman Greenland Dock guilty hand heard hour immediately indictment innocence inquired Isdwell John judge jury justice King King's kitchen knew letter Lord Margate master ment minutes mistress morning Mozier murder never Newgate night notes o'clock Old Bailey Palmer parlour party Patch Pelsey Perrott person pistol present prisoner prisoner's promised proved replied returned Robert Perreau Robert Walpole Rudd sent servant shot Simmonds Sir Thomas Frankland sitting-room Street suspicion swore tion told took trial Upton Snodsbury uttering and publishing verdict vols White Lady Aston William Adair witness woman Worcester
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Side 55 - Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
Side 314 - The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night It came again with a great wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.
Side 313 - Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Side 188 - For we are unto God a sweet savor of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish : — To the one we are the savor of death unto death ; and to the other the savor of life unto life...
Side 118 - HE that goeth about to persuade a multitude, that they are not so well governed as they ought to be, shall never want attentive and favourable hearers...
Side 313 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?
Side 300 - Mr. Sage. I have never read of a duel among the Romans, and yet their nobility used more liberty with their tongues than one may do now without being challenged. Sir Mark. Perhaps the Romans were of opinion, that ill language and brutal manners reflected only on those who were guilty of them ; and that a man's reputation was not at all cleared by cutting the person's throat who had reflected upon it: but the custom of those times had fixed the scandal in the action ; whereas now it lies in the reproach.
Side 6 - The avidum genus auricularum, the gazing populace, receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition, and promotes wonder. How many stories of this nature have, in all ages, been detected and exploded in their infancy? How many more have been celebrated...
Side 30 - Perroneau, a painter in enamel, who had employed him in copying, and pretending that it contained colours of great value, desired him to keep it, saying he was uneasy to leave it at Mrs. King's while she was absent at Bath. Perroneau on hearing of Gardelle's apprehension, opened the box, and found in it a gold watch and chain, a pair of bracelets, and a pair of earrings, which were known to have belonged to Mrs.
Side 63 - Horne had mentioned to some persons that his brother William had starved his natural child to death, went to them, and found it was true. Upon...