Specimens of the Novelists and Romancers: With Critical and Biographical Notices of the AuthorsR. Griffin, 1827 - 424 pàgines |
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... turned into a sea of tears . All which had put the gentleman into a great confusion and amazement , from which he was freed by his wife's recounting unto him all that which Leocadia had imparted unto her ; and he , by the divine ...
... turned into a sea of tears . All which had put the gentleman into a great confusion and amazement , from which he was freed by his wife's recounting unto him all that which Leocadia had imparted unto her ; and he , by the divine ...
Pàgina 27
... turned to her neighbour on her right hand and accosted her with- My niece and I are just come from dining at Mrs Pullens ' -I daresay you have heard of her - she was Miss Flora M'Fuss ; her father , Dr M'Fuss , was a most excellent ...
... turned to her neighbour on her right hand and accosted her with- My niece and I are just come from dining at Mrs Pullens ' -I daresay you have heard of her - she was Miss Flora M'Fuss ; her father , Dr M'Fuss , was a most excellent ...
Pàgina 28
... turned alternately upon her aunt and her ; but they were on opposite sides of the room ; therefore to interpose ... turning full upon the now bewildered Grizzy , are you an admirer of Crabbe's Tales ? ' Crabs ' tails ! ' repeated Grizzy ...
... turned alternately upon her aunt and her ; but they were on opposite sides of the room ; therefore to interpose ... turning full upon the now bewildered Grizzy , are you an admirer of Crabbe's Tales ? ' Crabs ' tails ! ' repeated Grizzy ...
Pàgina 32
... turning up their eyes , and moving their heads so prettily ; but I hope next time you go to Mrs Bluemits you will take care to learn something by heart before you go . I'm sure I hav'n't a very good memory , but I remember something ...
... turning up their eyes , and moving their heads so prettily ; but I hope next time you go to Mrs Bluemits you will take care to learn something by heart before you go . I'm sure I hav'n't a very good memory , but I remember something ...
Pàgina 42
... turning to Mrs Wilson , ' he shall never see me more . I have injured you through ig- norance , but will atone for it to the utmost . He is your husband , Madam , and you must receive him . I have listened to what has passed , and am ...
... turning to Mrs Wilson , ' he shall never see me more . I have injured you through ig- norance , but will atone for it to the utmost . He is your husband , Madam , and you must receive him . I have listened to what has passed , and am ...
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Pàgina 239 - The blood and spirits of Le Fevre, which were waxing cold and slow within him, and were retreating to their last citadel, the heart, — rallied back...
Pàgina 238 - said my uncle Toby firmly. ' ' A-well-o'-day, do what we can for him," said Trim, maintaining his point, "the poor soul will die." " He shall not die, by G— ," cried my uncle Toby. The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in, and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.
Pàgina 234 - Twas well said of thee, Trim, said my uncle Toby. But when a soldier, said I, an' please your reverence, has been standing for twelve hours together in the trenches, up to his knees in cold water, — or engaged, said I, for months together in long and dangerous marches; — harassed, perhaps, in his rear to-day; — harassing others to-morrow; detached here; — countermanded there; — resting this night out upon his arms; — beat up in his shirt the next; — benumbed in his joints; — perhaps...
Pàgina 233 - I was answered, an' please your Honour, that he had no servant with him; that he had come to the inn with hired horses, which, upon finding himself, unable to proceed (to join, I suppose, the regiment), he had dismissed the morning after he came. If I get better, my dear...
Pàgina 28 - Great wits sometimes may gloriously offend, And rise to faults true critics dare not mend. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part. And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art, Which, without passing through the judgment, gains The heart, and all its end at once attains.
Pàgina 30 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Pàgina 237 - In the second place, for which, indeed, thou hast the same excuse, continued my uncle Toby, — when thou offeredst him whatever was in my house — thou shouldst have offered him my house too. — A sick brother officer should have the best quarters, Trim ; and if we had him with us — we could tend and look to him : — Thou art an excellent nurse...
Pàgina 235 - If you are Captain Shandy's servant, said he, you must present my thanks to your master, with my little boy's thanks along with them, for his courtesy to me; — if he was of Leven's — said the lieutenant. — I told him your honour was — Then...
Pàgina 237 - Dendermond to itself — to be relieved or not by the French king, as the French king thought good; and only considered how he himself should relieve the poor lieutenant and his son. That kind BEING, who is a friend to the friendless, shall recompence thee for this. Thou hast left this matter short...
Pàgina 172 - By this time my curiosity began to abate, and my appetite to increase : the company of fools may at first make us smile, but at last never fails of rendering us melancholy ; I therefore pretended to recollect a prior engagement, and, after having...