The fatalists; or, Records of 1814 and 1815, Volums 1-3A.K. Newman, 1821 |
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Pàgina 31
... idea of defence from the Spanish nuns , be- hind a thick veil , equally impenetrable to the scorching rays of the sun or the keen blasts of the wind - to sabre - wound or musket - shot of enemy . " This last sentence was uttered in a ...
... idea of defence from the Spanish nuns , be- hind a thick veil , equally impenetrable to the scorching rays of the sun or the keen blasts of the wind - to sabre - wound or musket - shot of enemy . " This last sentence was uttered in a ...
Pàgina 38
... idea of trick or artifice- nothing to confirm her conjecture of its being an illusion by which her senses . might be imposed on . Had a person , with intent to alarm her , gained access to the closet , there was there no hiding - place ...
... idea of trick or artifice- nothing to confirm her conjecture of its being an illusion by which her senses . might be imposed on . Had a person , with intent to alarm her , gained access to the closet , there was there no hiding - place ...
Pàgina 39
... idea of trick or fraud played on her , and to trace the origin of this extraordinary oc- currence to a higher and more awful cause . As the suspicion of all artifice faded from her mind , the idea of its being a di- vine warning ...
... idea of trick or fraud played on her , and to trace the origin of this extraordinary oc- currence to a higher and more awful cause . As the suspicion of all artifice faded from her mind , the idea of its being a di- vine warning ...
Pàgina 59
... idea of knowing herself be- loved predominated over every apprehen- sion ; and her heart , fluttering in her bo- som , alternately swelled high with the most delicious hope , or sunk into dejec- tion and despair . A hasty summons to ...
... idea of knowing herself be- loved predominated over every apprehen- sion ; and her heart , fluttering in her bo- som , alternately swelled high with the most delicious hope , or sunk into dejec- tion and despair . A hasty summons to ...
Pàgina 68
... idea of major Blandford , and his sudden dismission by her angry mamma from the castle . Before the bell rang for dinner , the im- patient girl , with good natured solicitude , hastened to join her father in his dressing- room , that ...
... idea of major Blandford , and his sudden dismission by her angry mamma from the castle . Before the bell rang for dinner , the im- patient girl , with good natured solicitude , hastened to join her father in his dressing- room , that ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 147 - Well believe this, No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, Become them with one half so good a grace, As mercy does.
Pàgina 263 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune — often the surfeit of our own behaviour — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon and the stars : as if we were villains by necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion ; knaves, thieves and treachers, by spherical predominance ; drunkards, liars and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence ; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on...
Pàgina 86 - Edward, lo! to sudden fate (Weave we the woof; The thread is spun;) Half of thy heart we consecrate. (The web is wove; The work is done.) — Stay, oh stay!
Pàgina 38 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of Providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixt fate, freewill, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Pàgina 197 - Can sap the principles, or taint the heart; With more address a lover's note convey, Or bribe a virgin's innocence away...
Pàgina 157 - So young, so innocent a breast ; Not the pure, open, prosperous Love, That, pledged on earth and sealed above, Grows in the world's approving eyes, In friendship's smile and home's caress, Collecting all the heart's sweet ties Into one knot of happiness...
Pàgina 124 - Let Wit her sails, her oars let "Wisdom lend ; The helm let politic Experience guide : Yet cease to hope thy short-liv'd bark shall ride Down spreading Fate's unnavigable tide. What...
Pàgina 272 - Love, Mystery, and Misery, by AF Holstein, 2 vols 0 10 0 The Modern Villa and Ancient Castle, or the Peer and Alderman, by Miss Byron, Author of the Englishwoman, &c. 3 vols 0 15 0 Festival of St.