The fatalists; or, Records of 1814 and 1815, Volums 4-51821 |
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Resultats 1 - 5 de 37.
Pàgina 10
... wretch- who comes here to murder my repose for ever ? " The baronet , turning on Plunket a look of anger and indignation , bade him in- stantly quit his sight , and begone from the castle for ever ; on which our hero , bow- ing ...
... wretch- who comes here to murder my repose for ever ? " The baronet , turning on Plunket a look of anger and indignation , bade him in- stantly quit his sight , and begone from the castle for ever ; on which our hero , bow- ing ...
Pàgina 30
... wretch's life , gave him a blow over the temple ; and then again plunging deep the spurs into the horse's side , de- clared , as he presented his cocked pistol , he would fire on the first who dared op- pose his passage . His forge ...
... wretch's life , gave him a blow over the temple ; and then again plunging deep the spurs into the horse's side , de- clared , as he presented his cocked pistol , he would fire on the first who dared op- pose his passage . His forge ...
Pàgina 41
... wretch who dared to attack the noble master , to whose generous exertions for the preser- vation of his endangered life he long stands indebted . " Plunket's heart , accessible to generous pity , softened ; he put back Gauntlet's ...
... wretch who dared to attack the noble master , to whose generous exertions for the preser- vation of his endangered life he long stands indebted . " Plunket's heart , accessible to generous pity , softened ; he put back Gauntlet's ...
Pàgina 70
... wretch was but the mere agent ; and either my reason or my frame must , in a short time , have fallen a victim to such continued ill - treatment , had not your generous search , with the fearless intre- pidity of poor Jerry Gauntlet ...
... wretch was but the mere agent ; and either my reason or my frame must , in a short time , have fallen a victim to such continued ill - treatment , had not your generous search , with the fearless intre- pidity of poor Jerry Gauntlet ...
Pàgina 221
... wretch who waits upon your person , and who , insensible to the excel- lence she daily contemplates , is , as you may plainly see , bought over to lend her aid to your destruction ; by her conni- L 3 vance vance did the marquis ...
... wretch who waits upon your person , and who , insensible to the excel- lence she daily contemplates , is , as you may plainly see , bought over to lend her aid to your destruction ; by her conni- L 3 vance vance did the marquis ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 27 - Meantime I seek no sympathies, nor need ; The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree I planted : they have torn me, and I bleed : I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed.
Pàgina 274 - Implored your highness' pardon and set forth A deep repentance : nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it ; he died As one that had been studied in his death, To throw away the dearest thing he owed* As 'twere a careless trifle.
Pàgina 15 - I am one, my liege, Whom the vile blows and buffets of the world Have so incensed that I am reckless what I do to spite the world.
Pàgina 73 - Oh grief, beyond all other griefs, when fate First leaves the young heart lone and desolate In the wide world, without that only tie For which it loved to live or feared to die ; — Lorn as the hung-up lute, that ne'er hath spoken Since the sad day its master-chord was broken...
Pàgina 300 - All Sorts of Lovers, or Indiscretion, Truth, and Perfidy, by Henry Summerset, Author of the Mad Man of the Mountains, &c. 3 vols 0 15...
Pàgina 168 - When fortune changed, and love fled far, And hatred's shafts flew thick and fast, Thou wert the solitary star Which rose and set not to the last.
Pàgina 168 - Now led against thee ; and, let conquerors boast Their fields of fame, he who in virtue arms A young, warm spirit against beauty's charms, Who feels her brightness, yet defies her thrall, Is the best, bravest conqueror of them all.
Pàgina 77 - What female vanity might fear to know : Some merit's mine, to dare to be sincere : But greater your's, sincerity to bear. Hard is the fortune that your sex attends; Women, like princes, find few real friends: All who approach them their own ends pursue ; Lovers and ministers are seldom true.
Pàgina 197 - tis idle rage : Oh ! mark it not ; but let thy steady virtue Be constant to its temper. Save his life, And save Arpasia from the sport of talkers. Think, how the busy, meddling world will toss Thy mighty name about, in scurril mirth ; Shall brand thy vengeance, as a foul design, And make such monstrous legends of our lives, As late posterity shall blush in reading.