The Hermit in the Country, Or, Sketches of English Manners, Volume 4H. Colburn, 1822 - 1011 pagina's |
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... passing my time betwixt the literary entertain- ments of the library and a morning ride on my own pony , with permission to join the ladies in the music - room in the even- ing , or of only being expected to play one rubber at whist ...
... passing my time betwixt the literary entertain- ments of the library and a morning ride on my own pony , with permission to join the ladies in the music - room in the even- ing , or of only being expected to play one rubber at whist ...
Pagina 26
... passed him with a look , half triumph half contempt , and thus addressed him , " There , you are always in the way ! fumbling , where's your courage now ? when such trifles frighten you ; fare you well : I suppose I shall see no more of ...
... passed him with a look , half triumph half contempt , and thus addressed him , " There , you are always in the way ! fumbling , where's your courage now ? when such trifles frighten you ; fare you well : I suppose I shall see no more of ...
Pagina 74
... passed many hours at the gaming table . One night he returned not home at all ; and his losses in that time had amounted to twenty thousand pounds . He was on the high road to ruin ; and what was most afflicting to his partner was ...
... passed many hours at the gaming table . One night he returned not home at all ; and his losses in that time had amounted to twenty thousand pounds . He was on the high road to ruin ; and what was most afflicting to his partner was ...
Pagina 78
... passed half my life at a gaming table . " " My dear Lord , ” replied she , " I know nothing that I ought not to know ; you have informed me so ; such information from a stranger would not have been received by me ; but , after all ...
... passed half my life at a gaming table . " " My dear Lord , ” replied she , " I know nothing that I ought not to know ; you have informed me so ; such information from a stranger would not have been received by me ; but , after all ...
Pagina 111
... . There is in this sensation somewhat of sweetly soothing ; but there is a portion of the agony of an adieu , even in our taking leave of these passing favourites , these annual ministers to our pleasures . We say to ourselves.
... . There is in this sensation somewhat of sweetly soothing ; but there is a portion of the agony of an adieu , even in our taking leave of these passing favourites , these annual ministers to our pleasures . We say to ourselves.
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The Hermit in the Country, Or, Sketches of English Manners, Volume 4 Felix M'Donogh Volledige weergave - 1822 |
The Hermit in the Country, Or, Sketches of English Manners, Volume 4 Felix M'Donogh Volledige weergave - 1822 |
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acquaintance admiration affection amiable amongst amusement arms beauty betwixt bosom Brighton brother brother in arms Caledonian cere Charles Augustus charms chase child cial cold colours companion contempt Cornet countenance counting-house COUNTRY QUARTERS cried danger daugh daughter dear dearest dejected dinner disgust dogs Donald exclaimed father favourite fearful feeling female finer feeling fond fortune gout grace habit hand heart Heigh HERMIT HIGHLAND Homely's honour hope hope and fear HORAT horse hour hunting husband hussar Juist Lady Fitzowen lassie laugh look Lord Chalkstone lost MacAlpin MacYver Manorfield Margate marriage married matchless ment mind morning native nature ness never object observed party passed Placebo play pleasure pride regret rence replied retire ride scene SCOTTISH EMIGRANT sigh silence sion smile Sophia Evelina sport tears tender thee thing thought tion town tree trick TRIFLERS whilst wife young youth
Populaire passages
Pagina 166 - Remembrance wakes with all her busy train, Swells at my breast, and turns the past to pain.
Pagina 156 - When Loveless married Lady Jenny, Whose beauty was the ready penny : " I chose her," said he, " like old plate. Not for the fashion but the weight...
Pagina 212 - What is the worst of woes that wait on age? What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow? To view each loved one blotted from life's page, And be alone on earth, as I am now.
Pagina 136 - O Gertrude, Gertrude, When sorrows come, they come not single spies, But in battalions!
Pagina 190 - Their only Labour was to kill the Time ; And Labour dire it is, and weary Woe. . They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle Rhyme ; Then, rising sudden, to the Glass they go, Or saunter forth, with tottering Step and slow : This soon too rude an Exercise they find ; Strait on the Couch their Limbs again they throw.
Pagina 135 - And come, my faithful sodger lad, Thou'rt welcome to it dearly ! For gold the merchant ploughs the main, The farmer ploughs the manor ; But glory is the sodger's prize ; The sodger's wealth is honour ; The brave poor sodger ne'er despise, Nor count him as a stranger, Remember he's his country's stay In day and hour of danger. MEG O' THE MILL. Air, ' O bonnie lass, will you lie in a Barrack O KIIT ye what Meg o...
Pagina 98 - ... by all, and more esteem'd by me, Than if by chance you from some hero came, In nothing like your father but his name. Boast then your blood, and your long lineage stretch As high as Rome, and its great founders reach...
Pagina 98 - More lov'd by all, and more esteem'd by me, Than if by chance you from some HERO came, In nothing like your Father but his Name. Boast then your Blood, and your long Lineage stretch As high as ROME, and its great Founders reach...
Pagina 151 - ... prodigious, we are lost in its volume, and seem wrapt in its misty bosom; but, when the mature sun sheds its powerful influence upon it, it melts and proves but a fleeting vapour.
Pagina 153 - VIEWS. 153 his most becoming smile, — a mixture of respect, consideration and regard. Eliza's eyes smiled in return. He kissed his hand; salutations were exchanged; half of the wise counsel was forgotten ! But that the moral may not be entirely lost is fervently hoped by THE HERMIT IN THE COUNTRY. H 5 N