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Pagina 34
... Wilmot . The young stranger advanced . He was a man of very striking appearance -- tall , graceful , elegant ; he had that perfect ease , that calm , undisturbed quiet of demea- nour , that nothing but good society can give . He was ...
... Wilmot . The young stranger advanced . He was a man of very striking appearance -- tall , graceful , elegant ; he had that perfect ease , that calm , undisturbed quiet of demea- nour , that nothing but good society can give . He was ...
Pagina 35
... Wilmot bowed , and gazed upon his future pupil , with that kind of easy smile that instantly made pride , vanity , and all the army of self - love , take arms in Charles's bosom , to repel that quiet kind of usurpation of authority ...
... Wilmot bowed , and gazed upon his future pupil , with that kind of easy smile that instantly made pride , vanity , and all the army of self - love , take arms in Charles's bosom , to repel that quiet kind of usurpation of authority ...
Pagina 36
... Wilmot was so far above either , that he felt all his confidence in his own acquirements leaving him very fast . Sir Charles Melville was as much struck and delighted with their new acquaintance as his son had been , and all ...
... Wilmot was so far above either , that he felt all his confidence in his own acquirements leaving him very fast . Sir Charles Melville was as much struck and delighted with their new acquaintance as his son had been , and all ...
Pagina 38
... Wilmot , commenced their journey in one of the worst days that that time of year can produce . Sir Charles Melville , who was peculiar in many things , carried the has- tiness of all his movements into travelling as well as every thing ...
... Wilmot , commenced their journey in one of the worst days that that time of year can produce . Sir Charles Melville , who was peculiar in many things , carried the has- tiness of all his movements into travelling as well as every thing ...
Pagina 42
... Wilmot , have you not ? " " I have been frequently in company with him , " replied the other ; " indeed I have spent a great deal of time in Paris myself , and know every part of it . " " You know you are speaking of my cousin , and ...
... Wilmot , have you not ? " " I have been frequently in company with him , " replied the other ; " indeed I have spent a great deal of time in Paris myself , and know every part of it . " " You know you are speaking of my cousin , and ...
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Adelaide affection answered Charles Apennines arrived baron baroness beautiful bosom brother Calais captain Malcolm Caroline carriage cerning Charles Melville Charles's cheek companion Corfu count countenance cousin dear Mary door doubt ed Charles endeavoured England exclaimed eyes father fear feelings felt Flora Frederic gave give gone hand happiness heart Heaven hope idea Ilfracombe Italy kind knew lady Anne Milsome lady Delmont lady Jane lady Mary leave length letter look lord Bur Louisa Stanhope Malden Mary's Melville's ment mind Miss Stanhope morning Naples never night pacha painful Paris passed perhaps pleasure proceeded racter replied Charles replied lord Burton robbers round scarcely seemed servant shewed sir Charles sir Philip sister smile soon sorrow speak spect stranger suppose sure tell thee thing thought tion told took travelling turned Wilmot Wincanton wish young
Populaire passages
Pagina 76 - But where to find that happiest spot below Who can direct, when all pretend to know ? The shuddering tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own ; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long nights of revelry and ease...
Pagina 66 - The man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that many poor supplied ; Space for his lake, his park's extended bounds, Space for his horses, equipage, and hounds...
Pagina 163 - Although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract to-night. It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden ; Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be, Ere one can say — It lightens.* Sweet, good night!
Pagina 255 - Call El Dorado. But to nobler sights Michael from Adam's eyes the film removed, Which that false fruit, that promised clearer sight, Had bred ; then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see, And from the well of life three drops instill'd.
Pagina 8 - Hath seal'd thee for herself: for thou hast been As one, in suffering all, that suffers nothing; A man that fortune's buffets and rewards Hast ta'en with equal thanks : and blest are those Whose blood and judgment are so well commingled That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please.
Pagina 45 - ITALIA, Italia, o tu cui feo la sorte Dono infelice di bellezza, ond' hai Funesta dote d' infiniti guai, Che in fronte scritti per gran doglia porte : • Deh fossi tu men bella, o almen pił forte, Onde assai pił ti paventasse, o assai T...
Pagina 231 - On what strange grounds we build our hopes and fears ! Man's life is all a mist ! and, in the dark, Our fortunes meet us.
Pagina 233 - Tis two or three, my lord, that bring you word, Macduff is fled to England. Macb. Fled to England ? Len. Ay, my good lord. Macb. Time, thou anticipat'st my dread exploits : The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it : from this moment, The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand. And even now, To crown my thoughts with acts, be it thought and done : The castle of Macduff I will surprise ; Seize upon Fife ; give to the edge o' the sword His wife, his babes,...
Pagina 1 - Good people all of every sort, Give ear unto my song, And if you find it wondrous short It cannot hold you long. In Islington there was a man, Of whom the world might say, That still a godly race he ran Whene'er he went to pray. A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes; The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be...
Pagina 170 - Yet oft a sigh prevails, and sorrows fall, To see the hoard of human bliss so small : And oft I wish, amidst the scene to find Some spot to real happiness consign'd, Where my worn soul, each wandering hope at rest, May gather bliss to see my fellows blest.