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Page 172
... Marquis L- ―d was then , at the time I speak of , ambassador at the court of but on account of the delicacy of his lady's situa- tion , she had not accompanied him ; he was expected home every day , having been recalled by a change in ...
... Marquis L- ―d was then , at the time I speak of , ambassador at the court of but on account of the delicacy of his lady's situa- tion , she had not accompanied him ; he was expected home every day , having been recalled by a change in ...
Page 173
... Marquis could pre- vent his nephew and heir - at - law succeeding him , in case of his having no male issue ? " " O I have no notion whatever , " replied the pretty Miss Calvert ; " I do not understand law matters : how should I ? —but ...
... Marquis could pre- vent his nephew and heir - at - law succeeding him , in case of his having no male issue ? " " O I have no notion whatever , " replied the pretty Miss Calvert ; " I do not understand law matters : how should I ? —but ...
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... Marquis will have an heir ? " " Destiny ! " said Lucy Calvert , running to the harp and sweeping her fingers across the strings- No destiny o'er free - born man presides ! He is not ruled like shifting winds and tides ; He can refuse ...
... Marquis will have an heir ? " " Destiny ! " said Lucy Calvert , running to the harp and sweeping her fingers across the strings- No destiny o'er free - born man presides ! He is not ruled like shifting winds and tides ; He can refuse ...
Page 176
... Marquis , as I supposed would be the case , put but little store upon a gentleman MS . with so dirty a face , and most freely made me a present , afterwards , of the queer little volume illuminated on its margins , and containing within ...
... Marquis , as I supposed would be the case , put but little store upon a gentleman MS . with so dirty a face , and most freely made me a present , afterwards , of the queer little volume illuminated on its margins , and containing within ...
Page 177
... the very finest manufactured there I believe ; for the Marquis bespoke it for us , Jane , you know , from Madame Antoine herself . There is enough here , " Mrs. Griffiths , to trim a cap , pelerine , Remembrances of a Monthly Nurse . 177.
... the very finest manufactured there I believe ; for the Marquis bespoke it for us , Jane , you know , from Madame Antoine herself . There is enough here , " Mrs. Griffiths , to trim a cap , pelerine , Remembrances of a Monthly Nurse . 177.
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Page 63 - The Romish doctrine concerning Purgatory, Pardons, Worshipping, and Adoration, as well of Images as of Reliques, and also Invocation of Saints, is a fond thing vainly invented, and grounded upon no warranty of Scripture, but rather repugnant to the Word of God.
Page 621 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Page 605 - Henceforth I learn that to obey is best, And love with fear the only God, to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His providence, and on him sole depend...
Page 607 - Not in despair, to have found themselves not lost In loss itself; which on his countenance cast Like doubtful hue: but he, his wonted pride Soon recollecting, with high words, that bore Semblance of worth, not substance, gently raised Their fainting courage, and dispelled their fears.
Page 607 - A shout, that tore hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. All in a moment, through the gloom, were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air, With orient colours waving...
Page 598 - ... that epic form whereof the two poems of Homer, and those other two of Virgil and Tasso, are a diffuse, and the book of Job a brief model...
Page 122 - Their breath is agitation, and their life A storm whereon they ride, to sink at last; And yet so nursed and bigoted to strife, That should their days, surviving perils past, Melt to calm twilight, they feel overcast With sorrow and supineness, and so die : Even as a flame unfed, .which runs to waste With its own flickering, or a sword laid by Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
Page 376 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 349 - We have not yet found them all, Lords and Commons, nor ever shall do, till her Master's second coming ; he shall bring together every joint and member, and shall mould them into an immortal feature of loveliness and perfection.
Page 120 - Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure. We read Milton for instruction, retire harassed and overburdened, and look elsewhere for recreation; we desert our master, and seek for companions.