Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 28Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith Richard Bentley, 1850 - Literature |
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... doubt upon the point vanished . It was Mr. Rawlings ' carriage . Henry Winston lifted up the corner of the blind to assure himself of the fact ; and , as if that action had drawn the atten- tion of the people in the carriage , the eyes ...
... doubt upon the point vanished . It was Mr. Rawlings ' carriage . Henry Winston lifted up the corner of the blind to assure himself of the fact ; and , as if that action had drawn the atten- tion of the people in the carriage , the eyes ...
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... doubt , may be placed in the prompt and sagacious instincts of women ; but exigencies arise when instincts are confused and beaten down , and all that armoury of wit and skill , finesse , endurance , and high resolution , so potent on ...
... doubt , may be placed in the prompt and sagacious instincts of women ; but exigencies arise when instincts are confused and beaten down , and all that armoury of wit and skill , finesse , endurance , and high resolution , so potent on ...
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... doubt and distraction ? Why give such a triumph to his rival ? A hundred such inquiries found no answer but in the woman's pride that resisted the first approach of the humiliating sus- picion . The conversation happened to turn upon a ...
... doubt and distraction ? Why give such a triumph to his rival ? A hundred such inquiries found no answer but in the woman's pride that resisted the first approach of the humiliating sus- picion . The conversation happened to turn upon a ...
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... doubt and pride that sustained her through this lingering explanation . " Eh ! bien - he go away . His friend want him to stay here -no , he must go . He cannot stay in England , and he emigrate all the way over the sea to America ...
... doubt and pride that sustained her through this lingering explanation . " Eh ! bien - he go away . His friend want him to stay here -no , he must go . He cannot stay in England , and he emigrate all the way over the sea to America ...
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... doubts of her sister . While this little episode was taking place in the window , the conversation was still running on between Mr. Sloake and Mrs. Rawlings . Mr. Sloake was dwelling upon the virtues of Mrs. Stubbs , and all she had ...
... doubts of her sister . While this little episode was taking place in the window , the conversation was still running on between Mr. Sloake and Mrs. Rawlings . Mr. Sloake was dwelling upon the virtues of Mrs. Stubbs , and all she had ...
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Abraham Newland admiration amongst amusement appeared Bayonne beautiful Boucau called Captain character civil list Clara colour Costigan dear Debreczen Duke East Sheen England English eyes Farquhar favour feel fire fish fortune France French Gardens gentleman give glass H. L. PIOZZI hand happy head heard heart Henry Winston Honfleur honour hope hour hundred interest Italy kind King Kossuth lady letter lion live London look Lord Charles Eton Lord William Lordship Louis Philippe Lysons Mahé Margaret marriage mind morning nature never night once passed person Peter Jinks poor possession present Rawlings rendered replied returned round royal salmon Samuel Lysons scene seemed seen side Sikhs Sloake soon Spain Stubbs Talleyrand tell thing thought thousand tion Tom and Jerry took town Vauxhall Vauxhall Gardens whole words write young
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Page 208 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent. Then THY sun...
Page 571 - Twas Christmas told the merriest tale ; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year.
Page 576 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 646 - We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
Page 579 - There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distil it out, For our bad neighbour makes us early stirrers, Which is both healthful, and good husbandry...
Page 481 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Page 72 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Page 576 - And then it started like a guilty thing Upon a fearful summons; I have heard, The cock that is the trumpet to the morn Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat Awake the god of day...
Page 569 - COME, bring with a noise, My merry, merry boys, The Christmas log to the firing ; While my good dame, she Bids ye all be free ; And drink to your hearts
Page 316 - Life and Times of Titian, with some Account of hig Family, chiefly from new and unpublished records. With Portrait and Illustrations. 2 vols. Svo. 42s. GUMMING (R. GORDON). Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa.