Strathallan, Volume 1Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1816 - Fiction in English |
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... nature and incli- nation , sometimes hunted with odious Lady Dare - all . " " Let me entreat you to recollect , " said Lord Torrendale , looking at his watch , " that we are out - staying our appointment , and defer the rest of your ...
... nature and incli- nation , sometimes hunted with odious Lady Dare - all . " " Let me entreat you to recollect , " said Lord Torrendale , looking at his watch , " that we are out - staying our appointment , and defer the rest of your ...
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... nature ; and her birth , though respectable , was not such as to entitle her to hope for so splendid an establishment . The idea , that his prudence might be called in question , by an engagement for which , passion could be alone ...
... nature ; and her birth , though respectable , was not such as to entitle her to hope for so splendid an establishment . The idea , that his prudence might be called in question , by an engagement for which , passion could be alone ...
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... natural charms he had left behind . In short , finding himself un- happy , while absent from Miss Granville , or rather , in love's official phrase , " that he could not live without her , " his Lordship once STRATHALLAN . 17.
... natural charms he had left behind . In short , finding himself un- happy , while absent from Miss Granville , or rather , in love's official phrase , " that he could not live without her , " his Lordship once STRATHALLAN . 17.
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... its being supposed out of nature , that a man of a disposition cold and unenthusiastic , as Lord Torrendale's ; one who was alike insensible to the charms of eloquence , or the arts , should suffer himself to 18 STRATHALLAN .
... its being supposed out of nature , that a man of a disposition cold and unenthusiastic , as Lord Torrendale's ; one who was alike insensible to the charms of eloquence , or the arts , should suffer himself to 18 STRATHALLAN .
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... natural harshness and re- serve of his character . Time had a different effect upon his lively Countess : while it im- paired the graces of her form , it only aug- mented her opinion of the power of those of her mind ; though her ...
... natural harshness and re- serve of his character . Time had a different effect upon his lively Countess : while it im- paired the graces of her form , it only aug- mented her opinion of the power of those of her mind ; though her ...
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Page 347 - But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers, Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night, With this her solemn bird ; nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Page 347 - But neither breath of morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds, nor rising sun On this delightful land, nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew, nor fragrance after showers, Nor grateful evening mild, nor silent night With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight without thee is sweet.
Page 148 - Wise men have said, are wearisome ; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings what needs he elsewhere seek?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge ; As children gathering pebbles on the shore.
Page 475 - That palter with us in a double sense ; That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope. — I'll not fight with thee. Macd. Then yield thee, coward, And live to be the show and gaze o
Page 148 - However, many books Wise men have said are wearisome; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys, And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge; As children gathering pebbles on the shore...
Page 469 - The keenest pangs the wretched find Are rapture to the dreary void, The leafless desert of the mind, The waste of feelings unemploy'd.
Page 259 - Ev'n now my thoughts, relenting maid, Thy temple's pride design : Its southern site, its truth complete, Shall raise a wild enthusiast heat In all who view the shrine.
Page 194 - And shriek as he whirls her around. While they drink out of skulls newly torn from the grave. Dancing round them the spectres are seen : Their liquor is blood, and this horrible stave They howl : — " To the health of Alonzo the Brave, And his consort the Fair Imogine ! " The perusal of this story was ill calculated to dispel Antonia's melancholy.
Page 501 - I'll let you see My actions with your rules agree ; That I can vulgar forms despise, And have no secrets to disguise. I knew, by what you said and writ, How dangerous things were men of wit; You caution'd me against their charms, But never gave me equal arms ; Your lessons found the weakest part, Aim'd at the head...
Page 217 - Bend forward from your clouds," I said, "ghosts of my fathers! bend. Lay by the red terror of your course. Receive the falling chief; whether he comes from a distant land, or rises from the rolling sea. Let his robe of mist be near ; his spear that is formed of a cloud.