The children of the abbey, Volume 1Printed at the Minerva Press, for W. Lane, 1800 |
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... shall have full liberty to do as we please respecting it . ' " It will be a troublesome affair , I am afraid , " faid Mrs. Kilcorban . " We are to have confectioners and French cooks from Dublin , " continued her daughter , without ...
... shall have full liberty to do as we please respecting it . ' " It will be a troublesome affair , I am afraid , " faid Mrs. Kilcorban . " We are to have confectioners and French cooks from Dublin , " continued her daughter , without ...
Page 39
... shall hope , or thou deceive . " changed her clothes , and flinging herfelf on the bed , from mere fatigue at length funk into a flumber . She CHAP . 1 CHAP . IV . Love reigns a very tyrant CHILDREN OF THE ABBEY . 39 The grey dawn was ...
... shall hope , or thou deceive . " changed her clothes , and flinging herfelf on the bed , from mere fatigue at length funk into a flumber . She CHAP . 1 CHAP . IV . Love reigns a very tyrant CHILDREN OF THE ABBEY . 39 The grey dawn was ...
Page 86
... shall ever meet , as I once flattered myself we should . " This thought feemed to ftrike at all his hopes ; the diftrefs and diforder of his mind was depictured on his countenance , and efcaped not the obfervation and raillery of the ...
... shall ever meet , as I once flattered myself we should . " This thought feemed to ftrike at all his hopes ; the diftrefs and diforder of his mind was depictured on his countenance , and efcaped not the obfervation and raillery of the ...
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... shall again feparate us . " A beautiful glow overspread the countenance of Amanda ; her hand trembled in his , and she felt in that moment recompenfed for her former difappointment , and elevated above the little infolence infolence of ...
... shall again feparate us . " A beautiful glow overspread the countenance of Amanda ; her hand trembled in his , and she felt in that moment recompenfed for her former difappointment , and elevated above the little infolence infolence of ...
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... shall have a right to claim it ? " The topping of the carriages now announced the return of the party , and terminated a fcene which , if much longer protracted might , by encreafing their agitation , have produced a full difcovery of ...
... shall have a right to claim it ? " The topping of the carriages now announced the return of the party , and terminated a fcene which , if much longer protracted might , by encreafing their agitation , have produced a full difcovery of ...
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Page 83 - I'll see before I doubt ; when I doubt, prove ; And on the proof, there is no more but this, — Away at once with love or jealousy ! lago.
Page 137 - Shut from the common air, and common ufe Of their own limbs. How many drink the cup Of baleful grief, or eat the bitter bread Of mifery.
Page 131 - O MEMORY ! thou fond deceiver, Still importunate and vain, To former joys, recurring ever, And turning all the past to pain ; Thou, like the world, the opprest oppressing, Thy smiles increase the wretch's woe ! And he who wants each other blessing, In thee must ever find a foe.
Page 38 - Love reigns a very tyrant in my heart, Attended on his throne by all his guards Of furious wishes, fears, and nice suspicions.
Page 264 - O death, where is thy fting ? O grave, where is thy victory ? The fting of death is fin ; and the ftrength of fin is the law.
Page 284 - Let me fee thy countenance ; let me hear thy voice ; for fweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
Page 219 - My dear creature," said he, in a low voice, yet loud enough to be heard by the whole party, "anything I could say would be unavailing. You find they are determined not to see things in the light we wish them viewed. Compose yourself, I beseech you, and be assured, while I exist, you never shall want comfort or affluence.
Page 276 - ... for a moment, the chamber of her luxury ? Or, did her heart tell her that if her Lord entered that chamber, He would refuse to share with her the shelter she had chosen and would surely summon her from it : and that thus, drawn from her resting place, she too would have to say, that her " head also was filled with dew, and her locks with the drops of the night...
Page 220 - I should long since have come to a determination about her ; as yours, madam," turning to the marchioness, " I shall not attempt forming one ; I deem it, however, absolutely necessary to remove Lady Euphrasia Sutherland from the house till the young lady chooses to quit it. I shall, therefore, order the carriage to be ready at an early hour for the villa.
Page 207 - ... beheld Colonel Belgrave coming forward. She started up, and was springing to the door, when, rushing between her and it, he caught her in his arms, and forcing her back to the sofa, rudely stopped her mouth. " Neither cries nor struggles, Amanda...