The children of the abbey, Volume 1Printed at the Minerva Press, for W. Lane, 1800 |
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... conduct , and check any hopes which his appearance in the neigh- bourhood might have created . He had hefitated about Amanda's accepting the invitation to the Kilcorban's ball , but he now de- termined the should go , impreffed with the ...
... conduct , and check any hopes which his appearance in the neigh- bourhood might have created . He had hefitated about Amanda's accepting the invitation to the Kilcorban's ball , but he now de- termined the should go , impreffed with the ...
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... conduct . This firft emotion of tenderness , however , quickly fubfided , on recollect- ing what that conduct had been - how cruelly , how ungratefully fhe had ufed him ; fled in the very moment of hope and expectation , leaving him a ...
... conduct . This firft emotion of tenderness , however , quickly fubfided , on recollect- ing what that conduct had been - how cruelly , how ungratefully fhe had ufed him ; fled in the very moment of hope and expectation , leaving him a ...
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... conduct , to crush the projected fcheme in embryo , and spare himself the mortification of openly rejecting it . Had his heart even been difengaged , Lady Euphrafia could never have been his choice ; if Amanda , in reality , proved as ...
... conduct , to crush the projected fcheme in embryo , and spare himself the mortification of openly rejecting it . Had his heart even been difengaged , Lady Euphrafia could never have been his choice ; if Amanda , in reality , proved as ...
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... conduct of Amanda's parents , whofe ill qualities fhe declared her looks announced her to poffefs , and endeavoured to depreciate her in his favour ; but that was impoffible . " Lord ! " faid Lady Euphrafia , rifing as the fpoke , " let ...
... conduct of Amanda's parents , whofe ill qualities fhe declared her looks announced her to poffefs , and endeavoured to depreciate her in his favour ; but that was impoffible . " Lord ! " faid Lady Euphrafia , rifing as the fpoke , " let ...
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... conduct . " - Sir Charles gazed on it ; it was wet with the tears of Amanda ; he wiped them off , and preffing the handkerchief to his lips , put it in his bofom . At this inftant Lord Mortimer appeared ; he had , indeed , been for fome ...
... conduct . " - Sir Charles gazed on it ; it was wet with the tears of Amanda ; he wiped them off , and preffing the handkerchief to his lips , put it in his bofom . At this inftant Lord Mortimer appeared ; he had , indeed , been for fome ...
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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...