The children of the abbey, Volume 3

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Printed at the Minerva-Press, for William Lane, Leadenhall-Street, 1800

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I
1
II
6
III
20
IV
33
V
58
VI
69
VII
97
VIII
108
IX
118
X
158
XI
182
XII
192
XIII
203
XIV
213
XV
226

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Page 161 - While the cold urn of her whom long he lov'd So often fills his arms ; fo often draws His lonely footfteps at the filent hour, To pay the mournful tribute of his tears ? O ! he will tell thee, that the wealth of worlds Should ne'er feduce his bofom to forego That facred hour, when ftealing from the noife Of care and envy, fweet remembrance fooths With virtue's Jcindeft looks his aching breaft, And turns his tears to rapture.
Page 6 - Joy to this happy Morn, that makes thee mine. That kindly grants what Nature had deny'd me, And makes me Father of a Son like thee. Alt. My Father ! oh let me unlade my Breaft, Pour out the Fulnefs of my Soul before you. Shew ev'ry tender, every grateful Thought, This wondrous Goodnefs llirs. But 'tis impoffible, And Utterance all is vile j fince I can only "Swear you reign here, but never tell how much.
Page 193 - ... continued Mrs. Duncan, laying her hands upon her children's heads as they sat at her feet, 'much rather would I have my babes wander from door to door, to beg the dole of charity than live upon the birth-right of the orphan.
Page 164 - Were not despis'd; when if she chanced to sigh, Or look but sad — there was indeed a time, When Jaffier would have ta'en her in his arms, Eas'd her declining head upon his breast, And never left her till he found the cause.
Page 214 - ... much ! She made a spring to escape through the entrance, but the apparition, with a rapidity equal to her own, glided before her, and with a hollow voice, as she waved her emaciated hand, exilaimed,
Page 196 - ... a deep bed in the valley, over which trees, that appeared coeval with the building, bent their old and leafy heads.
Page 221 - ... heard. She groped along the wall of the chapel to keep in the path, which wound from it to the entrance of the Abbey, and...
Page 193 - ... in the arms of a man who had every thing but fortune to recommend him ; but in wanting that, he wanted every thing to pleafe her.
Page 198 - The hall into which they entered was large and gloomy, paved with black marble, and...
Page 199 - Duncan was drawn into a corner of the room by her aunt, to conver(e in a low voice about family affairs, and the children were rambling about the hall, wondering and enquiring about every thing they faw.

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