Dragons' Teeth, Volume 1L. Booth, 1863 - English fiction |
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... less , proved a very sore disap- pointment to General Colton . - So very near had the General been to the summit of his ambition in realising the comfortable independence , as well the county influence of Richcourt Manor , yet , after ...
... less , proved a very sore disap- pointment to General Colton . - So very near had the General been to the summit of his ambition in realising the comfortable independence , as well the county influence of Richcourt Manor , yet , after ...
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... less inexplicable . A quiet , demure , self- possessed , and religious woman like her ! appa- rently thinking only of her poor people and her prayers , and quite contented as she was ! What could she possibly mean by this strange late ...
... less inexplicable . A quiet , demure , self- possessed , and religious woman like her ! appa- rently thinking only of her poor people and her prayers , and quite contented as she was ! What could she possibly mean by this strange late ...
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... less remarkable in their way . They seemed to think prudence , as Coriolanus deemed valour , to be " the chiefest virtue ; " and the organ of acquisitiveness to be the first to be felt for among all human bumps . They seemed to look ...
... less remarkable in their way . They seemed to think prudence , as Coriolanus deemed valour , to be " the chiefest virtue ; " and the organ of acquisitiveness to be the first to be felt for among all human bumps . They seemed to look ...
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... less able to detect , amidst the kindest of inquiries , a certain hollow tone , when the accents of the lips find no echo from the heart . The mother soon perceived - and there were those about her who were ready enough to re- peat ...
... less able to detect , amidst the kindest of inquiries , a certain hollow tone , when the accents of the lips find no echo from the heart . The mother soon perceived - and there were those about her who were ready enough to re- peat ...
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... less would they un- derstand that money carries with it a certain blighting influence , too often fatal to the health to enjoy , to the heart to respond to the highest pleasures , or the soul to aspire above the things that perish in ...
... less would they un- derstand that money carries with it a certain blighting influence , too often fatal to the health to enjoy , to the heart to respond to the highest pleasures , or the soul to aspire above the things that perish in ...
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Page 93 - What beast was't then That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; And, to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place Did then adhere, and yet you would make both: They have made themselves, and that their fitness now Does unmake you.
Page 206 - s weel with you gentles, that can sit in the house with handkerchers at your een, when ye lose a friend; but the like o' us maun to our work again, if our hearts were beating as hard as ony hammer.
Page 69 - Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se quam quod ridiculos homines facit. "Exeat...
Page 225 - This novelty on earth, this fair defect Of Nature, and not fill the world at once With men, as angels, without feminine, Or find some other way to generate Mankind?
Page 13 - See also Jer. vii. 29. Micah i. 16. Isaiah vii. 20. No. 958. — ii. 4. Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath, will he give for his life.] Before the invention of money, trade used to be carried on by barter ; that is, by exchanging one commodity for another. The men who had been hunting in the woods for wild beasts would carry their skins to market, and exchange them with the armourer for so many bows and arrows. As these traffickers were...
Page 85 - Eton, and the other public schools, properly so called; and we hope and trust that an effort will now be made on the part of the Masters and Fellows of Eton to do full justice to those committed to their charge.