Dragons' Teeth, Volume 1L. Booth, 1863 - English fiction |
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... bereavement , anxiety , or anguish of mind , as regarded what might result to a lady in her interesting situation , -all this became the subject of inquiries , not very common with a general officer , however natural for Mrs. Broad- beam ,
... bereavement , anxiety , or anguish of mind , as regarded what might result to a lady in her interesting situation , -all this became the subject of inquiries , not very common with a general officer , however natural for Mrs. Broad- beam ,
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... regarded the property . Under all circumstances , she would have a comfortable - an ample fortune ; but the command of the estate of Richcourt Manor depended on the birth of a son and heir . In that event , Mr. Walford devised the ...
... regarded the property . Under all circumstances , she would have a comfortable - an ample fortune ; but the command of the estate of Richcourt Manor depended on the birth of a son and heir . In that event , Mr. Walford devised the ...
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... regarded her dear babes with an evil eye ; for , with an evil eye , how- ever unconsciously , the disappointed uncle , we fear , did regard them . And before we pro- nounce his offence utterly unpardonable , let us analyse our own ...
... regarded her dear babes with an evil eye ; for , with an evil eye , how- ever unconsciously , the disappointed uncle , we fear , did regard them . And before we pro- nounce his offence utterly unpardonable , let us analyse our own ...
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... regarded the rural homage they received , began to show a difference . The servant - maids within - doors , and the serving- men without , in the garden , the stable , and the farm - stead — from the portly coachman to the staring cow ...
... regarded the rural homage they received , began to show a difference . The servant - maids within - doors , and the serving- men without , in the garden , the stable , and the farm - stead — from the portly coachman to the staring cow ...
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... regarded . The Reverend Joseph Watson , M.A. , of Chester College , Oxford , had been known in a distant county , years before , as plain Mr. Wat- son , —an usher to Dr. Battersby of the Kenfield Grammar School , —a family man of small ...
... regarded . The Reverend Joseph Watson , M.A. , of Chester College , Oxford , had been known in a distant county , years before , as plain Mr. Wat- son , —an usher to Dr. Battersby of the Kenfield Grammar School , —a family man of small ...
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Alice Hengen Belmont better Bones brother Nat business is business Buxton called character Christchurch College Colton course creatures cricket Croix Dick Cheston doubt Eton eyes feel fellow felt fond fortune gentleman girl Hannah happy hard Hardaway heart Heir of Richcourt honour idle JAMES PYCROFT John Hackles kind King's knew Le Croix live look lucid intervals master mind Miss Onslow moral measures morning mother nature Ned Walford Ned's never Newnham Norman old King Cole old lady once Oxford paraplegia party passed perhaps poor pupil realise rich Richcourt Hall Richcourt Manor Rickworth Ruffles seemed Sellack Sir Buller sister Snipe society soon spirit Stag sure talk Tawstock things Thomas Walford thought Tom Snipe tutor Walesby Wanton Watson wine Winter woman Woodstock words young ladies youth
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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.