Dragons' Teeth, Volume 1L. Booth, 1863 - English fiction |
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... up a little of the gap that would seem to separate between the master and the man . And now , as my morning's sport proved quite a case in point , and the trout seemed positively unanimous in not rising , I thought I could.
... up a little of the gap that would seem to separate between the master and the man . And now , as my morning's sport proved quite a case in point , and the trout seemed positively unanimous in not rising , I thought I could.
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... seemed , in Richard's homely phrase , " a making free with what wasn't his'n , " and too much like " reckoning the chickens be- fore they were hatched . " But we left the two master Walfords lying in the cradle . But how they came there ...
... seemed , in Richard's homely phrase , " a making free with what wasn't his'n , " and too much like " reckoning the chickens be- fore they were hatched . " But we left the two master Walfords lying in the cradle . But how they came there ...
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... society . And , in this advice , the Doctor seemed only to represent the general opinion of all the neighbourhood , who , as usual , set about matching and marrying the rich old VOL . I. с bachelor ; all after their own fancy , and quite.
... society . And , in this advice , the Doctor seemed only to represent the general opinion of all the neighbourhood , who , as usual , set about matching and marrying the rich old VOL . I. с bachelor ; all after their own fancy , and quite.
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... seemed the current coin in the realm of charity , impressed Miss Onslow with an idea of something like grandeur , eleva- tion , and largeness of views , in the gentleman's character . She did not know that her new neigh- bour had , all ...
... seemed the current coin in the realm of charity , impressed Miss Onslow with an idea of something like grandeur , eleva- tion , and largeness of views , in the gentleman's character . She did not know that her new neigh- bour had , all ...
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... seemed too much bent on her charitable purpose to think of him . While these were the feelings of the one party , a sense of pity and respect was prevailing with the other — that pity , so near akin to love . Miss Onslow inquired ...
... seemed too much bent on her charitable purpose to think of him . While these were the feelings of the one party , a sense of pity and respect was prevailing with the other — that pity , so near akin to love . Miss Onslow inquired ...
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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.