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Page 29
... girls , and yet never married any of them . ' Oh , ' said Cooper , ' when parents ask me my inten- tions , I propose ; and then it comes out I have £ 200 a year , and the thing is smashed . " " Shame shame ! " was the chorus of voices ...
... girls , and yet never married any of them . ' Oh , ' said Cooper , ' when parents ask me my inten- tions , I propose ; and then it comes out I have £ 200 a year , and the thing is smashed . " " Shame shame ! " was the chorus of voices ...
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... Fairfort — what a charming girl ! And so , time went pretty happily with our hero , who was studying for the bar , and thinking of being - a poet . CHAPTER III . " Nec dulces amores Sperne , puer FIVE YEARS OF IT . 59.
... Fairfort — what a charming girl ! And so , time went pretty happily with our hero , who was studying for the bar , and thinking of being - a poet . CHAPTER III . " Nec dulces amores Sperne , puer FIVE YEARS OF IT . 59.
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... girls have opinions ready- made for them , Annette Fairfort had arrived at many conclusions , differing considerably from those upon which society has affixed its permit . Hence , at least , she gained whatever benefits ( and some are ...
... girls have opinions ready- made for them , Annette Fairfort had arrived at many conclusions , differing considerably from those upon which society has affixed its permit . Hence , at least , she gained whatever benefits ( and some are ...
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... girl up to your ideas . But I hope you are not going to do anything stupid . I thought you were too poor to always said so . " marry - you've " Oh , my dear fellow ! I can manage . I have three , and she has about two hundred a 64 FIVE ...
... girl up to your ideas . But I hope you are not going to do anything stupid . I thought you were too poor to always said so . " marry - you've " Oh , my dear fellow ! I can manage . I have three , and she has about two hundred a 64 FIVE ...
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... girl who loves you , and she will praise you , and kiss you , and be proud of you ; and with this be satisfied . " It was said with the intensest bitterness ; but Edgar shook his head , and urged still- " I am sure you take too harsh a ...
... girl who loves you , and she will praise you , and kiss you , and be proud of you ; and with this be satisfied . " It was said with the intensest bitterness ; but Edgar shook his head , and urged still- " I am sure you take too harsh a ...
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Page 57 - SHUT, shut the door, good John! fatigued, I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide? They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land...
Page 190 - And shadows forth its glory. There is given Unto the things of earth, which Time hath bent, A Spirit's feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the Palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till Ages are its dower.
Page 132 - thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us - by that God we both adore Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.