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... thoughts which are to be cultivated only in seclu- sion . Of this mind at least seemed to be my hero , Edgar Huntingdon , whose struggles will be narrated in the ensuing pages . His oratory he found in a spot about sixteen miles from ...
... thoughts which are to be cultivated only in seclu- sion . Of this mind at least seemed to be my hero , Edgar Huntingdon , whose struggles will be narrated in the ensuing pages . His oratory he found in a spot about sixteen miles from ...
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... on which this tale naturally commences . I was going to Glendover , " he was saying , " but thought I would look in and see how you and Jessie and the rest of the family were . " ( ( Ay , ay , bairn ! ye may 6 FIVE YEARS OF IT .
... on which this tale naturally commences . I was going to Glendover , " he was saying , " but thought I would look in and see how you and Jessie and the rest of the family were . " ( ( Ay , ay , bairn ! ye may 6 FIVE YEARS OF IT .
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... thought he pronounced that last word uneasily . " Drawing and painting are my toys , my kind playmates . You are more in earnest ; you would never be satisfied with playthings . Don't walk so fast ; it betrays you . Are you going to ...
... thought he pronounced that last word uneasily . " Drawing and painting are my toys , my kind playmates . You are more in earnest ; you would never be satisfied with playthings . Don't walk so fast ; it betrays you . Are you going to ...
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... . " " True Your age , I confess , rather puzzled me . I thought you older . You see I am not young " ( he looked forty ) ; " so indifference is not incompatible with my position , even according 14 FIVE YEARS OF IT .
... . " " True Your age , I confess , rather puzzled me . I thought you older . You see I am not young " ( he looked forty ) ; " so indifference is not incompatible with my position , even according 14 FIVE YEARS OF IT .
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... thought him rather proud , unsociable , and young ; and he them , flippant and purposeless . They had already since discovered that he was signally amiable ; as free from a reserved hauteur as is consistent with self - respect , and at ...
... thought him rather proud , unsociable , and young ; and he them , flippant and purposeless . They had already since discovered that he was signally amiable ; as free from a reserved hauteur as is consistent with self - respect , and at ...
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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.