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... sure I am . I was brought up in the country by my grandmother , one of the best women that ever lived . She took me when I was about four years old , and I re- mained with her till I had comple- ted my sixteenth year , when I had the ...
... sure I am . I was brought up in the country by my grandmother , one of the best women that ever lived . She took me when I was about four years old , and I re- mained with her till I had comple- ted my sixteenth year , when I had the ...
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... sure that it would be impossible for me ever to love or respect Sir Simon , for he appears to me the most stupid , ill - bred , disagreeable creature in the world : he talks of nothing but eating , dress , and driving a new carriage ...
... sure that it would be impossible for me ever to love or respect Sir Simon , for he appears to me the most stupid , ill - bred , disagreeable creature in the world : he talks of nothing but eating , dress , and driving a new carriage ...
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... sure means of extricating us from them : this was an acquaintance she formed with a gentleman who was about to stand candidate for a seat in par- liament ; he found little difficulty in persuading her , that his interest with the great ...
... sure means of extricating us from them : this was an acquaintance she formed with a gentleman who was about to stand candidate for a seat in par- liament ; he found little difficulty in persuading her , that his interest with the great ...
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... sure or confinement . " Nor will the timber be liable to contract or expand , the pores being made completely impervious to moisture . " The additional strength given to timber is , by uniting and con- solidating the component parts of ...
... sure or confinement . " Nor will the timber be liable to contract or expand , the pores being made completely impervious to moisture . " The additional strength given to timber is , by uniting and con- solidating the component parts of ...
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... sure abroad ; and the indifference near him , and she betrayed an ex- cess of alarm which Dorval bad not supposed her capable of feeling . Never did he hear so piercing a shriek as the one she gave when she saw him fall : he hastened to ...
... sure abroad ; and the indifference near him , and she betrayed an ex- cess of alarm which Dorval bad not supposed her capable of feeling . Never did he hear so piercing a shriek as the one she gave when she saw him fall : he hastened to ...
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Página 88 - Well believe this, No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, Become them with one half so good a grace, As mercy does.
Página 223 - It has armed the feeble hand of man, in short, with a power to which no limits can be assigned ; completed the dominion of mind over the most refractory qualities of matter ; and laid a sure foundation for all those future miracles of mechanic power which are to aid and reward the labours of after generations.
Página 203 - Think not that I am come to send peace on earth; I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-inlaw against her mother-in-law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
Página 195 - So like an arrow swift he flew Shot by an archer strong, So did he fly — which brings me to The middle of my song.
Página 195 - His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more.
Página 222 - The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend an oak, is as nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal...
Página 222 - By his admirable contrivance, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility, for the prodigious power which it can exert, and the ease, and precision, and ductility, with which it can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin or rend an oak, is as nothing to it.
Página 222 - But these are poor and narrow views of its importance. It has increased indefinitely the mass of human comforts and enjoyments, and rendered cheap and accessible, all over the world, the materials of wealth and prosperity.
Página 237 - M'Namara, the gentleman who was sent to him, who has a natural eloquence, and an excellent understanding, urged the most cogent reasons, and used all the arts of persuasion, to induce him to part with his mistress, and even proceeded so far as to assure him, according to his instructions...
Página 236 - When he (Charles Edward) was in Scotland, he had a mistress whose name was Walkinshaw, and whose sister was at that time, and is still, housekeeper at Leicester House. Some years after he was released from his prison, and conducted out of France, he sent for this girl, who soon acquired such a dominion over him, that she was acquainted with all his schemes, and trusted with his most secret correspondence. As soon as this was known in England, all those persons of distinction who were attached to...