Tales, and Miscellaneous Pieces, Volumen 12R. Hunter, 1825 |
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admiration Alfred Percy Alfred's answer appeared Buckhurst Caroline's character Clay-hall Clermont-park Commissioner Falconer coner count Albert count Alten count Altenberg countenance court of Denmark cried lady daugh daughter dear duke of Greenwich English Clay esteem eyes Falconer-court Falconer's father favour feel felt fortune French Clay gentleman give gout Gresham hand happy hear heard heart honour hope Hungerford knew lady Frances Arlington lady Jane Granville lady Trant ladyship Leicester letter look lord Old lord Oldborough lord William lordship ma'am majesty manner marriage married ment mind minister miss Caroline Percy miss Falconers miss Georgiana Falconer morning mother never observed passion Percy family Percy-hall Percy's Petcalf pleasure political prince racter recollect Rosamond seal secret sir Robert Percy smile Spandrill speak sure tell Temple thing thought tion Tourville voice whilst wish woman word young lady Zara
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Página 111 - From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go mark him well : For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, power and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored and unsung.
Página 111 - Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd, As home his footsteps he hath turn'd, From wandering on a foreign strand ! If such there breathe, go, mark him well ; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile...
Página 95 - Osman had not his part by heart, but still Zara covered all deficiencies : and Osman did no worse than other Osmans had done before him, till he came to the long speech, beginning with, " The sultans, my great ancestors, bequeath'd Their empire to me, but their tastes they gave not.
Página 317 - And when a lady's in the case, You know all other things give place. To leave you thus might seem unkind, But see the Goat is just behind.
Página 298 - The habit of confidence and deference for his genius and integrity remained, and to him no difference for some time appeared, in consequence of the secret decay of favour. Commissioner Falconer, timid, anxious, restless, was disposed by circumstances and by nature, or by second nature, to the vigilance of a dependent's life ; accustomed to watch and consult daily the barometer of court favour, he soon felt the coming storm ; and the moment he saw prognostics of the change, he trembled, and considered...