Aristocracy, Or, Life in the City, Número 1S.G. Sherman, 1848 - 256 páginas |
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Página 32
... told me you were in , Frank , " said he , as he entered , " and as I did not choose to let you have the option of being at home , or not , to visitors , I have adopted the only method of com- pelling you to be visible . " 66 " The very ...
... told me you were in , Frank , " said he , as he entered , " and as I did not choose to let you have the option of being at home , or not , to visitors , I have adopted the only method of com- pelling you to be visible . " 66 " The very ...
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... remarked in the same vein . " But about Lewison's party ; -I am told that it is to be a splendid affair , and that there are upwards of two hun- dred invitations out . How the old Why , to them all , of course , " LIFE IN THE CITY . 35.
... remarked in the same vein . " But about Lewison's party ; -I am told that it is to be a splendid affair , and that there are upwards of two hun- dred invitations out . How the old Why , to them all , of course , " LIFE IN THE CITY . 35.
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... told that we left in a state so near death , that it they alone were watchers . could scarcely be called life ; while the hearts of those who watched him with intense anxiety , vibrated continually between the extremes of hope and fear ...
... told that we left in a state so near death , that it they alone were watchers . could scarcely be called life ; while the hearts of those who watched him with intense anxiety , vibrated continually between the extremes of hope and fear ...
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... told you by some further act of imposition and all about my beautiful castle on the roguery ; and then society becomes Rhine , Miss Caroline ? " said he , ad- indignant at his presumption , and dressing the elder Miss Burly , who ...
... told you by some further act of imposition and all about my beautiful castle on the roguery ; and then society becomes Rhine , Miss Caroline ? " said he , ad- indignant at his presumption , and dressing the elder Miss Burly , who ...
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... told you that my son is ill . " " It can't be helped , maʼam ; it can't be helped , " said Mr. Grinder : " I must his bed , so that they can't move , if even they want to . - Yes , that shall be my security , and I think I'll be safe in ...
... told you that my son is ill . " " It can't be helped , maʼam ; it can't be helped , " said Mr. Grinder : " I must his bed , so that they can't move , if even they want to . - Yes , that shall be my security , and I think I'll be safe in ...
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acquaintance appearance Baron Kreutzden beautiful believe better Betterton Burly's called cause countenance daugh daughter Davis dear Doctor Milnor door doubt Edgar Middleton Edward Wharton Elkton exclaimed eyes father fear feel Fort Mifflin fortune Francis Carrol gentlemen girl give Grinder hand happy hear heard heart Henry Fitz Osborne ho ho ho hope Jack Cook Jemima jury Kate Middleton knew laughing light live look Luke Luke Davis Major Lawton married means ment mind Miss Burly Miss Lewison Miss Moleskin morning mother never night observed person Peters Philadelphia pington plied poor pretty racter remarked replied Adela replied Carrol replied Kate replied the Baron replied Wharton smile song soon speak suppose sure tell terton thing thought tion told tone took turned Union Bank wealth Whar wish witness young lady
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Página 119 - Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success ; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgment here ; that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return To plague the inventor : This even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips.
Página 167 - Merciful Heaven, Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle: but man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal.
Página 53 - Love's not a flower that grows on the dull earth ; Springs by the calendar ; must wait for sun — For rain; — matures by parts, — must take its time To stem, to leaf, to bud, to blow. It owns A richer soil, and boasts a quicker seed...
Página 37 - O woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light, quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou...
Página 99 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Página 98 - What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted ? Thrice is he armed, that hath his quarrel just ; And he but naked, though locked up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
Página 232 - Thou, that hast wasted earth, and dared despise Alike the wrath and mercy of the skies, Thy pomp is in the grave, thy glory laid Low in the pits thine avarice has made.
Página 58 - Why, so can I, or so can any man ; But will they come, when you do call for them ? Glend.
Página 60 - I cannot tell, what you and other men Think of this life; but, for my single self, I had as lief not be, as live to be In awe of such a thing as I m,yself.
Página 87 - Love ! I will tell thee what it is to love ! It is to build with human thoughts a shrine, Where hope sits brooding like a beauteous dove ; Where time seems young — and life a thing divine. All tastes, all pleasures, all desires combine To consecrate this sanctuary of bliss. Above, the stars in shroudless beauty shine; Around, the streams their flowery margins kiss: And if there's heaven on earth, that heaven is surely this.