Belgravia: A London Magazine, Volume 12Chatto and Windus, 1870 |
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... told him , no ; there never was such a careless gentleman about letters . He never cared about having them sent after him , and would let them lie in the box till the dust got thick upon them . a Gilbert left a brief note for John ...
... told him , no ; there never was such a careless gentleman about letters . He never cared about having them sent after him , and would let them lie in the box till the dust got thick upon them . a Gilbert left a brief note for John ...
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... told his friend about his acquaintance with Jacob Nowell , and the old man's futile endeavours to find his grandchild ; to all of which Mr. Saltram listened attentively . Then you fancy there is a good bit of money in question ? ' he ...
... told his friend about his acquaintance with Jacob Nowell , and the old man's futile endeavours to find his grandchild ; to all of which Mr. Saltram listened attentively . Then you fancy there is a good bit of money in question ? ' he ...
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... told himself could not have been his , had he , Theobald , been at hand to engage his cousin's attention by those superior qualities of mind and person which must needs have utterly outshone the other . All that Mr. Pallinson wanted was ...
... told himself could not have been his , had he , Theobald , been at hand to engage his cousin's attention by those superior qualities of mind and person which must needs have utterly outshone the other . All that Mr. Pallinson wanted was ...
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... told you that I have money to leave ? ' cried the old man sharply . Have I not said that I am a poor man , hopelessly im- poverished by your extravagance ? ' I ' Bah , my dear father , that is all nonsense . My extravagance is a ...
... told you that I have money to leave ? ' cried the old man sharply . Have I not said that I am a poor man , hopelessly im- poverished by your extravagance ? ' I ' Bah , my dear father , that is all nonsense . My extravagance is a ...
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... told me all that he could tell me , I daresay . ' " ' I believe I have . ' Precisely . Therefore no possible good could come of an en- counter between him and me , and I shall be glad if you will keep my name dark . ' ' As you please ...
... told me all that he could tell me , I daresay . ' " ' I believe I have . ' Precisely . Therefore no possible good could come of an en- counter between him and me , and I shall be glad if you will keep my name dark . ' ' As you please ...
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Page 68 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Page 260 - And here I prophesy, — This brawl to-day, Grown to this faction, in the Temple garden, Shall send, between the red rose and the white, A thousand souls to death and deadly night.
Page 260 - Let him that is a true-born gentleman, And stands upon the honour of his birth, If he suppose that I have pleaded truth, From off this brier pluck a white rose with me. SOMERSET. Let him that is no coward nor no flatterer, But dare maintain the party of the truth, Pluck a red rose from off this thorn with me.
Page 238 - And he said, I am. Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee : neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place : for it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou earnest.
Page 423 - You know our country custom of coupling a man and woman together as partners in the labours of harvest. In my fifteenth autumn, my partner was a bewitching creature, a year younger than myself. My scarcity of English denies me the power of doing her justice in that language, but you know the Scotch idiom: she was a "bonnie, sweet, sonsie lass".
Page 296 - Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
Page 199 - It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log, at last, dry, bald, and sere: A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall, and die that night; It was the plant, and flower of light. In small proportions, we just beauties see: And in short measures, life may perfect be.
Page 225 - In a calm retirement the gay vanity of youth no longer fluttered in her bosom ; she listened to the voice of truth and passion, and I might presume to hope that I had made some impression on a virtuous heart.
Page 255 - Crosse he bore, The deare remembrance of his dying Lord, For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead, as living, ever him ador'd : Upon his shield the like was also scor'd, For soveraine hope which in his helpe he had.
Page 226 - After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate; I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life. My cure was accelerated by a faithful report of the tranquillity and cheerfulness of the lady herself, and my love subsided in friendship and esteem.