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... give some account of myself . I cannot exactly ascertain from what point of the compass I was blown ; but my earliest recollection places me in an elevated and airy.castle , situated on one of the highest mountains described by the ...
... give some account of myself . I cannot exactly ascertain from what point of the compass I was blown ; but my earliest recollection places me in an elevated and airy.castle , situated on one of the highest mountains described by the ...
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... give a hint , upon the subject . In the mean time , she must entreat for a letter , just to relieve her own and other people's anxiety ; for she could not help saying that Mrs. Sinclair was so reserved , and her manner so changed to ...
... give a hint , upon the subject . In the mean time , she must entreat for a letter , just to relieve her own and other people's anxiety ; for she could not help saying that Mrs. Sinclair was so reserved , and her manner so changed to ...
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... give the signal , when he sprung into the coach , which was to re- ceive him , his lady , and four of their slen- derest daughters , as nimbly as impatience ( which often impedes rather than aids its design ) and the rheumatism would ...
... give the signal , when he sprung into the coach , which was to re- ceive him , his lady , and four of their slen- derest daughters , as nimbly as impatience ( which often impedes rather than aids its design ) and the rheumatism would ...
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... give me the key ? " said the man . Lady Wills was looking in her ridicule , and the ridicules of all the young ladies , for the key , but could not find it . " Break open the door , " said Sir Thomas , " at once , and then break the ...
... give me the key ? " said the man . Lady Wills was looking in her ridicule , and the ridicules of all the young ladies , for the key , but could not find it . " Break open the door , " said Sir Thomas , " at once , and then break the ...
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... , as patient as one who longed to impart that which he was assured would give happiness to the hearts of those he loved , and particularly to Ellen : but he was com pelled to wait the recovery of Mrs. Sinclair , and DUTY . 43.
... , as patient as one who longed to impart that which he was assured would give happiness to the hearts of those he loved , and particularly to Ellen : but he was com pelled to wait the recovery of Mrs. Sinclair , and DUTY . 43.
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Page 94 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 96 - DAY set on Norham's castled steep. And Tweed's fair river, broad and deep. And Cheviot's mountains lone : The battled towers, the donjon keep, The loop-hole grates where captives weep. The flanking walls that round it sweep, In yellow lustre shone.
Page 96 - Whose ponderous grate and massy bar Had oft roll'd back the tide of war, But never closed the iron door Against the desolate and poor. The Duchess...
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