Belgravia, a London magazine, conducted by M.E. Braddon, Volume 121870 - 2 pages |
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... present ; but she is just the sort of woman to be won by any man who would really prove himself worthy of her . Her liking for me is a mere idle fancy , which would soon die out for want of fuel . You are my superior in every way ...
... present ; but she is just the sort of woman to be won by any man who would really prove himself worthy of her . Her liking for me is a mere idle fancy , which would soon die out for want of fuel . You are my superior in every way ...
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... present myself before you at all ; but as a tolerably prosperous trader , with the ability to propose an alliance that should be to our mutual advantage , I considered I might fairly approach you . ' ' I have no money to invest in your ...
... present myself before you at all ; but as a tolerably prosperous trader , with the ability to propose an alliance that should be to our mutual advantage , I considered I might fairly approach you . ' ' I have no money to invest in your ...
Page 35
... present form , and will then be completed . By what fresh adventures they may be succeeded is no matter for present consideration . The author merely hints that he has strong reason to be- lieve that a great variety of other documents ...
... present form , and will then be completed . By what fresh adventures they may be succeeded is no matter for present consideration . The author merely hints that he has strong reason to be- lieve that a great variety of other documents ...
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... present number in the usual course , and that henceforth it will continue to be published with its accustomed regularity . However superfluous this second notice may appear to many , it is rendered necessary by various idle speculations ...
... present number in the usual course , and that henceforth it will continue to be published with its accustomed regularity . However superfluous this second notice may appear to many , it is rendered necessary by various idle speculations ...
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... present day . He ran to meet them from the tent- door , and bowed himself toward the ground , and said , ' My lord , if now I have found favour in thy sight , pass not away , I pray thee , from thy servant . ' Hospitality is , as we ...
... present day . He ran to meet them from the tent- door , and bowed himself toward the ground , and said , ' My lord , if now I have found favour in thy sight , pass not away , I pray thee , from thy servant . ' Hospitality is , as we ...
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Popular passages
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 201 - 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 201 - His forehead was broad and high, light as if built of ivory, with large projecting eyebrows, and his eyes rolling beneath them like a sea with darkened lustre. "A certain tender bloom his face o'erspread," a purple tinge as we see it in the pale thoughtful complexions of the Spanish portrait-painters, Murillo and Velasquez.
Page 298 - 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 227 - 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 257 - 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 453 - There, when the sounds of flute and fiddle Gave signal sweet, in that old hall, Of hands across and down the middle, Hers was the subtlest spell by far Of all that...
Page 228 - 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.
Page 449 - The turning of coats so common is grown, That no one would think to attack it ; But no case until now was so flagrantly known Of a schoolboy's turning his jacket.
Page 42 - And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant...