Rob of the Bowl: A Legend of St. Inigoe's |
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... lady who now , well advanced in life , occupied the highest post of authority in the household , which had , for several years past , been transferred to her by the demise of the second wife . His sons had all abandoned the paternal ...
... lady who now , well advanced in life , occupied the highest post of authority in the household , which had , for several years past , been transferred to her by the demise of the second wife . His sons had all abandoned the paternal ...
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... Lady Maria - as she was entitled in the province -was a frequent and ever most welcome guest . Whether this good lady had the advantage of the Proprietary in years , would be an Ampertinent as well as an unprofitable inquiry , since no ...
... Lady Maria - as she was entitled in the province -was a frequent and ever most welcome guest . Whether this good lady had the advantage of the Proprietary in years , would be an Ampertinent as well as an unprofitable inquiry , since no ...
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... Lady Bountiful of the province who visited the sick , fed the hungry , and clothed the naked . In the early morning she tripped through the dew , with scrupulous regularity , to mass ; generally superintended the decorations of the ...
... Lady Bountiful of the province who visited the sick , fed the hungry , and clothed the naked . In the early morning she tripped through the dew , with scrupulous regularity , to mass ; generally superintended the decorations of the ...
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... lady Maria united in consultation with sister Alice concerning the details of the matter , and it was debated , with the deliberation due to so interesting a subject , whether Blanche should wear her black or her crimson velvet bodice ...
... lady Maria united in consultation with sister Alice concerning the details of the matter , and it was debated , with the deliberation due to so interesting a subject , whether Blanche should wear her black or her crimson velvet bodice ...
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... lady Maria , however , was not so much at fault , and she soon discovered , what neither Blanche nor Albert had sufficiently studied to make them aware of their own category . But the Secretary was in favor with the lady Maria , and so ...
... lady Maria , however , was not so much at fault , and she soon discovered , what neither Blanche nor Albert had sufficiently studied to make them aware of their own category . But the Secretary was in favor with the lady Maria , and so ...
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Page 156 - Going to the Wars Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. 1 Imprisoned or caged. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more.
Page 7 - And desolation saddens all thy green: One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain.
Page 375 - It is our op'ning day. Nor board nor garner own we now, Nor roof nor latched door, Nor kind mate, bound by holy vow To bless a good man's store...
Page 177 - Fellows, to mount a bank. Did your instructor In the dear tongues, never discourse to you Of the Italian mountebanks ? Per.
Page 70 - Which seemly was to see; A hood to that so neat and fine, In colour like the columbine, Ywrought full featously.
Page 135 - ' Bell my wife she loves not strife, Yet she will lead me if she can ; And oft, to live a quiet life...
Page 14 - Furthermore, Kennedy described the roof as having been "capped by a wooden balustraded parapet, terminating, at each extremity, in a scroll like the head of a violin, and, in the middle, sustaining an entablature that rose to a summit on which was mounted a weathercock.
Page 63 - She cast her weeds away, And to the palmy shore she hied, All in her best array. In sea-green silk so neatly clad, She there impatient stood ; The crew with wonder saw the lad Repell the foaming flood.
Page 197 - Some do call me Jack, sweetheart, And some do call me Jille." Witton Gilbert, a village four miles west of Durham, is, throughout the bishopric, pronounced Witton Jilbert. We have also the common name of Giles, always in Scotland pronounced Jill. For Gille, or Juliana, as a female name, we have Fair Gillian of Croyden, and a thousand authorities.
Page 100 - Twas even said the Blasted Oak, Convulsive, heaved a hollow groan : And, to this day, the peasant still, With cautious fear avoids the ground ; In each wild branch a spectre sees, And trembles at each rising sound.