George Balcombe: A Novel...Harper & brothers, 1836 - 286 страници |
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... truth , of what I had just heard ; and , though I was not prepared to assent to it , was well pleased that I was not called on to refute it . There was some- thing in the hardiness of thought and freedom of speech of my new acquaintance ...
... truth , of what I had just heard ; and , though I was not prepared to assent to it , was well pleased that I was not called on to refute it . There was some- thing in the hardiness of thought and freedom of speech of my new acquaintance ...
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... truth of what I had sus- pected . I waited , accordingly , with impatience , until the closing of his letters should again open the door to conversation . But although he had volunteered a remark which invited inquiry , I was at a loss ...
... truth of what I had sus- pected . I waited , accordingly , with impatience , until the closing of his letters should again open the door to conversation . But although he had volunteered a remark which invited inquiry , I was at a loss ...
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... truth of the whole story . For , said they , it would have been as easy to lie , out and out , as to admit that he had witnessed the paper , but to say he did not know what had become of it . " " As easy , to be sure , but not quite so ...
... truth of the whole story . For , said they , it would have been as easy to lie , out and out , as to admit that he had witnessed the paper , but to say he did not know what had become of it . " " As easy , to be sure , but not quite so ...
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... truth literally . " " Literally ! yes . But in so doing he would in- cur all the guilt of falsehood . " " No doubt ; but not the penalties . " " Not in this world , but in the next . " " Conscience and religion would make no dif ...
... truth literally . " " Literally ! yes . But in so doing he would in- cur all the guilt of falsehood . " " No doubt ; but not the penalties . " " Not in this world , but in the next . " " Conscience and religion would make no dif ...
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... truth , there was nothing for me to do but to study ; and I must have been a dunce indeed if I had not seen that I was put there for my good . The place was admirably adapted to the plan . The vast extent of the estate placed me in the ...
... truth , there was nothing for me to do but to study ; and I must have been a dunce indeed if I had not seen that I was put there for my good . The place was admirably adapted to the plan . The vast extent of the estate placed me in the ...
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Страница 131 - And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman ? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet : but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
Страница 260 - Philosophy baptized In the pure fountain of eternal love Has eyes indeed; and viewing all she sees, As meant to indicate a God to man, Gives Him his praise, and forfeits not her own.
Страница 114 - SWEET Teviot! on thy silver tide The glaring bale-fires blaze no more; No longer steel-clad warriors ride Along thy wild and willowed shore; Where'er thou wind'st, by dale or hill, All, all is peaceful, all is still, As if thy waves, since Time was born, Since first they rolled upon the Tweed, Had only heard the shepherd's reed, Nor started at the bugle-horn.
Страница 63 - And tears unnotic'd from their channels flow ; Serene her manner, till some sudden pain Frets the meek soul, and then she's calm again; — Her broken pitcher to the pool she takes, And every step with cautious terror makes ; For not alone that infant in her arms, But nearer cause, her anxious soul alarms.
Страница 53 - Woe waits the insect and the maid, A life of pain, the loss of peace, From infant's play and man's caprice : The lovely toy so fiercely sought Has lost its charm by being caught.
Страница 258 - Th' emboldened snow next to the flame does sleep. And if we weigh, like thee, Nature, and causes, we shall see That thus it needs must be : To things immortal time can do no wrong, And that which never is to die, for ever must be young.
Страница 44 - Lo! now with red rent cloak and bonnet black, And torn green gown loose hanging at her back, One who an infant in her arms sustains, And seems in patience striving with her pains...
Страница 179 - What happy hours of home-felt bliss Did love on both bestow ! But bliss too mighty long to last, Where fortune proves a foe. His sister, who, like Envy form'd, Like her in mischief joy'd, To work them harm, with wicked skill, Each darker art employ 'd.
Страница 211 - A fellow by the hand of nature marked, Quoted and signed to do a deed of shame...
Страница 22 - Tucker had published in 1836, "than to be sprung from a race of men without fear and without reproach—the ancient cavaliers of Virginia?"!