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of a fond parent beamed from his eyes — in which The general , in greai excitement , strode up and he in vain tried to throw severe and reproving down the apartment , and the countess ' pale cheek glances .
of a fond parent beamed from his eyes — in which The general , in greai excitement , strode up and he in vain tried to throw severe and reproving down the apartment , and the countess ' pale cheek glances .
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I shall echo the ture to break , the countess said : “ Tell the woman sentiment , and say heirs and only sons are un- to call again , in a week or so . I do not feel well known in the army . But , my poor Vanda , how to - day , and can ...
I shall echo the ture to break , the countess said : “ Tell the woman sentiment , and say heirs and only sons are un- to call again , in a week or so . I do not feel well known in the army . But , my poor Vanda , how to - day , and can ...
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The garden silent acquiescence in what both the young heir was large , and well shaded ; and as the countess and Seraphinka considered an impertinence that had not , for some years past , been able to extend deserved chastisement ...
The garden silent acquiescence in what both the young heir was large , and well shaded ; and as the countess and Seraphinka considered an impertinence that had not , for some years past , been able to extend deserved chastisement ...
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“ Surely - surely — you ' ll let me kiss your In vain did the count resort to less spiritual means , robe ; you ' ll not be prouder than the countess dragging his wife to all the spas of Germany in herself .
“ Surely - surely — you ' ll let me kiss your In vain did the count resort to less spiritual means , robe ; you ' ll not be prouder than the countess dragging his wife to all the spas of Germany in herself .
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The countess listened with deep attention . was fraught with terror . When his little narrative came to an end , she They found the countess sensibly altered for gently drew him towards her . the worse . She now seldom quitted her ...
The countess listened with deep attention . was fraught with terror . When his little narrative came to an end , she They found the countess sensibly altered for gently drew him towards her . the worse . She now seldom quitted her ...
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Page 383 - Hear the loud alarum bells — Brazen bells ! What a tale of terror now their turbulency tells ! In the startled ear of night How they scream out their affright ! Too much horrified to speak, They can only shriek, shriek, Out of tune ! In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire...
Page 410 - Mark you this, Bassanio, The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul, producing holy witness, Is like a villain with a smiling cheek ; A goodly apple rotten at the heart: O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath ! Shy.
Page 405 - At the same time, let the sovereign authority of this country over the colonies be asserted in as strong terms as can be devised, and be made to extend to every point of legislation whatsoever; that we may bind their trade, confine their manufactures, and exercise every power whatsoever, except that of taking their money out of their pockets without their consent.
Page 383 - Oh, the bells, bells, bells! What a tale their terror tells Of Despair! How they clang, and clash, and roar! What a horror they outpour On the bosom of the palpitating air! Yet the ear it fully knows, By the twanging, And the clanging, How the danger ebbs and flows...
Page 411 - A light broke in upon my brain, — It was the carol of a bird; It ceased, and then it came again, The sweetest song ear ever heard, And mine was thankful till my eyes Ran over with the glad surprise, And they that moment could not see I was the mate of misery.
Page 390 - Soon were lost in a maze of sluggish and devious waters, Which, like a network of steel, extended in every direction. Over their heads the towering and tenebrous boughs of the cypress Met in a dusky arch, and trailing mosses in mid-air Waved like banners that hang on the walls of ancient cathedrals.
Page 411 - I saw the dungeon walls and floor Close slowly round me as before, I saw the glimmer of the...
Page 157 - Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied, for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant* sung; Silence was pleased: now...
Page 390 - Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside— Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses!
Page 410 - Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Or close the wall up with our English dead ! In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility ; But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...