The Parricide; Or, The Youth's Career of CrimeJ. Dicks, 1817 - 180 pages |
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... remain at the place to which we have become attached : besides , in the letter I received from Sir George Mornay , answering the one our benefactor wrote , that baronet advised us strongly to remain where we are , and not to dream of a ...
... remain at the place to which we have become attached : besides , in the letter I received from Sir George Mornay , answering the one our benefactor wrote , that baronet advised us strongly to remain where we are , and not to dream of a ...
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... remains to be done , is to seek out , if possible , this Mr. Wescott : of his personal appearance I cannot give the slightest idea , so faintly is it im- told : the secret , that has for years preyed upon my mind , is unburthened : the ...
... remains to be done , is to seek out , if possible , this Mr. Wescott : of his personal appearance I cannot give the slightest idea , so faintly is it im- told : the secret , that has for years preyed upon my mind , is unburthened : the ...
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... remain , 66 " Your obedient servant , " AMELIA CRAWFORD . " boy , who was employed to act as carrier to the By return of post a letter was brought by the various dwellings within a few miles of Bagshot , containing an enclosure of fifty ...
... remain , 66 " Your obedient servant , " AMELIA CRAWFORD . " boy , who was employed to act as carrier to the By return of post a letter was brought by the various dwellings within a few miles of Bagshot , containing an enclosure of fifty ...
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... remain idly here , while our schemes require discussion . " : " Nothing can proceed without him he finds money when we are not flush from an expedition , and everything we require . Certainly he is a most extraordinary man : any pursuit ...
... remain idly here , while our schemes require discussion . " : " Nothing can proceed without him he finds money when we are not flush from an expedition , and everything we require . Certainly he is a most extraordinary man : any pursuit ...
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... remains is for you Riving- " And my mother ! " were pronounced with energy stone I mean as tó preliminaries , " said ... remain idle ; and he , in preference to re- turning to his mother till all should be ready ( for he dreaded to meet ...
... remains is for you Riving- " And my mother ! " were pronounced with energy stone I mean as tó preliminaries , " said ... remain idle ; and he , in preference to re- turning to his mother till all should be ready ( for he dreaded to meet ...
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The Parricide, Or the Youth's Career of Crime (Classic Reprint) George W. M. Reynolds No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 6 - 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 78 - When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray ; What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die.
Page 14 - In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in gay attire is seen; In hamlets, dances on the green. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above ; For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
Page 44 - ET a obfervation with extenfive view, **— * Survey. mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious, toil, each eager ftrife, And watch the bufy fcenes of crowded life ; Then fay how hope and fear, defire and...
Page 157 - It is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it fall. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger, who digged and made room for him. It is the wisdom of crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour. But that which is specially to be noted is, that those which, as Cicero says of Pompey, are sui amantes sine rivali, are many times unfortunate.
Page 157 - Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof, a depraved thing. It is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it fall. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger, who digged and made room for him. It is the wisdom of crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour.
Page 26 - Here laws are all inviolate; none lay Traps for the traveller; every highway's clear; Here — " he was interrupted by a knife, With — "Damn your eyes! your money or your life!
Page 80 - the sovereign architect raised on Masonic principles the beauteous globe, and commanded that master science, Geometry, to lay the planetary world, and to regulate by its laws the whole stupendous system in just unerring proportion, rolling round the central sun.
Page 102 - It was the first time he had called her by her Christian name ; but...
Page 19 - HOUSES, churches, mix'd together ; Streets unpleasant in all weather; Prisons, palaces contiguous, Gates, a bridge, the Thames irriguous; Gaudy things enough to tempt ye...