The Wilmingtons: A Novel, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1850 |
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... " tell us what it is ? " " Oh ! business for to - morrow , " said he again , with a forced laugh . to - morrow , " laughed Wil- " Ay ! business to - morrow , ' mington , affectedly ; and turning on his heel , THE WILMINGTONS . 7.
... " tell us what it is ? " " Oh ! business for to - morrow , " said he again , with a forced laugh . to - morrow , " laughed Wil- " Ay ! business to - morrow , ' mington , affectedly ; and turning on his heel , THE WILMINGTONS . 7.
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A Novel Anne Marsh-Caldwell. mington , affectedly ; and turning on his heel , he hummed a French couplet to that effect . And this is the way the first evening was passed , Now , it must be told that during Mr. Wil- mington's absence ...
A Novel Anne Marsh-Caldwell. mington , affectedly ; and turning on his heel , he hummed a French couplet to that effect . And this is the way the first evening was passed , Now , it must be told that during Mr. Wil- mington's absence ...
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... turned , lay their heads together to oust me out of my own . But , d me , if you shall succeed , though . Buy you out ! Yes , thank Heaven , I have enough to buy ten thousand such pitiful schemers as you out . You think to be too sharp ...
... turned , lay their heads together to oust me out of my own . But , d me , if you shall succeed , though . Buy you out ! Yes , thank Heaven , I have enough to buy ten thousand such pitiful schemers as you out . You think to be too sharp ...
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... - ments , not exactly constituted for the con- duct of a business of this description . You will excuse me ; plain - dealing between friends is best . " " " Between friends ! " indignantly turning his back upon 14 THE WILMINGTONS .
... - ments , not exactly constituted for the con- duct of a business of this description . You will excuse me ; plain - dealing between friends is best . " " " Between friends ! " indignantly turning his back upon 14 THE WILMINGTONS .
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A Novel Anne Marsh-Caldwell. " Between friends ! " indignantly turning his back upon the polished speaker . " I see , " said Estcourt , with a smile of sarcas- tic pity at this childish effervescence of intem- perate and undisciplined ...
A Novel Anne Marsh-Caldwell. " Between friends ! " indignantly turning his back upon the polished speaker . " I see , " said Estcourt , with a smile of sarcas- tic pity at this childish effervescence of intem- perate and undisciplined ...
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Page 144 - I have nought that is fair?" saith he; "Have nought but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves.
Page 121 - Yet fell his darling by th' impartial chance Of war, imposed by royal Hector's lance ; Thine, in full peace, and by a vulgar hand Torn from thy bosom, left his high command. The famous painter...
Page 2 - Yet, to be just to these poor men of pelf, Each does but hate his neighbour as himself: Damn'd to the mines, an equal fate betides The slave that digs it, and the slave that hides.
Page 33 - Whom thus the meagre shadow answer'd soon : — " Go, whither fate and inclination strong Leads thee ; I shall not lag behind, nor err The way, thou leading ; such a scent I draw Of carnage, prey innumerable, and taste The savour of death from all things there that live ; Nor shall I to the work thou enterprises!
Page 70 - (saide he) "I riches read, And deeme them roote of all disquietnesse ; First got with guile, and then preserved with dread, And after spent with pride and lavishnesse, Leaving behind them griefe and heavinesse : Infinite mischiefes of them doe arize, Strife and debate, bloodshed and bitternesse. Outrageous wrong, and hellish covetize, That noble heart in great dishonour doth despize.
Page 77 - Wilmington's hands, save what remained of his own private fortune, into the amount of which he dared not inquire. CHAPTER X. Though he his house of polished marble build, Yet shall it ruin like the moth's frail cell, Or shed's of reeds, which summer's heat repel. SANDYS. " A PRETTY affair that fine genius Wilmington has made of his Melwyn Mine," said Estcourt to Jones, one morning.
Page 51 - It will make a man honest ; it will make him a hero; it will make him a saint. It is the state of the just dealing with the just, the magnanimous with the magnanimous, the sincere with the sincere, man with man. And it is well said by another poet, — " Why love among the virtues is not known, It is that love contracts them all in one.
Page 289 - ... spied him againe coming towards him, he sent him the verses by one of his servants : the scholler courteously tooke, and read them, not only with a loude voyce, but with pleasing jesture and amiable countenance, praysing them with wonderfull admiration ; and thereupon, coming nearer to the gentleman, he put his hand into his pocket, and pulled out a few single two-pences, and offered them unto him, saying : It is no reward for your estate (right worshipfull), but if I had more, more would I give...
Page 156 - Let such honours And funeral rites, as to his birth and virtues Are due, be first performed.