The Banker-lord: a Novel

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Henry Colburn, publisher, Great Marlborough Street, 1840 - 900 pages
 

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Page 106 - An instant sunshine through the heart, — As if the soul that minute caught Some treasure it through life had sought ; As if the very lips and eyes...
Page 4 - But whither went his soul, let such relate Who search the secrets of the future state : Divines can say but what themselves believe ; Strong proofs they have, but not demonstrative ; For, were all plain, then all sides must agree, And faith itself be lost in certainty. To live uprightly then is sure the best, To save ourselves, and not to damn the rest.
Page 105 - Do you wish me to leave the hotel ? ' The manager saw the error that he had committed, and hastened to repair it. ' Certainly not, sir ! We will do our best to make you comfortable while you stay with us. I beg your pardon, if I have said anything to offend you. The reputation of an establishment like this is a matter of very serious importance. May I hope that you will do us the great favour to say nothing about what has happened upstairs ? The two French gentlemen have kindly promised to keep...
Page 193 - Although highly esteemed as a physician, in the circle in which he moved, his fame rests chiefly on his surgical skill. He was for a long period esteemed the first surgeon in Philadelphia, and perhaps it would not be too much to say, that for many years he was the first, or equal to the first, in the United States. He was deliberate in forming his judgment ; but when his opinion was formed, he did not readily swerve from it. It was a favorite maxim with him, that the perfection of surgery consisted...
Page 26 - ... with a Bible in one hand and a petition in the other, soliciting charity.
Page 207 - Rosa would still have infinitely preferred spending that evening alone, in order to compose her spirits, and think calmly over the change that a few minutes had made in her prospects of life, yet not conceiving that she had...
Page 307 - Wilton !" she hastily repeated, with every demonstration of the contempt and aversion which the name wakened in her at such a moment, " I spoke not — I thought not — I shall never think again of Sir Charles Wilton...
Page 4 - IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER, GREAT MAHLBOROUGH STREET.
Page 124 - Richelieu in as short a time as could be expected, considering that he had others to consult, who had to read a long play before they gave judgt. I don't care which theatre takes Azendai — nor do I care much...
Page 67 - The first view they caught of inhabitants was a young girl of about fourteen years of age, who, without any other shelter for her very pretty face and shoulders from the scorching sun than...

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