Jane Lomax; Or, A Mother's Crime, Volume 1H. Colburn, 1838 |
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... Hunter in that capacity . Delighted at the thought of being enabled to support his mother and sister , in however humble a manner , Hunter accepted the situa- tion , although he knew it to be one for which , both by education and taste ...
... Hunter in that capacity . Delighted at the thought of being enabled to support his mother and sister , in however humble a manner , Hunter accepted the situa- tion , although he knew it to be one for which , both by education and taste ...
Page 219
... Hunter to qualify himself for a business he detested , in the hope that it might eventually empower him to re- instate them in the sphere they had formerly occupied ; but his dejected air , and an occa- sional irritability of temper ...
... Hunter to qualify himself for a business he detested , in the hope that it might eventually empower him to re- instate them in the sphere they had formerly occupied ; but his dejected air , and an occa- sional irritability of temper ...
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... Hunter , who seems , by his bearing , to think that the word Esquire should already be added to his name , and sooth to say , his looks qualify him to enact the part of squire to the knight of the rueful visage . " " I know by ...
... Hunter , who seems , by his bearing , to think that the word Esquire should already be added to his name , and sooth to say , his looks qualify him to enact the part of squire to the knight of the rueful visage . " " I know by ...
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... Hunter every time uncle takes him to task , for I have reason to believe that they do not agree very well together . " " I am both sorry and surprised to hear it . He is very good - looking , and such a fine figure ; don't you think so ...
... Hunter every time uncle takes him to task , for I have reason to believe that they do not agree very well together . " " I am both sorry and surprised to hear it . He is very good - looking , and such a fine figure ; don't you think so ...
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... it be not manifested , and which in the victims of mis- fortune is so apt to degenerate into an unsocial pride , now melted away like snow before the sun ; and Hunter , delighted with the discovery that 232 JANE LOMAX .
... it be not manifested , and which in the victims of mis- fortune is so apt to degenerate into an unsocial pride , now melted away like snow before the sun ; and Hunter , delighted with the discovery that 232 JANE LOMAX .
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Page 193 - But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks! It is the east, and Juliet is the sun ! — Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou her maid art far more fair than she...
Page 193 - O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, As is a winged messenger of heaven Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him, When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds And sails upon the bosom of the air.
Page 279 - Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love: Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues; Let every eye negotiate for itself, And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch, Against whose charms faith melteth into blood.
Page 23 - How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear Charmer away!
Page 139 - Hence, thou impostor, traitor, monster, devil ! — I can no more: Thou, and my griefs, have sunk Me down so low, that I want voice to curse thee. Alex. Suppose some shipwrecked seaman near the shore, Dropping and faint with climbing up the cliff...
Page 111 - Glories Of Human greatness are but pleasing dreams And shadows soon decaying : on the stage Of my mortality my youth hath acted Some scenes of vanity, drawn out at length By varied pleasures, sweetened in the mixture, But tragical in issue : beauty, pomp, With every sensuality our giddiness Doth frame an idol, are unconstant friends, When any troubled passion makes assault On the unguarded castle of the mind.
Page 96 - This hour's the very crisis of your fate, Your good or ill, your infamy or fame, And all the colour of your life, depends On this important now.