Jane Lomax; Or, A Mother's Crime, Volume 1H. Colburn, 1838 |
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... Meaux , ( I must not forget the nick - name I gave you at school ) now comes an inquiry which , though the last , is by no means the least . How like you my uncle's Factotum ? -no , that epithet belongs to the brown cob - how like you ...
... Meaux , ( I must not forget the nick - name I gave you at school ) now comes an inquiry which , though the last , is by no means the least . How like you my uncle's Factotum ? -no , that epithet belongs to the brown cob - how like you ...
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... Meaux ! " cried the former , when they were once more in the street , " methinks you and I - give me credit for the humility of the com- parison - bear a close resemblance to the far- famed butcher , who instituted such a diligent ...
... Meaux ! " cried the former , when they were once more in the street , " methinks you and I - give me credit for the humility of the com- parison - bear a close resemblance to the far- famed butcher , who instituted such a diligent ...
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... good cheer . " " Let me congratulate you , my sweet little Rose de Meaux , " cried Helen , as they returned from their visit to Cypress House . " You seem to have been quite smitten with the youthful Benjamin ; 272 JANE LOMAX .
... good cheer . " " Let me congratulate you , my sweet little Rose de Meaux , " cried Helen , as they returned from their visit to Cypress House . " You seem to have been quite smitten with the youthful Benjamin ; 272 JANE LOMAX .
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... Meaux ! knight of the quill may have peculiar notions , but irreligious he is not ; and so far the puri- tanical Mrs. Skinner stands convicted , for the five hundredth time , of most uncharitable de- traction . These verses have ...
... Meaux ! knight of the quill may have peculiar notions , but irreligious he is not ; and so far the puri- tanical Mrs. Skinner stands convicted , for the five hundredth time , of most uncharitable de- traction . These verses have ...
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... Meaux , of sending them , anonymously , of course , a suffi- cient sum to extricate them from their immedi- ate difficulties . " " It was a thought worthy of yourself , " said Rose , pressing her friend's hand to her heart , while she ...
... Meaux , of sending them , anonymously , of course , a suffi- cient sum to extricate them from their immedi- ate difficulties . " " It was a thought worthy of yourself , " said Rose , pressing her friend's hand to her heart , while she ...
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affectionate affections agitated apothecary Barlow beautiful bedder Benjamin better bless bosom Bryant character circumstances companion countenance cried crime Cypress House darling Benjamin dear Alfred dear boy dear Jane dear Mary dear Rose death delight detection duty Eagle Wharf Edward Ruddock ejaculated exclaimed eyes fate father favour fear feelings felt fortune girl give goot Grimsby hand happiness Harriet heart Heaven Hoffman hope Hunter hurried husband Ilfracombe instantly Jane Joel lady LEICESTER SQUARE less look marriage Mary Lomax Meaux ment mind Miss Owen mother nature ness never night object occasion Old Bailey painful parents party passion perhaps Pike poor present preter racter rendered reply resumed Rose Mayhew scarcely secret seemed sick smile soul spirit suffer sure tears terror thing thought tion tremble trifling uttered Vandermeulen voice whispered whole wife wish words wretched your's
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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.