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... called the house - place , with Bump Willis . The snow was still falling at Eamont Bridge , and the dark foliage of the firs in the desolate - looking garden by the river side , was white with its flakes . The little wicket - door ...
... called the house - place , with Bump Willis . The snow was still falling at Eamont Bridge , and the dark foliage of the firs in the desolate - looking garden by the river side , was white with its flakes . The little wicket - door ...
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... Mrs. Gurnett was making of him what is vulgarly called " a cat's - paw . ' Still , to be the husband of that buxom dame and the master of her fortune for master he promised himself he would be , The Miller of Eamont Bridge . 5.
... Mrs. Gurnett was making of him what is vulgarly called " a cat's - paw . ' Still , to be the husband of that buxom dame and the master of her fortune for master he promised himself he would be , The Miller of Eamont Bridge . 5.
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... called , when speaking of them , " the girls . " The girls nodded approvingly ; but they were too wary to show their cards ; and the subject dropped , because Tom did not care to pursue it , and the ladies deemed it more prudent not to ...
... called , when speaking of them , " the girls . " The girls nodded approvingly ; but they were too wary to show their cards ; and the subject dropped , because Tom did not care to pursue it , and the ladies deemed it more prudent not to ...
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... called upon Timoleon , the leader of the Grecian arms , to fight bravely , and upset the throne of the usurper . Then turning to the guards , she asked about her father , where , and how he was . They , fearing to tell the dreadful ...
... called upon Timoleon , the leader of the Grecian arms , to fight bravely , and upset the throne of the usurper . Then turning to the guards , she asked about her father , where , and how he was . They , fearing to tell the dreadful ...
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... called Euphrasia . He told her to prepare for death , and summoning Philotas commanded him to execute Evander but , to the murderer's surprise , the victim was already dead ; the emperor asked for the king's head ; 46 Tales from the ...
... called Euphrasia . He told her to prepare for death , and summoning Philotas commanded him to execute Evander but , to the murderer's surprise , the victim was already dead ; the emperor asked for the king's head ; 46 Tales from the ...
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Page 240 - Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
Page 151 - Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man, And they in France of the best rank and station Are most select and generous, chief in that.
Page 445 - Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears ; and sometime voices, That, if I then had wak'd after long sleep, Will make me sleep again : and then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open, and show riches Ready to drop upon me ; that, when I wak'd, I cried to dream again.
Page 519 - Grace was in all her steps, Heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.
Page 279 - My former thoughts returned: the fear that kills; And hope that is unwilling to be fed; Cold, pain, and labour, and all fleshly ills; And mighty Poets in their misery dead. — Perplexed, and longing to be comforted, My question eagerly did I renew, "How is it that you live, and what is it you do?
Page 464 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it? No. Doth he hear it? No. Is it insensible then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living ? No. Why? Detraction will not suffer it :— therefore I'll none of it : Honour is a mere scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.
Page 180 - Their glory disappear. A Power is passing from the earth To breathless Nature's dark abyss; But when the great and good depart What is it more than this — That Man, who is from God sent forth, Doth yet again to God return?
Page 522 - The Blessing of my later years Was with me when a boy : She gave me eyes, she gave me ears ; And humble cares, and delicate fears ; A heart, the fountain of sweet tears ; And love, and thought, and joy.
Page 459 - This land of such dear souls, this dear, dear land, Dear for her reputation through the world...
Page 95 - Genuine and innocent wit like this, is surely the flavour of the mind! Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food ; but God has given us wit, and flavour, and brightness, and laughter, and perfumes, to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage, and to " charm his pained steps over the burning marie.