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... young blockhead ? I suppose , as you were officious enough to tell them the name of the lady with me , you asked theirs . " " I know ' em , sir , without asking , " replied the boy ; " ' twas Mr. Collins , ' o Castle Gate , and Muster ...
... young blockhead ? I suppose , as you were officious enough to tell them the name of the lady with me , you asked theirs . " " I know ' em , sir , without asking , " replied the boy ; " ' twas Mr. Collins , ' o Castle Gate , and Muster ...
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... young farmer . " I suppose , sir , " said the widow , pitching her voice again in a shriller key , and addressing Mr. Collins , " that if I mun take the money , you'll pay me interest on the arrears ? I reckon I've a reet to that , and ...
... young farmer . " I suppose , sir , " said the widow , pitching her voice again in a shriller key , and addressing Mr. Collins , " that if I mun take the money , you'll pay me interest on the arrears ? I reckon I've a reet to that , and ...
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... young gentle . man was , a few minutes later , rising from the breakfast - table . " Why , no , " replied her brother . " I shall be at the Buffaloes , you know , of course , Tabby . " Three heads were simultaneously tossed into the air ...
... young gentle . man was , a few minutes later , rising from the breakfast - table . " Why , no , " replied her brother . " I shall be at the Buffaloes , you know , of course , Tabby . " Three heads were simultaneously tossed into the air ...
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... young visitor was just the wife for Tom ; but it must not be supposed that they had allowed any intimation of their intentions to appear to that young lady ; oh no ! not at all ; they were much too worldly- wise thus to display their ...
... young visitor was just the wife for Tom ; but it must not be supposed that they had allowed any intimation of their intentions to appear to that young lady ; oh no ! not at all ; they were much too worldly- wise thus to display their ...
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... young fellow's heart as he came to each well - remembered spot , so asso- ciated with those few happy days he had spent at Hamley , and thought how different might have been his fate and Maud's if only his sphere in life had been ...
... young fellow's heart as he came to each well - remembered spot , so asso- ciated with those few happy days he had spent at Hamley , and thought how different might have been his fate and Maud's if only his sphere in life had been ...
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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.