The Pride of the Village; Or, The Farmer's DaughtersG. Virtue, 1837 - 401 pages |
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... given , Or that this crooked path will lead to Heaven ! DELTA . EMBELLISHED WITH SUPERIOR STEEL ENGRAVINGS . LONDON : GEORGE VIRTUE , 26 , IVY LANE , PATERNOSTER ROW . # R. Cruikshank . " The Servant started back a 1837 . THE.
... given , Or that this crooked path will lead to Heaven ! DELTA . EMBELLISHED WITH SUPERIOR STEEL ENGRAVINGS . LONDON : GEORGE VIRTUE , 26 , IVY LANE , PATERNOSTER ROW . # R. Cruikshank . " The Servant started back a 1837 . THE.
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... crooked path will lead to Heaven ! DELTA . EMBELLISHED WITH SUPERIOR STEEL ENGRAVINGS . LONDON : GEORGE VIRTUE , 26 , IVY LANE , PATERNOSTER ROW . BODLEIAA - 4 DEC 1963 LIBRARY TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS 1837 . THE PRIDE OF THE VILLAGE; ...
... crooked path will lead to Heaven ! DELTA . EMBELLISHED WITH SUPERIOR STEEL ENGRAVINGS . LONDON : GEORGE VIRTUE , 26 , IVY LANE , PATERNOSTER ROW . BODLEIAA - 4 DEC 1963 LIBRARY TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS 1837 . THE PRIDE OF THE VILLAGE; ...
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... London newspapers ; and though Squire Jenkins was silent on the subject , and tried to discourage all such reports , by not seeming to understand them , it was impossible to stop entirely the busy tongues , that propagated Walter's ...
... London newspapers ; and though Squire Jenkins was silent on the subject , and tried to discourage all such reports , by not seeming to understand them , it was impossible to stop entirely the busy tongues , that propagated Walter's ...
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... London with her father , before she was aware that they were going fur- ther than Cardigan , to which place she had several times before made excursions with her mother , whom she had lately lost . She was , however , fairly seated on ...
... London with her father , before she was aware that they were going fur- ther than Cardigan , to which place she had several times before made excursions with her mother , whom she had lately lost . She was , however , fairly seated on ...
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... London with you , and on such an errand too . " " Now , my dear father , promise not to tell my aunt a word of what has brought us up , but say that I've a mind to see how I like London , and if I find it agree with me , I mean to go to ...
... London with you , and on such an errand too . " " Now , my dear father , promise not to tell my aunt a word of what has brought us up , but say that I've a mind to see how I like London , and if I find it agree with me , I mean to go to ...
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Page 152 - Seems, madam! nay, it is; I know not seems. 'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother, Nor customary suits of solemn black, Nor windy suspiration of forc'd breath, No, nor the fruitful river in the eye.
Page 407 - tis the mind that makes the body rich ; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit. What, is the jay more precious than the lark, Because his feathers are more beautiful ? Or is the adder better than the eel, Because his painted skin contents the eye ? O, no, good Kate ; neither art thou the worse For this poor furniture, and mean array.
Page 722 - Geffrey's wife ; Young Arthur is my son, and he is lost : I am not mad ; — I would to heaven, I were For then, 'tis like I should forget myself...
Page 472 - Merciful heaven! What, man! ne'er pull your hat upon your brows; Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Page 233 - The spirit, that I have seen, May be a devil: and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and, perhaps, Out of my weakness, and my melancholy, (As he is very potent with such spirits,) Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: The play's the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Page 537 - tis vain to curse, 'Tis weakness to upbraid thee ; Hate cannot wish thee worse Than guilt and shame have made thee.
Page 112 - And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew.
Page 685 - Yet I curse thee not, in sadness, — Still I feel how dear thou wert ; Oh ! I could not — e'en in madness...
Page 685 - tis useless to upbraid thee With thy past or present state, — What thou wast — my fancy made thee ; What thou art — I know too late.
Page 108 - They loved for years, with growing tenderness ; They had but one pure prayer to waft above — One heart — one hope— one dream — and that was Love. They loved for years, through danger and distress, Till they were parted, and his spotless fame Became the mark of hate and obloquy — Till the remembering tear that dimm'd her eye Was dried on blushes of repentant shame.