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" The person who told me her story had seen her at a masquerade. There can be no exhibition of fargone wretchedness more striking and painful than to meet it in such a scene. To find it wandering like a spectre, lonely and joyless, where all around is gay... "
The flowers of literature, or, Encyclopędia of anecdote, a coll. by W. Oxberry - Page 78
edited by - 1822
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The Literary chronicle and weekly review, Volume 2, Issues 33-83

1820 - 856 pages
...mocked at all the blandishments of friendship, and " heeded not the song of the charmer, charm he never so wisely." ' The person who told me her story had seen her at a ma«^ querade. There can be no exhibition of far-gone wretchedness more striking and painful than to...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1

Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1820 - 364 pages
...mocked at all the blandishments of friendship, and " heeded not the song of the charmer, charm he never so wisely." The person who told me her story had seen...joyless, where all around is gay — to see it dressed out in the trappings of mirth, and looking so wan and wo-begone, as if it had tried in vain to cheat...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1

Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 424 pages
...mocked at all the blandishments of friendship, and " heeded not the song of the charmer, charm he never so wisely." The person who told me her "story had...joyless, where all around is gay — to see it dressed out in the trappings of mirth, and looking so wan and wo-begone, as if it had tried in vain to cheat...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1

Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 402 pages
...mocked at all the blandishments of friendship, and " heeded not the song of the charmer, charm he never so wisely." The person who told me her story had seen...her at a masquerade. There can be no exhibition of far- gone wretchedness more striking and t painful than to meet it in such a scene. To find it wandering...
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Selections, from Several Literary Works: Comprising The Declaration of ...

Thomas O'Connor - English literature - 1824 - 180 pages
...mocked at all the blandishments of friendship, and " heeded not the t ong of the charmer, charm he never so wisely." , The person, who told me her story, had...joyless, where all around is gay— to see it dressed out in the trappings of mirth, and looking so wan and wobegone, as if it had tried in vain to cheat...
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The Flowers of Literature: Consisting of Selections from History ..., Volume 4

William Oxberry - English literature - 1824 - 382 pages
...mocked at all the blandishments of friendship, and ' heeded not the song of the charmer, charm he never so wisely.'" The person who told me her story had...joyless, where all around is gay — to see it dressed out in the trappings of mirth, and looking so wan and wo-begone, as if it had tried in vain to cheat...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] ...

Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...mocked at all the blandishments of friendship, and « heeded not the song of the charmer, charm he never so wisely.» The person who told me her story had...joyless, where all around is gay — to see it dressed out in the trappings of mirth, and looking so wan and wo-begone, as if it had tried in vain to cheat...
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The cabinet; or The selected beauties of literature [ed. by J ..., Volume 1

Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...mocked at all the blandishments of friendship, and " heeded not the song of the charmer, charm he never so wisely." The person who told me her story had seen...joyless, where all around is gay — to see it dressed out in the trappings of mirth, and looking so wan and wo-be-gone, as if it had tried in vain to cheat...
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The Portfolio of Entertaining & Instructive Varieties in History ..., Volume 3

1824 - 394 pages
...blandishments of friendship, and « heeded not the song of the charmer, charm he never so wisely." " Tlie person who told me her story ' had seen her at a masquerade. There can be no exhibition of far-gone wretchelness more striking and painful thanKi meet it in such a scene. To find it wandering' like a...
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The Terrific Register: Or, Record of Crimes, Judgments, Providences, and ...

Adventure and adventurers - 1825 - 844 pages
...”ми-пи! woe that mocked at all the blandishments of friendship. She was prevailed on to go to a masquerade. There can be no exhibition of far-gone...joyless, where all around is gay — to see it dressed out in the trappings of mirth, and looking so wan and so woe-begone, as if it had tried to cheat the...
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