De Vere: Or, The Man of Independence, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1827 |
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... racter seems for a time disguised , may soften down , and disappear upon better acquaintance . " " The acting of Mr. Freshville , for instance , " said Lady Eleanor ; " the folly of Sir Bertie ; or , I am sorry to say it , the insolence ...
... racter seems for a time disguised , may soften down , and disappear upon better acquaintance . " " The acting of Mr. Freshville , for instance , " said Lady Eleanor ; " the folly of Sir Bertie ; or , I am sorry to say it , the insolence ...
Page 287
... racter he had presumed to found a notion the most insolent and despicable he had ever met with . " Oh ! good Sir , " cried Roebuck in alarm ; " I ask ten thousand pardons . I am sure I did not mean to offend . I am sure I only meant to ...
... racter he had presumed to found a notion the most insolent and despicable he had ever met with . " Oh ! good Sir , " cried Roebuck in alarm ; " I ask ten thousand pardons . I am sure I did not mean to offend . I am sure I only meant to ...
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... racter . It alarmed as well as astonished him ; for Blakeney was in possession of secrets which it might not be quite convenient to disclose . The devil , however , for this time stood his friend . Indeed , he is generally true to his ...
... racter . It alarmed as well as astonished him ; for Blakeney was in possession of secrets which it might not be quite convenient to disclose . The devil , however , for this time stood his friend . Indeed , he is generally true to his ...
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acquaintance admiration agreeable ambition asked De Vere astonishment Baronet Beaufort beautiful better Blakeney borough called Castle character Clayton confess confidence Constance's Court delight Doctor doubt Earl excited exclaimed father favour favourite fear feeling felt Flowerdale fortune gave give Grantley happy Harclai heard heart Herbert honour hope hour House interest knew Lady Clanellan Lady Constance Lady Eleanor Lady Elizabeth laugh least looked Lord Cleve Lord Cleveland Lord Eustace Lord Mow Lord Mowbray Lord Oldcastle lordship Marchioness masque Mellilot ment mind Minister Mortimer mountebank Mowbray's never observed Oldbury Partridge Partridge family party parvenu perhaps person pleased pleasure political Polycrates Premier present pride racter replied De Vere resign returned De Vere Roebuck seemed sentiment SHAKSPEARE Sir Bertie smiled spirit stance suppose sure surprise Sylvan tell thing thought tion tridge truth uncle Vere's views Wentworth whole wish young
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Page 332 - I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry : be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.
Page 119 - While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken ; The kingdom is departed from thee.
Page 334 - Tis unnatural, Even like the deed that's done. On Tuesday last A falcon towering in her pride of place Was by a mousing owl hawk'd at and kill'd.
Page 210 - Alas! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair?
Page 165 - In springing flower the image of thy day! Ah ! see the virgin rose, how sweetly she Doth first peep forth with bashful modesty, That fairer seems the less ye see her may! Lo! see soon after, how more bold and free Her bared bosom she doth broad display; Lo! see soon after, how she fades and falls away!
Page 119 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
Page 100 - ... when I would beget content and increase confidence in the power and wisdom and providence of Almighty God, I will walk the meadows, by some gliding stream, and there contemplate the lilies that take no care, and those very many other various little living creatures that are not only created but fed, man knows not how, by the goodness of the God of Nature, and therefore trust in him.
Page 139 - O thou invisible spirit of wine ! if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.
Page 165 - So passeth in the passing of a day Of mortal life the leaf, the bud, the flower...
Page 217 - But yesterday, the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world : now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.