Jane Lomax; Or, A Mother's Crime, Volume 1H. Colburn, 1838 |
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Page 117
... delighted to seize , although it would have been difficult to transfer it in its full effect to can- vass . One by one , the enchaining fingers were forced open , and Lomax no sooner found his arm released than he sunk into his chair ...
... delighted to seize , although it would have been difficult to transfer it in its full effect to can- vass . One by one , the enchaining fingers were forced open , and Lomax no sooner found his arm released than he sunk into his chair ...
Page 138
... delight , flushed the features and brightened the eyes of the beautiful youth ; but , in the sensibility of his affectionate heart and his indifference to worldly wealth , he seemed , after a moment , rather to regret the loss of their ...
... delight , flushed the features and brightened the eyes of the beautiful youth ; but , in the sensibility of his affectionate heart and his indifference to worldly wealth , he seemed , after a moment , rather to regret the loss of their ...
Page 166
... delight of Vandermeulen , who felt that he was thus wreaking the most grate- ful and profitable of all revenges upon his deceased partner , his unjust account was signed and settled by the executors , and Lomax , being now enabled to ...
... delight of Vandermeulen , who felt that he was thus wreaking the most grate- ful and profitable of all revenges upon his deceased partner , his unjust account was signed and settled by the executors , and Lomax , being now enabled to ...
Page 177
... delighted with his new abode , a declaration which confirmed the satisfaction of his parents , and of his sister Mary , who was devoted to him with the fondest attachment . To the timid father , who wished to withdraw as much as ...
... delighted with his new abode , a declaration which confirmed the satisfaction of his parents , and of his sister Mary , who was devoted to him with the fondest attachment . To the timid father , who wished to withdraw as much as ...
Page 183
... delight , she had already heard him termed the young heir and the young squire ; and , indifferent as she was to the homage directed towards herself , she enjoyed with a keen pleasure the sensation ex- cited by her handsome son , when ...
... delight , she had already heard him termed the young heir and the young squire ; and , indifferent as she was to the homage directed towards herself , she enjoyed with a keen pleasure the sensation ex- cited by her handsome son , when ...
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affectionate affections agitated apothecary Barlow beautiful bedder Benjamin better bless bosom Bryant character circumstances companion countenance cried crime Cypress House darling Benjamin dear Alfred dear boy dear Jane dear Mary dear Rose death delight detection duty Eagle Wharf Edward Ruddock ejaculated exclaimed eyes fate father favour fear feelings felt fortune girl give goot Grimsby hand happiness Harriet heart Heaven Hoffman hope Hunter hurried husband Ilfracombe instantly Jane Joel lady LEICESTER SQUARE less look marriage Mary Lomax Meaux ment mind Miss Owen mother nature ness never night object occasion Old Bailey painful parents party passion perhaps Pike poor present preter racter rendered reply resumed Rose Mayhew scarcely secret seemed sick smile soul spirit suffer sure tears terror thing thought tion tremble trifling uttered Vandermeulen voice whispered whole wife wish words wretched your's
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Page 193 - But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks! It is the east, and Juliet is the sun ! — Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou her maid art far more fair than she...
Page 193 - O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, As is a winged messenger of heaven Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him, When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds And sails upon the bosom of the air.
Page 279 - Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love: Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues; Let every eye negotiate for itself, And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch, Against whose charms faith melteth into blood.
Page 23 - How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear Charmer away!
Page 139 - Hence, thou impostor, traitor, monster, devil ! — I can no more: Thou, and my griefs, have sunk Me down so low, that I want voice to curse thee. Alex. Suppose some shipwrecked seaman near the shore, Dropping and faint with climbing up the cliff...
Page 111 - Glories Of Human greatness are but pleasing dreams And shadows soon decaying : on the stage Of my mortality my youth hath acted Some scenes of vanity, drawn out at length By varied pleasures, sweetened in the mixture, But tragical in issue : beauty, pomp, With every sensuality our giddiness Doth frame an idol, are unconstant friends, When any troubled passion makes assault On the unguarded castle of the mind.
Page 96 - This hour's the very crisis of your fate, Your good or ill, your infamy or fame, And all the colour of your life, depends On this important now.