The English Fireside: A Tale of the Past, Svazek 2Saunders and Otley, 1844 |
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Strana 10
... break even the fall of a pebble on the shore beneath a distance that made the brain reel to gaze on . With an upturned , imploring look , the stranger maintained his precarious position , and although the agony he was enduring was ...
... break even the fall of a pebble on the shore beneath a distance that made the brain reel to gaze on . With an upturned , imploring look , the stranger maintained his precarious position , and although the agony he was enduring was ...
Strana 35
... breaking my neck . ' " " Your resolution's been strictly kept , " observed his son . " To the letter , " replied the squire . " To the letter , my dear boy , " repeated he . At this moment the butler entered the room , bearing in his ...
... breaking my neck . ' " " Your resolution's been strictly kept , " observed his son . " To the letter , " replied the squire . " To the letter , my dear boy , " repeated he . At this moment the butler entered the room , bearing in his ...
Strana 59
... " added he with a sigh ; " she seldom sleeps now , and when she does , pain soon breaks the moments of repose . " " Still let us hope for improvement , " returned aunt Deborah . " We should never despair . THE ENGLISH FIRESIDE . 59.
... " added he with a sigh ; " she seldom sleeps now , and when she does , pain soon breaks the moments of repose . " " Still let us hope for improvement , " returned aunt Deborah . " We should never despair . THE ENGLISH FIRESIDE . 59.
Strana 69
... breaking from its hold , and then down , down she went , curling and foaming the water , as if in anger at the trial to rob it of its victim . Once more and all was over . A few air bubbles rose to break and burst , and then a spirit ...
... breaking from its hold , and then down , down she went , curling and foaming the water , as if in anger at the trial to rob it of its victim . Once more and all was over . A few air bubbles rose to break and burst , and then a spirit ...
Strana 98
... break it from amazement or unwillingness . At length the vicar turned to my father and observed , in a singularly collected voice , ' I wish you , Mr Merton , to commence the examination ; I am not sufficiently composed to perform the ...
... break it from amazement or unwillingness . At length the vicar turned to my father and observed , in a singularly collected voice , ' I wish you , Mr Merton , to commence the examination ; I am not sufficiently composed to perform the ...
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arms asked Bamfield Carew beau ideal black spade blacksmith Brainshaw burst catcher cell cheek clasping companion continued dear boy ejaculated Ellen endeavouring escape exclaimed aunt Deborah eyes father fear feel fingers gaoler gipsies give head hear heard heart hope Jack Slimmer king laughing lips listen looking Macrone majesty Master Kidlywink Ned Swiftfoot Ned's mother never observed old Soaker poor Mary port wine pray quickly rejoined Blanch rejoined Grace rejoined Mr Fulton rejoined the prisoner remarked repeated replied aunt Deborah replied Blanch replied Carew replied Charles replied Grace replied Mr Fulton replied Ned replied the ratcatcher returned Blanch returned Grace returned Mr Fulton returned the ratcatcher Ringwood Robert Fulton round scarcely seemed silent tongue Soaking Bob speak squire stood stranger strong Swiftfoot thought tinued Tom Brainshaw tone tongue truth turning vicar vicarage voice whisper words
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Strana 27 - If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions : I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Strana 257 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.
Strana 180 - There's nothing in this world can make me joy : Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man ; And bitter shame hath spoil'd the sweet world's taste, That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.
Strana 128 - Men will wrangle for religion; write for it, fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.
Strana 160 - Kidlywink's progress in his work, the ratcatcher rose softly from his seat, and, unobserved, crept towards a heap of old iron in a dark corner of the shop.