The English Fireside: A Tale of the Past, Svazek 2Saunders and Otley, 1844 |
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Strana 2
... feet above the dashing waves at its base , the invalid Ellen , accom- panied by Grace and her father , was sitting gazing upon the exquisite beauties of the scene . Far , far at sea the bleached sails · of a ship were visible , and here ...
... feet above the dashing waves at its base , the invalid Ellen , accom- panied by Grace and her father , was sitting gazing upon the exquisite beauties of the scene . Far , far at sea the bleached sails · of a ship were visible , and here ...
Strana 10
... feet in width , and then there was nothing to 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 ...
... feet in width , and then there was nothing to 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 ...
Strana 13
... feet , and , looking upwards , he saw a crowd of white anxious faces looking at him ; but every tongue was mute . Not a word was spoken , and if any sound was heard , it was the throbbing of their hearts beating against their bosoms ...
... feet , and , looking upwards , he saw a crowd of white anxious faces looking at him ; but every tongue was mute . Not a word was spoken , and if any sound was heard , it was the throbbing of their hearts beating against their bosoms ...
Strana 46
... feet with apparent strain of thew or sinew , his quick eye caught a glance of a stranger at a short distance from him . In an instant a remarkable metamorphose took place in his demeanour . His back became crooked , his knees bent and ...
... feet with apparent strain of thew or sinew , his quick eye caught a glance of a stranger at a short distance from him . In an instant a remarkable metamorphose took place in his demeanour . His back became crooked , his knees bent and ...
Strana 67
... feet , and looking as if her strained and starting eyes were ready to leap from their sockets , " I must avert it . I must avert it , " she repeated , drawing her hands from her heated brow , and gazing at the water rippling at her feet ...
... feet , and looking as if her strained and starting eyes were ready to leap from their sockets , " I must avert it . I must avert it , " she repeated , drawing her hands from her heated brow , and gazing at the water rippling at her feet ...
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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.