Conrad Blessington; a tale by a ladyLongman, 1833 - 216 pages |
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... affection ; that of the latest date appointed a place of meeting , where every thing should be ready for flight . Of the others , one was from a person announcing the death of the lady's father , and begging to forward his last farewell ...
... affection ; that of the latest date appointed a place of meeting , where every thing should be ready for flight . Of the others , one was from a person announcing the death of the lady's father , and begging to forward his last farewell ...
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... affection of his benefactor , whose own happiness was increased by the society of his protégé . About this time , Mr. Camden solicited and obtained the hand of the daughter of a gentleman of small fortune ; and , as is but too often the ...
... affection of his benefactor , whose own happiness was increased by the society of his protégé . About this time , Mr. Camden solicited and obtained the hand of the daughter of a gentleman of small fortune ; and , as is but too often the ...
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... affection , and kindly pressing his hand , said , " You are now , my dear Conrad , on the eve of your departure , to be launched into a dazzling but deceitful world ; you have been educated in retirement , and your youth and in ...
... affection , and kindly pressing his hand , said , " You are now , my dear Conrad , on the eve of your departure , to be launched into a dazzling but deceitful world ; you have been educated in retirement , and your youth and in ...
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... affectionate conduct to me . " " Talk not , dear sir , of my reward : what can I ever do to repay you for your kindness to an orphan stranger ? But for you , I might have been brought up in a workhouse , or in scenes of still greater ...
... affectionate conduct to me . " " Talk not , dear sir , of my reward : what can I ever do to repay you for your kindness to an orphan stranger ? But for you , I might have been brought up in a workhouse , or in scenes of still greater ...
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... affection , and with an emphatic " God bless you all , " rushed from the house , and throwing himself into the carriage , pro- nounced the words " Drive on , " and in a few minutes was quickly pursuing the road to the metropolis . CHAP ...
... affection , and with an emphatic " God bless you all , " rushed from the house , and throwing himself into the carriage , pro- nounced the words " Drive on , " and in a few minutes was quickly pursuing the road to the metropolis . CHAP ...
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3d Edit 4th Edit acquainted affection affectionate Agnes answer Atlas attention blessing Blessington BOTANY brother Camden cause Charles Taylor Charles Yorke cheek circumstance Colonel Taylor companions consent countenance Cryptogamia daughter dear Conrad dear sir dearest death delight desire displeasure doubt duty ebul Edward Emily Emily's endeavoured England Engravings Ernest Bonner exclaimed eyes father Fcap fear feelings felt follow Frank Mason friends girl grief Grove hand happiness heart HISTORY honour hope hour India Proofs indignation intention kind knew large vol leave letter Lisbon Longman look LUCY AIKIN Major Taylor marriage MEMOIRS mind minutes morning never pain parent Parsonage passion perhaps Plates pleasure present promise received refused regiment replied restored returned ROBERT SOUTHEY SHARON TURNER silence sister smile soldier soon sorrow spoke surprise tears tell thing thought tion turbed uncle uncon wish wounded Yorke Yorke's young youth
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Page 36 - King James did rushing come. Scarce could they hear, or see their foes, Until at weapon-point they close. They close in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway and with lance's thrust; And such a yell was there Of sudden and portentous birth, As if men fought upon the earth And fiends in upper air; O life and death were in the shout, Recoil and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair.
Page 53 - BREATHES there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land...
Page 69 - In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in gay attire is seen; In hamlets, dances on the green. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above ; For love is heaven, and heaven is love.