Conrad Blessington; a tale by a ladyLongman, 1833 - 216 pages |
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... allow , will be more suitably placed under the care of my Fanny . " " I honour your feelings , Yorke ; but I think you should consult your lady prior to making so serious an engagement . Recollect , she may not be so willing as yourself ...
... allow , will be more suitably placed under the care of my Fanny . " " I honour your feelings , Yorke ; but I think you should consult your lady prior to making so serious an engagement . Recollect , she may not be so willing as yourself ...
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... allow persuasion , or the fear of ridicule , to in- duce you to give up your better judgment in any point where to yield is sin , and where , in deviating from the path of rectitude , you will be sure to abandon that of happiness . The ...
... allow persuasion , or the fear of ridicule , to in- duce you to give up your better judgment in any point where to yield is sin , and where , in deviating from the path of rectitude , you will be sure to abandon that of happiness . The ...
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... allow , by his kind yet firm manner . At length he said , " I am the bearer of good news , so we had better repair to the house ; I had a letter from Bonner this morning , who gives good Emily , are you ill ? " he exclaimed , as she ...
... allow , by his kind yet firm manner . At length he said , " I am the bearer of good news , so we had better repair to the house ; I had a letter from Bonner this morning , who gives good Emily , are you ill ? " he exclaimed , as she ...
Page 70
... allow you to believe you are , or ever can be , aught to me but a friend ; and equally so to myself to permit language which must certainly give me pain , since I must be under the necessity of inflicting it 70 CONRAD BLESSINGTON .
... allow you to believe you are , or ever can be , aught to me but a friend ; and equally so to myself to permit language which must certainly give me pain , since I must be under the necessity of inflicting it 70 CONRAD BLESSINGTON .
Page 81
... allow you to harbour sentiments which may hereafter prove detrimental to your comfort . " To these argu- ments he received the most positive assurances of unalterable attachment on both sides : Agnes neither knew nor desired to know the ...
... allow you to harbour sentiments which may hereafter prove detrimental to your comfort . " To these argu- ments he received the most positive assurances of unalterable attachment on both sides : Agnes neither knew nor desired to know the ...
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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.