Conrad Blessington; a tale by a ladyLongman, 1833 - 216 pages |
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... circumstances . I will take care that all due respect is paid here , if you will send to the village , where Mr. Ward ( which , I think , is the name of the father of the deceased , ) re- sided previous to his death . You may learn much ...
... circumstances . I will take care that all due respect is paid here , if you will send to the village , where Mr. Ward ( which , I think , is the name of the father of the deceased , ) re- sided previous to his death . You may learn much ...
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... circumstances again threw them to- gether . Charles Yorke was the eldest son of a person who had amassed considerable wealth in the practice of the law , and who had intended his son should follow the same profession ; but dying while ...
... circumstances again threw them to- gether . Charles Yorke was the eldest son of a person who had amassed considerable wealth in the practice of the law , and who had intended his son should follow the same profession ; but dying while ...
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... circumstances , that the plan he had chalked out for him was not calculated to form the happiness he had intended . I ... circumstance of importance took place this morning , which decided me on making another appeal to your kindness . I ...
... circumstances , that the plan he had chalked out for him was not calculated to form the happiness he had intended . I ... circumstance of importance took place this morning , which decided me on making another appeal to your kindness . I ...
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... , which renders it an exertion to break it ; each party feels unwilling to be the first to interrupt the cogitations of the others ; and thus it extends , until some chance circumstance puts a period to it . 30 CONRAD BLESSINGTON .
... , which renders it an exertion to break it ; each party feels unwilling to be the first to interrupt the cogitations of the others ; and thus it extends , until some chance circumstance puts a period to it . 30 CONRAD BLESSINGTON .
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Conrad Blessington (fict.name.) until some chance circumstance puts a period to it . Such was the case in the present instance ; for the entrance of a servant , with the apparatus for that social meal so appropriately eulogised by ...
Conrad Blessington (fict.name.) until some chance circumstance puts a period to it . Such was the case in the present instance ; for the entrance of a servant , with the apparatus for that social meal so appropriately eulogised by ...
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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.