Conrad Blessington; a tale by a ladyLongman, 1833 - 216 pages |
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... it shall be my study to prove , at a future time , how highly I prize it , and to testify that a grateful heart , for inestimable benefits received , dwells as firmly in a soldier's breast as in that of 26 CONRAD BLESSINGTON .
... it shall be my study to prove , at a future time , how highly I prize it , and to testify that a grateful heart , for inestimable benefits received , dwells as firmly in a soldier's breast as in that of 26 CONRAD BLESSINGTON .
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... heart of the young soldier , as he surveyed himself , for the first time , accou- tred as one of the defenders of his native country ; and the recollection of the pain of leaving his home was swallowed up in the all- engrossing thought ...
... heart of the young soldier , as he surveyed himself , for the first time , accou- tred as one of the defenders of his native country ; and the recollection of the pain of leaving his home was swallowed up in the all- engrossing thought ...
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... heart is affected ; but Yorke , to whom I mentioned my suspicion , ridiculed the idea , as he had not the slightest reason to suppose such to be the case . That she is ill and unhappy , there can be no doubt . ” " This is , indeed , a ...
... heart is affected ; but Yorke , to whom I mentioned my suspicion , ridiculed the idea , as he had not the slightest reason to suppose such to be the case . That she is ill and unhappy , there can be no doubt . ” " This is , indeed , a ...
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... heart hath ne'er within him burn'd , As home his footsteps he hath turn'd From wandering on a foreign strand ! WALTER SCOTT . WHEN Conrad descended to the parlour on the following morning , he was pale and languid ; the excitement of ...
... heart hath ne'er within him burn'd , As home his footsteps he hath turn'd From wandering on a foreign strand ! WALTER SCOTT . WHEN Conrad descended to the parlour on the following morning , he was pale and languid ; the excitement of ...
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... heart and unbiassed affections of an amiable man , who has scarcely told his twenty - first year , to be placed in , particularly when that female performs the office of nurse . The dependant situation of the invalid , the offer and ...
... heart and unbiassed affections of an amiable man , who has scarcely told his twenty - first year , to be placed in , particularly when that female performs the office of nurse . The dependant situation of the invalid , the offer and ...
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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.