Conrad Blessington; a tale by a ladyLongman, 1833 - 216 pages |
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... of their friends : their situation is most deplorable at present . ' 66 " " Very true , sir . I am sure I would tell any thing I knew , for the advantage of the sweet innocents ; but the poor lady hardly spoke , the 6 CONRAD BLESSINGTON .
... of their friends : their situation is most deplorable at present . ' 66 " " Very true , sir . I am sure I would tell any thing I knew , for the advantage of the sweet innocents ; but the poor lady hardly spoke , the 6 CONRAD BLESSINGTON .
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... knew , whether such a person existed . " Besides , " continued Mr. Yorke , " the person who told me all this , and who was the clergyman of the village , ex- pressed his doubts if the young people were ! ever married ; and , in that ...
... knew , whether such a person existed . " Besides , " continued Mr. Yorke , " the person who told me all this , and who was the clergyman of the village , ex- pressed his doubts if the young people were ! ever married ; and , in that ...
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... knew him : of him , it might truly be said , he was the father of his flock ; and thus he lived happy and contented , " The world forgetting , by the world forgot . ” We will now revert to the orphans , thus each as it were transplanted ...
... knew him : of him , it might truly be said , he was the father of his flock ; and thus he lived happy and contented , " The world forgetting , by the world forgot . ” We will now revert to the orphans , thus each as it were transplanted ...
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... knew no other relation , though of kind friends they had many ; as two seeds cast by the wind to a distance from the parent stem , mingle their branches , and gain strength from the approximation of each other , so Conrad and Emily ...
... knew no other relation , though of kind friends they had many ; as two seeds cast by the wind to a distance from the parent stem , mingle their branches , and gain strength from the approximation of each other , so Conrad and Emily ...
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... knew till now how much I was loved , and how painful it would be to leave you all . " As he concluded , a tear stood in his own eye , and he affectionately kissed his sister , who , now totally overcome , hastily retired to compose her ...
... knew till now how much I was loved , and how painful it would be to leave you all . " As he concluded , a tear stood in his own eye , and he affectionately kissed his sister , who , now totally overcome , hastily retired to compose her ...
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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.