Conrad Blessington; a tale by a ladyLongman, 1833 - 216 pages |
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... felt any annoyance from Mrs. Camden's jealousy ; and his lively disposition enabled him to ward it off in a considerable degree . He was a great favourite with every one at the Grove , where his sister Emily had found an equally ...
... felt any annoyance from Mrs. Camden's jealousy ; and his lively disposition enabled him to ward it off in a considerable degree . He was a great favourite with every one at the Grove , where his sister Emily had found an equally ...
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... felt her orphan state . At the end of three weeks , Conrad was delighted by the receipt of a letter from Major Taylor , enclosing an ensign's commission in the regiment , which was under orders for foreign service . After con ...
... felt her orphan state . At the end of three weeks , Conrad was delighted by the receipt of a letter from Major Taylor , enclosing an ensign's commission in the regiment , which was under orders for foreign service . After con ...
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... felt as he wended his way ? No ! grief is sacred ! it is enough to say , Conrad knew the value of his friends . Every one knows what it is to leave home for the first time , to be a prey to that sense of loneliness , that blank , that ...
... felt as he wended his way ? No ! grief is sacred ! it is enough to say , Conrad knew the value of his friends . Every one knows what it is to leave home for the first time , to be a prey to that sense of loneliness , that blank , that ...
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... felt again , — for age and habit blunt the feelings , Here , lay several severely wounded and dying soldiers , from whose labouring breasts at in- tervals issued the heavy groans , which alone told that life yet lingered in the mangled ...
... felt again , — for age and habit blunt the feelings , Here , lay several severely wounded and dying soldiers , from whose labouring breasts at in- tervals issued the heavy groans , which alone told that life yet lingered in the mangled ...
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... felt inclined to forswear the life of a soldier : but every pursuit has its pleasures , as well as pains ; and the gloom of the young man was soon dispelled by the wild gaieties of a camp in the beautiful climate of Portugal . There is ...
... felt inclined to forswear the life of a soldier : but every pursuit has its pleasures , as well as pains ; and the gloom of the young man was soon dispelled by the wild gaieties of a camp in the beautiful climate of Portugal . There is ...
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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.