The novels and romances of A.E. Bray, 6. cilt1845 |
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Sayfa 1
... whilst listening to a tale of other times , I have not been so over critical as to object to every thing that is told unless I could find confirmation of its truth ( to adopt a vulgar but expressive phrase ) in black and white . It may ...
... whilst listening to a tale of other times , I have not been so over critical as to object to every thing that is told unless I could find confirmation of its truth ( to adopt a vulgar but expressive phrase ) in black and white . It may ...
Sayfa 5
... whilst , on " the smooth shaven turf " appeared , with all the joyous and mirth- ful character of a village fair , not merely the " neat - handed " Phillises of the cottage or the farm , but a bevy of ladies , " distinguished by ...
... whilst , on " the smooth shaven turf " appeared , with all the joyous and mirth- ful character of a village fair , not merely the " neat - handed " Phillises of the cottage or the farm , but a bevy of ladies , " distinguished by ...
Sayfa 12
... whilst the heavens , that appeared " all on fire " with sheets of lightning , only dispelled the darkness of that fatal hour to shew a dreadful scene - a boundless and devouring deep . Amongst the sufferers , many on board were of the ...
... whilst the heavens , that appeared " all on fire " with sheets of lightning , only dispelled the darkness of that fatal hour to shew a dreadful scene - a boundless and devouring deep . Amongst the sufferers , many on board were of the ...
Sayfa 16
Anna Eliza Bray. fields ; whilst others were crammed into the suffocating dens of prison ships , or gaols as wretched on shore ; and not a few kidnapped abroad or sold into Turkish slavery ; or sometimes hanged , if no other way remained ...
Anna Eliza Bray. fields ; whilst others were crammed into the suffocating dens of prison ships , or gaols as wretched on shore ; and not a few kidnapped abroad or sold into Turkish slavery ; or sometimes hanged , if no other way remained ...
Sayfa 19
... whilst they were clamouring for " filthy lucre , " some cunning agitator , or Independent ( usually employed on such occasions to step in and stir up strife ) whispered in their ears , that a bird in the hand was worth two in the bush ...
... whilst they were clamouring for " filthy lucre , " some cunning agitator , or Independent ( usually employed on such occasions to step in and stir up strife ) whispered in their ears , that a bird in the hand was worth two in the bush ...
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Amias Radcliffe arms Bevil Grenville blood called Captain Butler Captain Coleman Carisbrook Castle cause child church circumstance Colonel Holborn Cornet Davy countenance court cried Dame Gee danger dare dark Dartmoor daughter death Devon door exclaimed father fear feelings Gabriel gentleman Gertrude give godfather hand head hear heard heart heaven Hezekiah honour hope horse hour housekeeper king lady Lidford lived looked manner Master Amias mind Mistress Agnes Mistress Foretop Mistress Raleigh Mount Edgcumbe murder never night once parliament person Plymouth prisoner racter Reginald Elford replied Robina Roger Rowle Roundhead royalists seemed seen Sheepstor shewed Sir Hugh Piper Sir John Copplestone Sir Marmaduke Sir Piers Edgcumbe Sir Walter Sir William Bastard speak spirit spoke sprig of rosemary stood Tamerton Tamerton Foliot tell thee things thou thought Trelawny trust turned voice Warleigh whilst woman words young
Popüler pasajlar
Sayfa 155 - O good old man ; how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world, When service sweat for duty, not for meed!
Sayfa 14 - But alas! for his country — her pride is gone by, And that spirit is broken, which never would bend; O'er the ruin her children in secret must sigh, For 'tis treason to love her, and death to defend.
Sayfa 367 - You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both! If it be you that stir these daughters...
Sayfa 357 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Sayfa 30 - Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began.
Sayfa 212 - For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks...
Sayfa 89 - He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Sayfa 415 - The cease of majesty Dies not alone ; but, like a gulf, doth draw What's near it with it : it is a massy wheel, Fix'd on the summit of the highest mount, To whose huge spokes ten thousand lesser things Are mortis'd and adjoin'd ; which, when it falls, Each small annexment, petty consequence, Attends the boisterous ruin.
Sayfa 259 - Still sways their souls with that commanding art That dazzles, leads, yet chills the vulgar heart. What is that spell, that thus his lawless train Confess and envy, yet oppose in vain? What should it be, that thus their faith can bind? The power of Thought - the magic of the Mind!
Sayfa 96 - I do remember him at Clement's Inn, like a man made after supper of a cheese-paring : when he was naked, he was, for all the world, like a forked radish, with a head fantastically carved upon it with a knife...