Temptation: A NovelJ.C. Spence, 1823 |
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... ment , and conduct him into his magis- terial presence . Huyp , who was no admirer of the cold comforts of a gloomy dungeon , followed the old domestic with alacrity . Never , perhaps , was a release more acceptable to any culprit , and ...
... ment , and conduct him into his magis- terial presence . Huyp , who was no admirer of the cold comforts of a gloomy dungeon , followed the old domestic with alacrity . Never , perhaps , was a release more acceptable to any culprit , and ...
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... ment's consideration , " that is not likely for my mother's tongue would soon over- power him . " Advice was not thrown away upon the two hopeful young gentlemen , and with the speed of pursued hares , they quickly were without the ...
... ment's consideration , " that is not likely for my mother's tongue would soon over- power him . " Advice was not thrown away upon the two hopeful young gentlemen , and with the speed of pursued hares , they quickly were without the ...
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... ment of the magistrate into confusion . The domestics were all anxious to make the mansion fit for the reception of the newly hatched , and scarcely fledged monarch , who , Heaven knows , has little of dignity either in his manners or ...
... ment of the magistrate into confusion . The domestics were all anxious to make the mansion fit for the reception of the newly hatched , and scarcely fledged monarch , who , Heaven knows , has little of dignity either in his manners or ...
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... ment is always well received , and the vanity of each of the assembled ladies was gratified by this of the Monarch . The King was seated at a table placed at the upper end of the apartment , profusely covered with viands of every ...
... ment is always well received , and the vanity of each of the assembled ladies was gratified by this of the Monarch . The King was seated at a table placed at the upper end of the apartment , profusely covered with viands of every ...
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... ment when he beheld his graceless nephew in the train of royalty . 66 The young urchin has thrust his head in the halter , as sure as my name is Luitje , " he exclaimed , as he observed Huyp endeavouring to shun his glance , by throwing ...
... ment when he beheld his graceless nephew in the train of royalty . 66 The young urchin has thrust his head in the halter , as sure as my name is Luitje , " he exclaimed , as he observed Huyp endeavouring to shun his glance , by throwing ...
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Aaltje's affection Alicia amiable Amsterdam assured attention beauty beheld blush bosom Bruges Brussels Burgomaster Captain Hawkins carriage charms Clara conduct countenance court creature cried Aaltje dame daughter dear delight Dordrecht tower drecht endeavoured Essen exclaimed eyes fair father favor fear feelings felt fortune gave Ghent girl give glance hand happy heart heer honor hope Huyp's inclined jenever Jonchery jongeling Katryn kennen kind King knew ladies laugh Leena look Luitje Luttrell Madame de Stratton Madame Kikvorsch Madame Robson Mademoiselle magistrate Matilda ment Metope Mevrouw mind morning mother Mynheer Netherlands never opinion Ostend Parga party passion perceived perhaps pleasure poor Princess replied Huyp respect returned Huyp rience Rosalie scarcely silent smiled soon spirit stood stuiver surprize tears thing thought tion truth uncle Vander Dor Vander Dordrecht Vuist Slaagen whisper wife wished woman young Zaire
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 155 - His wandering step Obedient to high thoughts, has visited The awful ruins of the days of old : Athens, and Tyre, and Balbec, and the waste Where stood Jerusalem, the fallen towers Of Babylon, the eternal pyramids, Memphis and Thebes, and whatsoe'er of strange Sculptured on alabaster obelisk, Or jasper tomb, or mutilated sphynx, Dark Ethiopia in her desert hills Conceals.
Seite 161 - Link'd and wedded to retirement, hating bus'ness, hating strife ? Soon your greedy eye's upon him — when his mind is least at home, — Room and place — from farthest Thrace, at your bidding he must come. Foot and hand are straight upon him — neck and shoulder in your grip, • To the ground anon he's thrown, and you smite him on the hip.
Seite 236 - ... s'est tournée de son côté. Toutes les jolies femmes s'en sont emparées ; il est de tous les soupers fins, et il n'est point de bonne fête sans lui : en un mot, il est pour nos agréables ce que les Genevois sont pour moi.
Seite 152 - O'er which it well might take a pleasant sleep, But that 'tis ever startled by the leap Of buds into ripe flowers; or by the flitting Of diverse moths, that aye their rest are quitting; Or by the moon lifting her silver rim Above a cloud, and with a gradual swim Coming into the blue with all her light.
Seite 198 - At rest ! at rest ! The wretched and the desperate, let them court The dull, the dreamless, the unconscious sleep, To lap them in its stagnant lethargy. But oh ! the bright, the rapturous disturbances That break my haunted slumbers ! Fast they come, They crowd around my couch, and all my chamber Is radiant with them. There I lie and bask In their glad promise, till the oppressed spirit Can bear no more, and I come forth to breathe The cool free air.
Seite 80 - No, marriage is rather like a game at bowls; Fortune indeed makes the match, and the two nearest, and sometimes the two farthest, are together; but the game depends entirely upon judgment.
Seite 134 - Can gold calm passion, or make reason shine ? Can we dig peace, or wisdom, from the mine ? Wisdom to gold prefer ; for 'tis much less To make our fortune, than our happiness.
Seite 241 - My great diversion is, in reposed posture, to turn my eyes upon the galleries, and bless myself to hear the happy savages laugh ; or when...
Seite 127 - Femmes ! femmes ! objets chers et funestes , que la nature orna pour notre supplice , qui punissez quand on vous brave , qui poursuivez quand on vous craint, dont la haine et l'amour sont également nuisibles, et qu'on ne peut ni rechercher ni fuir impunément!... Beauté, charme, attrait, sympathie, être ou chimère inconcevable, abîme de douleurs et de voluptés!
Seite 19 - They that marry ancient people, merely in expectation to bury them, hang themselves, in hope that one will come and cut the halter.