Temptation: A NovelJ.C. Spence, 1823 |
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... soon became famous herself for her vast knowledge , and even had the honour to be noticed by the lady of Mynheer Kikvorsch , as she was proceeding with her portly hus- band to the Stadt - House , to resolve some knotty point of law ...
... soon became famous herself for her vast knowledge , and even had the honour to be noticed by the lady of Mynheer Kikvorsch , as she was proceeding with her portly hus- band to the Stadt - House , to resolve some knotty point of law ...
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... soon broken by the entrance Aaltje , who , in no very gentle accents delivered her sentiments on the conduct of her son not much in his favour ,, though she was inclined to think his- companions were worse TEMPTATION . 19.
... soon broken by the entrance Aaltje , who , in no very gentle accents delivered her sentiments on the conduct of her son not much in his favour ,, though she was inclined to think his- companions were worse TEMPTATION . 19.
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... Aaltje , your nose will be as blue as his in time , if you do not get hanged too soon . Leave your trifling , boy , set the orange cockade in your cap , and look out for a wife . " " Not I i'faith , good mother , " said TEMPTATION . 29.
... Aaltje , your nose will be as blue as his in time , if you do not get hanged too soon . Leave your trifling , boy , set the orange cockade in your cap , and look out for a wife . " " Not I i'faith , good mother , " said TEMPTATION . 29.
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... 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 precincts of Dordrecht tower . Aaltje re- " You are In the mean time ...
... 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 precincts of Dordrecht tower . Aaltje re- " You are In the mean time ...
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... soon as Aaltje had quitted the room , as , that the 66 tower of Dordrecht should come into the power of such a body . It is like a dream to me , and sure Mynheer must be grown dwaas in his old age to put himself under the governance of ...
... soon as Aaltje had quitted the room , as , that the 66 tower of Dordrecht should come into the power of such a body . It is like a dream to me , and sure Mynheer must be grown dwaas in his old age to put himself under the governance of ...
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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.