Gale Middleton. By the author of 'Brambletye house'.1833 |
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... better match than herself , it was the great object of her life to mortify by eclipsing her in equipage , house , and es- tablishment . This was the motive that had urged her incessant attacks upon Sir Matthew , until she had fairly ...
... better match than herself , it was the great object of her life to mortify by eclipsing her in equipage , house , and es- tablishment . This was the motive that had urged her incessant attacks upon Sir Matthew , until she had fairly ...
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... even if you and your mother baint , you had better blab it at once , and seem not to care about it . Didn't know Dick Swayles , didst ? Bad health ; obliged to go every year to Harrowgate and the watering- places ; GALE MIDDLETON . 23.
... even if you and your mother baint , you had better blab it at once , and seem not to care about it . Didn't know Dick Swayles , didst ? Bad health ; obliged to go every year to Harrowgate and the watering- places ; GALE MIDDLETON . 23.
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... better than empty pudding . What say , Ciss , hey ? " Before any reply could be made , Lady Middleton entered the room , when the baronet , who was more kindly and polite in trifles than might have been expected from his unpolished way ...
... better than empty pudding . What say , Ciss , hey ? " Before any reply could be made , Lady Middleton entered the room , when the baronet , who was more kindly and polite in trifles than might have been expected from his unpolished way ...
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... better , is it ? Glad on't , glad on't . What visitors have ' ee had to - day ? " " The last who left me was Lady Barbara Rusport . " " What ! that lean harridan that goes about craning up her long painted throat out of a low carriage ...
... better , is it ? Glad on't , glad on't . What visitors have ' ee had to - day ? " " The last who left me was Lady Barbara Rusport . " " What ! that lean harridan that goes about craning up her long painted throat out of a low carriage ...
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... better remain the sloven that he is , than vainly at- tempt to imitate the inimitable . " As Sir Matthew , who was a professed epi- cure , as well as a free and almost invincible toper , seldom said any thing at dinner that did not bear ...
... better remain the sloven that he is , than vainly at- tempt to imitate the inimitable . " As Sir Matthew , who was a professed epi- cure , as well as a free and almost invincible toper , seldom said any thing at dinner that did not bear ...
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Seite 277 - Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God afraid of me: Safe from the Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne, Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone.
Seite 262 - Roused though it be full often to a mood Which spurns the check of salutary bands That this most famous Stream in bogs and sands Should perish; and to evil and to good Be lost for ever. In our halls is hung Armoury of the invincible Knights of old: We must be free or die, who speak the tongue That Shakspeare spake; the faith and morals hold Which Milton held. — In everything we are sprung Of Earth's first blood, have titles manifold.
Seite 219 - For the Man, Who, in this spirit, communes with the Forms Of Nature, who with understanding heart Doth know and love such Objects as excite No morbid passions, no disquietude, No vengeance, and no hatred, needs must feel The joy of that pure principle of Love So deeply, that, unsatisfied with aught Less pure and exquisite, he cannot choose But seek for objects of a kindred love In Fellow-natures and a kindred joy.
Seite 179 - tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy ; for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith that all which we behold Is...
Seite 57 - Let me shake off th' intrusive cares of day, And lay the meddling senses all aside. Where now, ye lying vanities of life! Ye ever-tempting ever-cheating train!
Seite 171 - And following slower, in explosion vast, The Thunder raises his tremendous voice. At first, heard solemn o'er the verge of Heaven, The tempest growls; but as it nearer comes, And rolls its awful burden on the wind, The lightnings flash a larger curve, and more The noise astounds: till over head a sheet Of livid flame discloses wide; then shuts, And opens wider; shuts and opens still Expansive, wrapping ether in a blaze. Follows the loosen'd aggravated roar, Enlarging, deepening, mingling; peal on...
Seite 179 - From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
Seite 147 - Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind of reception it meets in the world, and that so very few are offended with it.
Seite 76 - By a daisy, whose leaves spread, Shut when Titan goes to bed ; Or a shady bush or tree, She could more infuse in me Than all Nature's beauties can In some other wiser man.
Seite 145 - ... careless season Spite of melancholy reason, Will walk through life in such a way That, when time brings on decay, Now and then I may possess Hours of perfect gladsomeness, — Pleased by any random toy ; By a kitten's busy joy, Or an infant's laughing eye Sharing in the ecstasy...