The Lairds of Fife ...Constable & Company, 1828 - 920 страница |
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... cold while abroad on foot on a change of weather , he suffered his delighted kinsfolk to put on mourning for him on the tenth day , and the other portion of his fortune to be distri- buted amongst the rest of his connexions some little ...
... cold while abroad on foot on a change of weather , he suffered his delighted kinsfolk to put on mourning for him on the tenth day , and the other portion of his fortune to be distri- buted amongst the rest of his connexions some little ...
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... cold , roast turkey , fruits , and pastry . There was a trio table set upon castors , at the service of whoso- ever chose to acknowledge so gross an appetite as to eat , when not at dinner , animal food ; and this machine having been ...
... cold , roast turkey , fruits , and pastry . There was a trio table set upon castors , at the service of whoso- ever chose to acknowledge so gross an appetite as to eat , when not at dinner , animal food ; and this machine having been ...
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... cold , too , of a very raw , slashy morning , -espied the well - known sheltered plantations of the venerable Mrs Ogilvie , whose grand - niece was an occasional visitor at the Hall ; and , when a calm fit occur- red , was a very great ...
... cold , too , of a very raw , slashy morning , -espied the well - known sheltered plantations of the venerable Mrs Ogilvie , whose grand - niece was an occasional visitor at the Hall ; and , when a calm fit occur- red , was a very great ...
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... cold ? " " No , pretty comfortable . " " Always a fire ? ” " Only in winter . ” 66 Only in winter ! " " Only in winter . " How many windows has it ? " " Two . " " Two ! why two ? " Miss Leslie was about to submit some sort of ...
... cold ? " " No , pretty comfortable . " " Always a fire ? ” " Only in winter . ” 66 Only in winter ! " " Only in winter . " How many windows has it ? " " Two . " " Two ! why two ? " Miss Leslie was about to submit some sort of ...
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... cold- looking , genteelish modern country - house ; of which , by the way , any one might guess that the walls were size - painted , and the wood - work still bare ; having in front a small scrap of a garden - plot , luxuriant only in ...
... cold- looking , genteelish modern country - house ; of which , by the way , any one might guess that the walls were size - painted , and the wood - work still bare ; having in front a small scrap of a garden - plot , luxuriant only in ...
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agreeable Akenside amongst answer aunt began better body called carriage Cecilia clack cold Colonel Brown compliments crasy cried Miss cried Mrs Fife daughter dear Miss Leslie dear Mrs Fife dexterity dinner door Dudd Edmonstones father favour Fife-hall Fife's Fifeshire friends game at chess gentleman Gregory happy hear heard Hochytoch honour hope Horn Regular Hyndford intend invitation Jemima John Lady Methodical lady's laugh look Lord Aloof Lums Lumsdaine's M'Pech Ma'am Madam Mademoiselle Antoinette Madrake Madrake's Marchmont Maringle mean mind Miss Brown Miss Kicklecackle Miss M'Tavish Monotony morning never night o'clock observed occasion odd trick once papa party person play poor pray pretended pretty racter rake rest returned seat seems sometimes sort Squeake suppose talk taste tell thing thought tion uncon voice vomitory Vonpepper and M'Ginger wish wonder young lady
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Страница 74 - I'll kneel down And ask of thee forgiveness: so we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too, — Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out; — And take upon's the mystery of things, As if we were God's spies: and we'll wear out, In a wall'd prison, packs and sects of great ones That ebb and flow by the moon.
Страница 14 - And as an owl that in a barn Sees a mouse creeping in the corn, Sits still, and shuts his round blue eyes As if he slept, until he spies The little beast within his reach, Then starts, and seizes on the wretch...
Страница 260 - ... may be invigorated, or their efforts renewed, by subsequent considerations. The gratification of curiosity rather frees us from uneasiness than confers pleasure ; we are more pained by ignorance than delighted by instruction. Curiosity is the thirst of the soul ; it inflames and torments us, and makes us taste every thing with joy, however otherwise insipid, by which it may be quenched.