The Lairds of Fife ...Constable & Company, 1828 - 920 страница |
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... Tell Mrs Gregory I want to see her immediately . " " Well , Mrs Gregory , you will be able to throw some light on the subject , won't you ? John found out that these strange people who came here this morning were going to St An- drews ...
... Tell Mrs Gregory I want to see her immediately . " " Well , Mrs Gregory , you will be able to throw some light on the subject , won't you ? John found out that these strange people who came here this morning were going to St An- drews ...
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... tell what pass- ed ; only , the lady herself confessed that , in spite- of all her resistance and entreaties , the gentleman at last succeeded in giving her a kiss . Now , if it had not been for Mrs Gregory's protection , I know not ...
... tell what pass- ed ; only , the lady herself confessed that , in spite- of all her resistance and entreaties , the gentleman at last succeeded in giving her a kiss . Now , if it had not been for Mrs Gregory's protection , I know not ...
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... 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 us the mystery of things , As if we were ...
... 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 us the mystery of things , As if we were ...
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... tell me who these Hyndfords are ? " exclaimed Mrs Fife , nimbly pouncing upon her prey . " Any relations to the late Car- michael , Earl of Hyndford , eh ? ” " I believe not , " said Mrs Horn Regular ; talking with becoming douceur ...
... tell me who these Hyndfords are ? " exclaimed Mrs Fife , nimbly pouncing upon her prey . " Any relations to the late Car- michael , Earl of Hyndford , eh ? ” " I believe not , " said Mrs Horn Regular ; talking with becoming douceur ...
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... tell . " I shall soon , however , find him out . " . Mrs Horn Regular could easily believe that . " O , by the bye , Miss Leslie hasn't given us a song . " Here Mademoiselle Antoinette began to laugh immoderately ; and Mrs Horn Regular ...
... tell . " I shall soon , however , find him out . " . Mrs Horn Regular could easily believe that . " O , by the bye , Miss Leslie hasn't given us a song . " Here Mademoiselle Antoinette began to laugh immoderately ; and Mrs Horn Regular ...
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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.