The Lairds of Fife ...Constable & Company, 1828 - 920 страница |
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... wonder that she is not terrified , " exclaimed Mrs Fife , now turning , with an air of recovered dignity , towards the more insignificant portion of her guests . But , sud- denly reflecting on the possible misfortune of scaring them ...
... wonder that she is not terrified , " exclaimed Mrs Fife , now turning , with an air of recovered dignity , towards the more insignificant portion of her guests . But , sud- denly reflecting on the possible misfortune of scaring them ...
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... wonder❞ — and she forgot in that one word the possible ambuscade of the parties who had just announced , by so many astonishing ( we cannot call them white ) lies , their unqualified desire to see , as well as to hear , of the forth ...
... wonder❞ — and she forgot in that one word the possible ambuscade of the parties who had just announced , by so many astonishing ( we cannot call them white ) lies , their unqualified desire to see , as well as to hear , of the forth ...
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... wonder what I shall get this time ? Deuces !!! ( making the throw ) . Deuces ! what in the world am I to do with them ? -Let me see : Well , I think I shall play them in . — Or no - stop ! My dear , do you intend to try the back - game ...
... wonder what I shall get this time ? Deuces !!! ( making the throw ) . Deuces ! what in the world am I to do with them ? -Let me see : Well , I think I shall play them in . — Or no - stop ! My dear , do you intend to try the back - game ...
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... wonder I made this wretch here set me down to look at him , thinking all the while that he would provide for my safety ; in- stead of which , after being flaffed aloft in the air , we were both twirled to the ground . " " Oh ! oh ! oh ...
... wonder I made this wretch here set me down to look at him , thinking all the while that he would provide for my safety ; in- stead of which , after being flaffed aloft in the air , we were both twirled to the ground . " " Oh ! oh ! oh ...
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... watch . " By the bye , Madrake , I wonder to which part of the town poor Von will have gone to . " " To you , you know , that can be of no earthly consequence , M'Ginger . " " O , but , my dear fellow , consider 150 THE LAIRDS OF FIFE .
... watch . " By the bye , Madrake , I wonder to which part of the town poor Von will have gone to . " " To you , you know , that can be of no earthly consequence , M'Ginger . " " O , but , my dear fellow , consider 150 THE LAIRDS OF FIFE .
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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.