The matchmaker, by the author of 'Cousin Geoffrey'. |
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... lady had been thrown , -in a moment I was by her side , and , lifting her up , I recognised dear Ellen . She had fainted , and I had to wait for some water be- fore she could be recovered ; at all events , I was mad with alarm , for I ...
... lady had been thrown , -in a moment I was by her side , and , lifting her up , I recognised dear Ellen . She had fainted , and I had to wait for some water be- fore she could be recovered ; at all events , I was mad with alarm , for I ...
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... lady was carrying , fastened up in a basket , and Captain St. Vincent , a common London pick- pocket , who , from the care she took of the basket , fancied it contained some valuable prize , and made off with it accordingly ...
... lady was carrying , fastened up in a basket , and Captain St. Vincent , a common London pick- pocket , who , from the care she took of the basket , fancied it contained some valuable prize , and made off with it accordingly ...
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... très , " replied the lady , very anxious to be thought a French scholar . Julian , feeling for De Villeneuve as he vainly tried not to smile , exclaimed , " Aunt F 2 THE MATCHMAKER . 99 ye think a' young men despise auld age? ...
... très , " replied the lady , very anxious to be thought a French scholar . Julian , feeling for De Villeneuve as he vainly tried not to smile , exclaimed , " Aunt F 2 THE MATCHMAKER . 99 ye think a' young men despise auld age? ...
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... lady , and , partly educated in England , he prefers our language . " " In that case , I will sacrifice my own taste , dear Julian , which is for speaking French . " " I fear I've forgotten my French , " said Tibby . " In my younger ...
... lady , and , partly educated in England , he prefers our language . " " In that case , I will sacrifice my own taste , dear Julian , which is for speaking French . " " I fear I've forgotten my French , " said Tibby . " In my younger ...
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... lady of her age - that does na credit to your foreign breeding ; and I only wish you'd take pattern by the count . A very gude evening , and better manners to you ! " And Miss Tibby retired in dignified dis- dain . Julian THE MATCHMAKER ...
... lady of her age - that does na credit to your foreign breeding ; and I only wish you'd take pattern by the count . A very gude evening , and better manners to you ! " And Miss Tibby retired in dignified dis- dain . Julian THE MATCHMAKER ...
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Page 46 - And, when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring, To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan loves, Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe, with heaved stroke, Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallowed haunt.
Page 222 - Is there, in human form, that bears a heart — A wretch ! a villain ! lost to love and truth ! That can, with studied, sly, ensnaring art, Betray sweet Jenny's unsuspecting youth ? Curse on his...
Page 42 - I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly dress'd, Fresh as a bridegroom; and his chin, new reap'd, Show'd like a stubble-land at harvest-home.
Page 247 - MY birth-day" — what a different sound That word had in my youthful ears ! And how, each time the day comes round, Less and less white its mark appears ! When first our scanty years are told, It seems like pastime to grow old ; And, as Youth counts the shining links. That Time around him binds so fast, Pleased with the task, he little thinks How hard that chain will press at last. Vain was the man, and false as vain, Who said* — "were he ordain'd to run " His long career of life again, . " He...
Page 143 - Winter comes, to rule the varied year, Sullen and sad, with all his rising train — Vapours, and clouds, and storms. Be these my theme ; These, that exalt the soul to solemn thought And heavenly musing. Welcome, kindred glooms...
Page 178 - The light of love, the purity of grace, The mind, the Music breathing from her face, The heart whose softness harmonized the whole, And oh! that eye was in itself a Soul...
Page 254 - THOU lingering star, with lessening ray, That lov'st to greet the early morn, Again thou usher'st in the day My Mary from my soul was torn. O Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? See'st thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?
Page 237 - Was my own lord. Then did I seek to rise Out of the prison of my mean estate ; And, with such jewels as the exploring Mind Brings from the caves of Knowledge, buy my ransom From those twin gaolers of the daring heart — Low Birth and iron Fortune.
Page 273 - She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love : A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky.
Page 7 - Alas ! regardless of their doom, The little victims play! No sense have they of Ills to come; Nor Care, beyond to-day! Yet see, how all around them wait The Ministers of human fate; And black Misfortune's baleful Train!