Gale Middleton. By the author of 'Brambletye house'.1833 |
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... means well drilled ; nor , had they been three times as numerous , could the menial duties of the establishment have been worse discharged . Monsieur Dupin , the French butler , whom Lady Middleton , half in joke and half in hope that ...
... means well drilled ; nor , had they been three times as numerous , could the menial duties of the establishment have been worse discharged . Monsieur Dupin , the French butler , whom Lady Middleton , half in joke and half in hope that ...
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... means in the latter predicament , and yet I ought to be so , for I am labouring under a sad attack of im- pecuniosity . In short , my dear Lady Mid- dleton , I must request from you the loan of another hundred , which I doubt not I ...
... means in the latter predicament , and yet I ought to be so , for I am labouring under a sad attack of im- pecuniosity . In short , my dear Lady Mid- dleton , I must request from you the loan of another hundred , which I doubt not I ...
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... means pleased , as she unlocked a rich japan escrutoire , and handed a bank - note to her friend- " and I trust there will be now no further obstacle or delay in procuring my ad- mission into the Duchess's circle , which I find to be ...
... means pleased , as she unlocked a rich japan escrutoire , and handed a bank - note to her friend- " and I trust there will be now no further obstacle or delay in procuring my ad- mission into the Duchess's circle , which I find to be ...
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... means , however , of obtaining this consent , " said Lady Middleton , letting her eye fall upon the card - case , but smiling most graciously , as if to neutralise the insinuation . " You mean by favour , " resumed her com- panion ...
... means , however , of obtaining this consent , " said Lady Middleton , letting her eye fall upon the card - case , but smiling most graciously , as if to neutralise the insinuation . " You mean by favour , " resumed her com- panion ...
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... means pleased that the offend- ing party should so cavalierly extort from her another hundred pounds , which she little ex- pected to recover , the predominant feeling in the mind of Lady Middleton was , nevertheless , that of ...
... means pleased that the offend- ing party should so cavalierly extort from her another hundred pounds , which she little ex- pected to recover , the predominant feeling in the mind of Lady Middleton was , nevertheless , that of ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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!
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...