Tremaine: Or, The Man of Refinement, Volume 3H. Colburn, 1825 - 380 pages |
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... means wanting , " continued the President ; and the avidity with which all were pursued , was more like that of a keen student about to take his degree in divinity , than a man so entirely of the world ; for such he certainly was ...
... means wanting , " continued the President ; and the avidity with which all were pursued , was more like that of a keen student about to take his degree in divinity , than a man so entirely of the world ; for such he certainly was ...
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... mean this not merely as a figure . 1 J. He was particularly fond of making journeys , whe- ther of business or pleasure , on horseback ; and on these occasions no man alive , not of a similar 20 TREMAINE . 10 bead ...
... mean this not merely as a figure . 1 J. He was particularly fond of making journeys , whe- ther of business or pleasure , on horseback ; and on these occasions no man alive , not of a similar 20 TREMAINE . 10 bead ...
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... THE next morning Georgina arose a good deal re- freshed , and by no means the worse for having slept in a pure honey - suckled air , instead of the smoke of the Grande Place d'Orleans . The pretty Lisette , too , 26 TREMAINE .
... THE next morning Georgina arose a good deal re- freshed , and by no means the worse for having slept in a pure honey - suckled air , instead of the smoke of the Grande Place d'Orleans . The pretty Lisette , too , 26 TREMAINE .
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... means leaving out that of prattling ) to admiration . Had she been deficient , indeed , the father had now come to her assistance . But he was a plain man , of not near so many words , intent upon his garden toil , which led him daily ...
... means leaving out that of prattling ) to admiration . Had she been deficient , indeed , the father had now come to her assistance . But he was a plain man , of not near so many words , intent upon his garden toil , which led him daily ...
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... means follows that he obeyed . In fact , this prince of valets was much too great a man to allow any business , even of a master , to interfere with his own convenience or pleasures , and much too good a Frenchman not to have a little ...
... means follows that he obeyed . In fact , this prince of valets was much too great a man to allow any business , even of a master , to interfere with his own convenience or pleasures , and much too good a Frenchman not to have a little ...
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Almighty answered Evelyn answered Tremaine argument asked Evelyn asked Tremaine beautiful believe better Bolingbroke brain brute called cause certainly CHAP chateau Cicero confess consequence continued Evelyn continued Tremaine creation creature cried Evelyn cried Tremaine crime dear death Deity demonstration difficulty divine Doctor doubt Epicurus Evelyn Hall evil exclaimed existence father fear feeling free-will Georgina give happiness heart Heaven hope horror immortal laws least Lisette Lucretius maine matter mean ment merely mind moral motion murder nature never object observed Evelyn observed Tremaine opinion Orleans pause perhaps perpetual philosopher physics Place d'Orleans pleasure proof prove Providence pursued Evelyn question reason rejoined religion replied Evelyn replied Tremaine returned Evelyn returned Tremaine scepticism Scopas seemed Sennacherib sense SHAKSPEARE soul spirit suppose supposition sure tell thing thought tion Tremaine allowed true truth Voltaire whole wish wonderful
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Page 303 - My words fly up, my thoughts remain below : Words, without thoughts, never to heaven go.
Page 335 - Imagine howling ! —'tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
Page 290 - These things hast thou done, and I kept silence ; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself : But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
Page 156 - Their sound is gone out into all lands : and their words unto the ends of the world.
Page 283 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking off...
Page 320 - Ask the faithful youth Why the cold urn of her whom long he lov'd So often fills his arms ; so often draws His lonely footsteps at the silent hour, To pay the mournful tribute of his tears? Oh ! he will tell thee, that the wealth of worlds Should ne'er seduce his bosom to forego That sacred hour...
Page 283 - He's here in double trust; First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself.
Page 341 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.
Page 49 - Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit? or whither shall I go then from thy presence ? If I climb up into heaven, thou art there ; if I go down to hell, thou art there also.
Page 373 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.