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... less graceful than Alice Bridgenorth's ; but an exquisite form , though not , as yet , sufficiently rounded in the outlines to produce the perfection of female beauty , was able to sustain and give grace even to this un- becoming dress ...
... less graceful than Alice Bridgenorth's ; but an exquisite form , though not , as yet , sufficiently rounded in the outlines to produce the perfection of female beauty , was able to sustain and give grace even to this un- becoming dress ...
Page 9
... less than none in the protection of Deborah . Till you can renounce , honestly and explicitly , the wishes you have lately expressed , we must be strangers ; -and could you renounce them even on this moment , it were better that we ...
... less than none in the protection of Deborah . Till you can renounce , honestly and explicitly , the wishes you have lately expressed , we must be strangers ; -and could you renounce them even on this moment , it were better that we ...
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... less the rescuer of that de- voted village , that , with other leading spirits of the age , he sat in the judgment seat when Charles Stuart was arraigned at the bar , and subscribed the sentence that went forth upon him . " " I have ...
... less the rescuer of that de- voted village , that , with other leading spirits of the age , he sat in the judgment seat when Charles Stuart was arraigned at the bar , and subscribed the sentence that went forth upon him . " " I have ...
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... less ruin- ous . Their decayed walls , exhibiting the rude and massive architecture of the most remote pe- riod , were composed of a ragged grey stone , which formed a singular contrast with the bright red freestone of which the window ...
... less ruin- ous . Their decayed walls , exhibiting the rude and massive architecture of the most remote pe- riod , were composed of a ragged grey stone , which formed a singular contrast with the bright red freestone of which the window ...
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... less . majestic ; and while it traced some wrinkles on her brow , had failed to quench the sedate fire of her dark eye . The young men rose to receive her with the formal reverence which they knew she loved , and were greeted by her ...
... less . majestic ; and while it traced some wrinkles on her brow , had failed to quench the sedate fire of her dark eye . The young men rose to receive her with the formal reverence which they knew she loved , and were greeted by her ...
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Page 227 - Then again for pathos, where will you mend the dying scene of Arcite ? Alas, my heartis queen ! alas, my wife ! Giver at once, and ender of my life. What is this world ? — What axen men to have ? Now with his love — now in his cold grave Alone, withouten other company. But I tire you, sir; and do injustice to the poet whom I remember but by halves.
Page 218 - What made our poet meddle with a plot ? Was't that he fancied, for the very sake And name of plot, his trifling play might take ? For there's not in't one inch-board evidence...