The Novice of Saint Dominick, Volume 4T. Hughes, 1823 - Irish fiction |
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... , he gaily said , " And now , my charming penitent , here " ends my dictatorship for the day . " " Then you expect to resume it diur- nally , I suppose , " said Imogen ; " and that 66 " I , a Penelope in morals , shall 6 THE NOVICE OF.
... , he gaily said , " And now , my charming penitent , here " ends my dictatorship for the day . " " Then you expect to resume it diur- nally , I suppose , " said Imogen ; " and that 66 " I , a Penelope in morals , shall 6 THE NOVICE OF.
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... of Imogen's introduction at court , and that notoriety which even the secret am- bition of the Novice of St. Dominick had panted to possess was now all her own . EA That interesting , that piquant charm which breathed around ST . DOMINICK .
... of Imogen's introduction at court , and that notoriety which even the secret am- bition of the Novice of St. Dominick had panted to possess was now all her own . EA That interesting , that piquant charm which breathed around ST . DOMINICK .
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Lady Morgan (Sydney). EA That interesting , that piquant charm which breathed around her person ; those native and soul - born graces , more beautiful than even beauty itself ; the splendor of her rank and fortune , and the brilliancy of ...
Lady Morgan (Sydney). EA That interesting , that piquant charm which breathed around her person ; those native and soul - born graces , more beautiful than even beauty itself ; the splendor of her rank and fortune , and the brilliancy of ...
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... charming mistress ; all contributed to ren- der it the temple of refined and elegant pleasure , of rational as well as of fashion- able amusement : while the constant so- ciety of madame de Rosemont afforded to the unrestrained conduct ...
... charming mistress ; all contributed to ren- der it the temple of refined and elegant pleasure , of rational as well as of fashion- able amusement : while the constant so- ciety of madame de Rosemont afforded to the unrestrained conduct ...
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... charm of sentiment over those propensi- ties and pursuits which rigid morality dis- countenanced , were among the most con- stant and welcome visitors of the hotel de St. Dorval . De Mempsel , the satyrist , who possessed the art 12 THE ...
... charm of sentiment over those propensi- ties and pursuits which rigid morality dis- countenanced , were among the most con- stant and welcome visitors of the hotel de St. Dorval . De Mempsel , the satyrist , who possessed the art 12 THE ...
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Page 227 - Thy sober Autumn fading into age, And pale concluding Winter comes at last, And shuts the scene. Ah ! whither now are fled Those dreams of greatness ? those unsolid hopes Of happiness ? those longings after fame ? Those restless cares ? those busy bustling days ? Those gay-spent, festive nights?
Page 292 - So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes ; And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly and attract more eyes Than that which hath no foil to set it off.
Page 227 - Summer's ardent strength. Thy sober autumn fading into age, And pale concluding Winter comes at last, And shuts the scene. Ah ! whither now are fled Those dreams of greatness ? those unsolid hopes Of happiness ? those longings after fame ? Those restless cares? those busy bustling days?
Page 173 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Page 335 - ... powers, As on a boundless theatre, to run The great career of justice, to exalt His generous aim to all diviner deeds, To chase each partial purpose from his breast, And...
Page 117 - Fulke Greville, servant to Queen Elizabeth, counsellor to King James, and friend to Sir Philip Sidney.
Page 29 - Imagination's rays : Where Virtue, rising from the awful depth Of Truth's mysterious bosom...
Page 255 - Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its lonely head: the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows : and the rank grass of the wall waved round his head. Desolate is the dwelling of Morna : silence is in the house of her fathers.
Page 335 - And thro' the tossing tide of chance and pain. To hold his course...