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Page 193
... Ravensnest , as Herman Mordaunt's property was called , was far from being beyond the limits of sorties ; and the residence at Albany was solely to watch the progress of events in that quarter , and to be near the scene . If he had any ...
... Ravensnest , as Herman Mordaunt's property was called , was far from being beyond the limits of sorties ; and the residence at Albany was solely to watch the progress of events in that quarter , and to be near the scene . If he had any ...
Page 194
... Ravensnest , where it gave him the double advantage of having it in his power to visit the ladies , on occasion , while , at the same time , he must appear to them somewhat in the character of a protector . The object of Dirck and ...
... Ravensnest , where it gave him the double advantage of having it in his power to visit the ladies , on occasion , while , at the same time , he must appear to them somewhat in the character of a protector . The object of Dirck and ...
Page 195
... Ravensnest . As we went along , the discourse was maintained , and I learned many things from my older and intelligent companion that were new to me . 66 New lords , new laws , they say , Corny , " continued Herman Mordaunt ; " and this ...
... Ravensnest . As we went along , the discourse was maintained , and I learned many things from my older and intelligent companion that were new to me . 66 New lords , new laws , they say , Corny , " continued Herman Mordaunt ; " and this ...
Page 196
... Ravensnest , and that of Mooseridge , lay quite fourteen miles apart , with a dense and virgin forest between them . Nevertheless , this would be making us neighbours , in a certain sense ; as gentlemen always call men of their own ...
... Ravensnest , and that of Mooseridge , lay quite fourteen miles apart , with a dense and virgin forest between them . Nevertheless , this would be making us neighbours , in a certain sense ; as gentlemen always call men of their own ...
Page 205
... Ravensnest and Mooseridge lying slightly in the direction of the Hampshire Grants . As soon as we reached the point on the great northern road , or that which led towards Skeenesborough , Herman Mordaunt was obliged to quit his wagons ...
... Ravensnest and Mooseridge lying slightly in the direction of the Hampshire Grants . As soon as we reached the point on the great northern road , or that which led towards Skeenesborough , Herman Mordaunt was obliged to quit his wagons ...
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Page 193 - I with a new one : it is so well worth taking a journey for, that if the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain.
Page 257 - 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 276 - Between two worlds life hovers like a star, Twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge: How little do we know that which we are ! How less what we may be! The eternal surge. Of time and tide rolls on, and bears afar Our bubbles: as the old burst, new emerge, Lashed from the foam of ages ; while the graves Of empires heave but like some passing wave.
Page 175 - Good sir, why do you start ; and seem to fear Things that do sound so fair? — I' the name of truth, Are ye fantastical, or that indeed Which outwardly ye show? My noble partner You greet with present grace, and great prediction...
Page 165 - My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began ; So is it now I am a man ; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The child is father of the man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.
Page 155 - What ho ! Lord William, rise in haste ! The water saps thy walls ! ' He rose in haste, — beneath the walls He saw the flood appear; It hemm'd him round, — 'twas midnight now, No human aid was near.
Page 135 - ... know that we should meet no more; They tempted me, my beautiful ! for hunger's power is strong — They tempted me, my beautiful! but I have loved too long. Who said that I had given thee up? Who said that thou wert sold?
Page 32 - Whereas the youth of this colony are found, by manifold experience, to be not inferior in their natural geniuses to, the youth of any other country in the world, therefore be it enacted,* 8cc.