The Money-lender, Volume 1H. Colburn, 1843 |
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... into me , like the talons of a bird of prey , and inquiring the nature of the disorder that made me so ghastly just as a ghoul might be supposed to investigate the state of the corpse upon which it THE MONEY - LENDER . 13.
... into me , like the talons of a bird of prey , and inquiring the nature of the disorder that made me so ghastly just as a ghoul might be supposed to investigate the state of the corpse upon which it THE MONEY - LENDER . 13.
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... nature , it must have appeared a penance to him rather than a schoolboy's holiday , to journey twice a year from Harrow into Hampshire , and re- turn thither for a couple of months , between the period of his quitting Heidelberg , and ...
... nature , it must have appeared a penance to him rather than a schoolboy's holiday , to journey twice a year from Harrow into Hampshire , and re- turn thither for a couple of months , between the period of his quitting Heidelberg , and ...
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... sensibilities of Sir Bernard's widow were of no very vivid nature . She had evidently never recovered the shock of his untimely death . Still , in spite of appearances , Basil thought otherwise 22 THE MONEY - LENDER .
... sensibilities of Sir Bernard's widow were of no very vivid nature . She had evidently never recovered the shock of his untimely death . Still , in spite of appearances , Basil thought otherwise 22 THE MONEY - LENDER .
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... nature as that which fixed his eager gaze upon every corner of every street , in succession , in the hope of stumbling upon the auspicious dwelling - place of A. O. It was now only ten o'clock ; but in that commercial neighbourhood ...
... nature as that which fixed his eager gaze upon every corner of every street , in succession , in the hope of stumbling upon the auspicious dwelling - place of A. O. It was now only ten o'clock ; but in that commercial neighbourhood ...
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... natural to turn with joy from the spectacle of Lazarus with his sores , to the auspicious prosperity of the man clothed in purple and fine linen ! - " No use to avow my carelessness : I will write as though for the first time , or as ...
... natural to turn with joy from the spectacle of Lazarus with his sores , to the auspicious prosperity of the man clothed in purple and fine linen ! - " No use to avow my carelessness : I will write as though for the first time , or as ...
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Page 174 - All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame. Oft in my waking dreams do I Live o'er again that happy hour, When midway on the mount I lay, Beside the ruined tower. The moonshine, stealing o'er the scene, Had blended with the lights of eve; And she was there, my hope, my joy, My own dear Genevieve!
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Page 40 - what gar'd him greet," he said, "I am so sorry for poor Colonel Crawley." And Gil said, " There is more joy in heaven over the sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just men who need no repentance. See to her, for instance, now. Do you mind what the blackbird sang at Glastonbury? " The group which confronted the Prince at this landing was the strangest and quaintest he had met yet. The woman to whom Gil had pointed with his paddle was dressed in...
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Page 100 - ... sound of a sum in millions', she writes, 'tickles the ears of an Englishman; no man so rich, but endeavours to become richer' (i, p. v). And yet, she avers, it is the false philosopher who regards money with supposed contempt. In The Moneylender (1843) she tells her readers: MONEY is indeed power! Of all the masquerading guises in which false Philosophy loves to parade herself, contempt of MONEY the ladder by which almost every earthly advantage is attainable, is surely the most absurd!29 Here...
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Page 98 - A king may make a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' * that : But an honest man's above his might, Good troth he dare not paw that.