Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 50Richard Bentley, 1861 |
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... possession of large supplies of money was indispensable , but how were these to be promptly obtained ? At last he ... possessions . Do not let me be put to the torture . " Seymour shook his head sternly . " All thy possessions will be ...
... possession of large supplies of money was indispensable , but how were these to be promptly obtained ? At last he ... possessions . Do not let me be put to the torture . " Seymour shook his head sternly . " All thy possessions will be ...
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" All thy possessions will be confiscated by the crown , " he said , " and thou thyself wilt be hanged . " " Pity me ! pity me ! " cried Sharington , falling upon his knees before him . Take all I have , and let me go . " Having ...
" All thy possessions will be confiscated by the crown , " he said , " and thou thyself wilt be hanged . " " Pity me ! pity me ! " cried Sharington , falling upon his knees before him . Take all I have , and let me go . " Having ...
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... possession of those long - coveted islands ? " " I am about to take possession of them , " replied Seymour , with 4 a smile . " I have already despatched a small 4 THE CONSTABLE OF THE TOWER .
... possession of those long - coveted islands ? " " I am about to take possession of them , " replied Seymour , with 4 a smile . " I have already despatched a small 4 THE CONSTABLE OF THE TOWER .
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... possessed himself of large sums . He turned his office money on the same account ; took bribes , and extorted various pretences . All wrecks that fell into his hands helped to enrich his own coffers . Though complaints for these wrongs ...
... possessed himself of large sums . He turned his office money on the same account ; took bribes , and extorted various pretences . All wrecks that fell into his hands helped to enrich his own coffers . Though complaints for these wrongs ...
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... possession of such a stronghold as this was of the last importance to Lord Seymour . He kept it in a constant state of defence , garrisoned it with a large number of men , vic- tualled it with wheat , malt , and provisions as if for a ...
... possession of such a stronghold as this was of the last importance to Lord Seymour . He kept it in a constant state of defence , garrisoned it with a large number of men , vic- tualled it with wheat , malt , and provisions as if for a ...
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Page 164 - As one who long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn, to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoined, from each thing met conceives delight The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Page 163 - Oh! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet. With the sky above my head. And the grass beneath my feet ; For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal!
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Page 415 - There is a wonderful insight in Heaven's broad and simple sunshine. While we give it credit only for depicting the merest surface, it actually brings out the secret character with a truth that no painter would ever venture upon, even could he detect it.
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Page 415 - As when a painter, poring on a face, Divinely thro' all hindrance finds the man Behind it, and so paints him that his face, The shape and colour of a mind and life, Lives for his children, ever at its best And fullest...
Page 225 - MAIDEN ! with the meek, brown eyes, In whose orbs a shadow lies Like the dusk in evening skies ! Thou whose locks outshine the sun, Golden tresses, wreathed in one, As the braided streamlets run ! Standing, with reluctant feet, Where the brook and river meet, Womanhood and childhood fleet...