Jeannette Isabelle: A Novel, Volume 2John Richardson, 1837 |
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... sort of meetings - allons donc ! voyons ! " - and the courage of Fletcher to resist the invitation already began to give way . " What am I to do there ? " enquired he doubt- ingly , " I have no business amongst you - I don't know your ...
... sort of meetings - allons donc ! voyons ! " - and the courage of Fletcher to resist the invitation already began to give way . " What am I to do there ? " enquired he doubt- ingly , " I have no business amongst you - I don't know your ...
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... sort of de- ference by the poor . I will make no such declara- rations , either of the one kind or the other . I re- nounce you all , and I demand immediately free egress from your company . " " Que voulez vous donc ? " said Boivin ...
... sort of de- ference by the poor . I will make no such declara- rations , either of the one kind or the other . I re- nounce you all , and I demand immediately free egress from your company . " " Que voulez vous donc ? " said Boivin ...
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... sort of constitutional liberty which opens to the lowest birth the highest offices of the state , and recom- penses merit by confiding to it the offices of great- est trust , honour , and emolument . In England , on the contrary ...
... sort of constitutional liberty which opens to the lowest birth the highest offices of the state , and recom- penses merit by confiding to it the offices of great- est trust , honour , and emolument . In England , on the contrary ...
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... sort ; for in what other country are there corresponding publications ? or , at any rate , where are they equally encouraged ? We have a writer , who chooses to appear by the name of Nimrod , who shows himself in every thing that he ...
... sort ; for in what other country are there corresponding publications ? or , at any rate , where are they equally encouraged ? We have a writer , who chooses to appear by the name of Nimrod , who shows himself in every thing that he ...
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... sort of memento , pro- bably , that he was not to forget the vow which he had once made her , that he would avenge upon the head of Lord Clanelly the insult which she had received at his hands . And though young Bazan- court could not ...
... sort of memento , pro- bably , that he was not to forget the vow which he had once made her , that he would avenge upon the head of Lord Clanelly the insult which she had received at his hands . And though young Bazan- court could not ...
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Page 281 - S'il osait de son cœur n'écouter que la voix, Changeant tout à coup de langage, II nous dirait, comme l'hôte des bois : « La nature n'a fait ni serviteur ni maître; « Je ne veux ni donner ni recevoir de lois. » Et ses mains ourdiraient les entrailles du prêtre, Au défaut d'un cordon pour étrangler les rois.
Page 140 - ITALIA, Italia, o tu cui feo la sorte Dono infelice di bellezza, ond' hai Funesta dote d' infiniti guai, Che in fronte scritti per gran doglia porte : • Deh fossi tu men bella, o almen più forte, Onde assai più ti paventasse, o assai T...
Page 143 - That chastity did for itselfe embrace, But were for other causes firme and sound ; Either for want of handsome time and place, Or else for feare of shame and fowle disgrace. Thus am I hopelesse ever to attaine My ladies love, in such a desperate case, But all my dayes am like to waste in vaine, Seeking to match the chaste with th
Page 157 - He took my hand And said, Florinda, would that thou and I Earlier had met ! oh what a blissful lot Had then been mine, who might have found in thee The sweet companion and the friend endear'd, A fruitful wife and crown of earthly joys ! Thou too shouldst then have been of womankind Happiest, as now the loveliest.
Page 243 - O God, if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a soul !' This was followed by a general laugh.
Page 233 - And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
Page 185 - Examen philosophique des considerations sur le sentiment du sublime et du beau, dans le rapport des caracteres, des temperaments, &c , d
Page 67 - Or, voici sa manière de surveiller : il établit à ma porte, dans la rue, des espions qui mesuivoient à pied quand ma voiture alloit doucement, et qui prenoient des cabriolets pour ne pas me perdre de vue dans mes courses à la campagne. Cette manière de faire la police me paroissoit réunir tout à la fois le machiavélisme français à la lourdeur allemande. Les autrichiens se sont persuadés qu'ils ont été battus faute d'avoir autant d'esprit que les Français , et...
Page 143 - Columbcl, (after having served the Ladies for a year) he was sent out a second time, not to return till he could find three hundred Women incapable of yielding to any temptation. The bad...