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... dear parent . I was told that I had always been a dutiful son , but my own heart reproached me with many an act which had been long forgotten , but which , now that he was gone for ever , rose in fear- ful and sorrowful array before me ...
... dear parent . I was told that I had always been a dutiful son , but my own heart reproached me with many an act which had been long forgotten , but which , now that he was gone for ever , rose in fear- ful and sorrowful array before me ...
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... I shall give this little MS . to my kind old aunt , who alone has not deserted me in my adversity . Farewell . When I received the foregoing MS . from my dear nephew , I had no intention of adding to GERALD AYMER'S LOVES . 19.
... I shall give this little MS . to my kind old aunt , who alone has not deserted me in my adversity . Farewell . When I received the foregoing MS . from my dear nephew , I had no intention of adding to GERALD AYMER'S LOVES . 19.
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William P. Nimmo. dear nephew , I had no intention of adding to it a single line ; but events have since happened , which I think it my duty to record , as forming a kind of sequel to his history . After unburthening his mind by what he ...
William P. Nimmo. dear nephew , I had no intention of adding to it a single line ; but events have since happened , which I think it my duty to record , as forming a kind of sequel to his history . After unburthening his mind by what he ...
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... dear but sorrowful looks at him , hear the words cried by that man — from the wide mouth of the more experienced vendors of the horrible in Edinburgh ? How the thoughts came and went , glanced and burned , and darted away , and came ...
... dear but sorrowful looks at him , hear the words cried by that man — from the wide mouth of the more experienced vendors of the horrible in Edinburgh ? How the thoughts came and went , glanced and burned , and darted away , and came ...
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... dear , unfortunate , naughty child ! and why then hast thou kept all this a secret from me so long- was it right of thee ? But go on , how didst thou escape from such awful peril ? " " For an hour , an hour at least , " continued Saise ...
... dear , unfortunate , naughty child ! and why then hast thou kept all this a secret from me so long- was it right of thee ? But go on , how didst thou escape from such awful peril ? " " For an hour , an hour at least , " continued Saise ...
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Popular passages
Page 237 - Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man her slave oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless: Still various and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife, And makes a lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she's kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away...
Page 240 - Let Fate do her worst, there are relics of joy, Bright dreams of the past, which she cannot destroy ; Which come in the night-time of sorrow and care, And bring back the features that joy used to wear.
Page 223 - When Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main ; This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung this strain : " Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves!
Page 240 - Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 129 - How ill this taper burns ! Ha ! who comes here ? I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition.
Page 121 - For over all there hung a cloud of fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted...
Page 223 - THE stars are with the voyager Wherever he may sail ; The moon is constant to her time ; The sun will never fail ; But follow, follow round the world, The green earth and the sea ; So love is with the lover's heart, Wherever he may be.