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... wish to interrupt him ? I , too , have my story , and , to relieve the tedium of a sick - bed , I have become an egotist , and , such as it is , have resolved to relate it . If I can be a hero nowhere else , I shall at least be the hero ...
... wish to interrupt him ? I , too , have my story , and , to relieve the tedium of a sick - bed , I have become an egotist , and , such as it is , have resolved to relate it . If I can be a hero nowhere else , I shall at least be the hero ...
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... wish that my antagonist had taken a surer aim . But reflection and reli- gion have come to my aid , and to them do I owe the comparative tranquillity which , like a soft gar- ment , wraps round my long harassed soul . 0 religion thou ...
... wish that my antagonist had taken a surer aim . But reflection and reli- gion have come to my aid , and to them do I owe the comparative tranquillity which , like a soft gar- ment , wraps round my long harassed soul . 0 religion thou ...
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... he confessed afterwards , that the feeling that ruled him at that moment was a wish to be relieved from the irksomeness of the adhesion . He pulled off his jacket and waistcoat , drew his shirt over 28 A DESPERATE ACT .
... he confessed afterwards , that the feeling that ruled him at that moment was a wish to be relieved from the irksomeness of the adhesion . He pulled off his jacket and waistcoat , drew his shirt over 28 A DESPERATE ACT .
Page 76
... wish to languish and aspire - he wished to attain ; and his eager gaze had fixed itself on another than Gabrielle Beaufort . Near to her young mistress , holding a broad fan of peacock's feathers in her hand , which she waved not only ...
... wish to languish and aspire - he wished to attain ; and his eager gaze had fixed itself on another than Gabrielle Beaufort . Near to her young mistress , holding a broad fan of peacock's feathers in her hand , which she waved not only ...
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... wish that little red thing were my own ; it's a crying shame that one can't buy red skins as casily as black ones . I wonder who the stranger can be ? Very probably a cotton speculator from New Orleans . Well , it is high time that he ...
... wish that little red thing were my own ; it's a crying shame that one can't buy red skins as casily as black ones . I wonder who the stranger can be ? Very probably a cotton speculator from New Orleans . Well , it is high time that he ...
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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.