The Buccaneer: A Tale, Volume 1Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833 - Crime |
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... to hurt thee , child ! " adding , in a low and broken voice , " Would that the Lord had given unto me sons endowed with the same spirit ! Wilt tell me thy own name ? " " No ! If you are a friend , you THE BUCCANEER .
... to hurt thee , child ! " adding , in a low and broken voice , " Would that the Lord had given unto me sons endowed with the same spirit ! Wilt tell me thy own name ? " " No ! If you are a friend , you THE BUCCANEER .
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... lord of the mansion , " Sir Robert , " muttered Dalton , " may well change the name of his dwelling from Cecil Abbey to Cecil Place.— Why , the very trees are manufactured into Roundheads . But there is something more than ordinary a ...
... lord of the mansion , " Sir Robert , " muttered Dalton , " may well change the name of his dwelling from Cecil Abbey to Cecil Place.— Why , the very trees are manufactured into Roundheads . But there is something more than ordinary a ...
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... Lord's cause ! -but to fall in a drunken frolic , not befitting a holy Christian to engage in- it was far more than my poor Lady could bear . " " Oliver promised to be a fine fellow . " " Do not talk of him , do not talk of him , I ...
... Lord's cause ! -but to fall in a drunken frolic , not befitting a holy Christian to engage in- it was far more than my poor Lady could bear . " " Oliver promised to be a fine fellow . " " Do not talk of him , do not talk of him , I ...
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... Lord for his goodness ! ever since I have been here , I have been most happy ; but my dear Lady , who was so kind to me , - Again her tears returned . " You do not know me ? -But you could not . " Hugh Dalton gradually relaxed his hold ...
... Lord for his goodness ! ever since I have been here , I have been most happy ; but my dear Lady , who was so kind to me , - Again her tears returned . " You do not know me ? -But you could not . " Hugh Dalton gradually relaxed his hold ...
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... Lord , and trade as an ho- nest man ? " Dalton cast a look of such mingled scorn and contempt on his companion , that a deep red colour mounted to his cheek as he repeated , " Yes ! I ask , cannot you trade as an honest man ? " " No ...
... Lord , and trade as an ho- nest man ? " Dalton cast a look of such mingled scorn and contempt on his companion , that a deep red colour mounted to his cheek as he repeated , " Yes ! I ask , cannot you trade as an honest man ? " " No ...
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Baronet beautiful bless bosom breath Buccaneer Burrell's called Cavalier Cecil Place child Claypole cloak companion Constance Cecil Constantia countenance court danger daughter dear ears exclaimed eyes Fairy Ring father fear feelings Fleetword fool gentle gentleman girl Guerre Gull's Nest hand head hear heard heart heaven holy honour Hugh Dalton inquired interrupted Jeromio Jerry Jerry White John Milton knew Lady Cecil Lady Frances Cromwell lady's light lips look Lord LUCY HUTCHINSON Major Wellmore Manasseh Ben Israel marriage master methinks mind Mistress Cecil mother nature never night observed paused poor pray Protector racter repeated replied Robin Hays Roundhead Roupall silence Sir Robert Cecil Sir Willmott Burrell smile Solomon Grundy speak spirit Springall stood stranger sure sweet sword tell thee thing thou thought tone villain voice Walter wild woman words young youth
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Page 198 - I how great she be ? Great, or good, or kind, or fair, I will ne'er the more despair: If she love me, this believe, I will die ere she shall grieve : If she slight me when I woo, I can scorn and let her go ; For if she be not for me, What care I for whom she be ? George Wither.
Page 30 - So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity, that, when a soul is found sincerely so, a thousand. liveried angels lackey her, driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, and, in clear dream and solemn vision, tell her of things that no gross ear can hear...
Page 198 - Cause I see a woman kind? Or a well-disposed nature Joined with a lovely feature? Be she meeker, kinder, than The turtle-dove or pelican : If she be not so to me, What care I how kind she be? Shall a woman's virtues move Me to perish for her love? Or, her well-deservings known, Make me quite forget mine own? Be she with that goodness blest Which may merit name of Best ; If she be not such to me, What care I how good she be?
Page 30 - Heaven is saintly chastity, that, when a soul is found sincerely so, a thousand. liveried angels lackey her, driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, and, in clear dream and solemn vision, tell her of things that no gross ear can hear; till oft converse with heavenly habitants begin to cast a beam on the outward shape, the unpolluted temple of the mind, and turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, till all be made immortal.
Page 8 - Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so: For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be...
Page 33 - Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.
Page 207 - First American from the first London edition, with Notes by BENJAMIN F. JOSLIN, MD, Professor of Natural Philosophy in Union College. " It fully sustains the favorable opinion we have already expressed as to this valuable compendium of modern science.
Page 174 - Tell wit how much it wrangles In tickle points of niceness : Tell wisdom she entangles Herself in over-wiseness. And when they do reply, Straight give them both the lie.