The refusal, by the author of the Tale of the times, Band 11810 |
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... painful theme till we frequently spoiled our respective mutton steaks , and only parted to meet again in the evening to refresh our harassed spirits with tea , suspend our schemes of reformation till the next day , and adjourn to crib ...
... painful theme till we frequently spoiled our respective mutton steaks , and only parted to meet again in the evening to refresh our harassed spirits with tea , suspend our schemes of reformation till the next day , and adjourn to crib ...
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... painful conflicts be- tween the solicitations of her lovers and her determination in favour of celibacy ; but she was too delicate to talk of the offers she received : and hough ( urged by the tenderest friend- ship ) I once questioned ...
... painful conflicts be- tween the solicitations of her lovers and her determination in favour of celibacy ; but she was too delicate to talk of the offers she received : and hough ( urged by the tenderest friend- ship ) I once questioned ...
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... painful and in- defatigable labours , on the pretence that they are unsuccessful ; for I fancy these gentlemen ... pains rewarded by its tumbling down upon them . People have now acquired an inveterate habit of believing them ...
... painful and in- defatigable labours , on the pretence that they are unsuccessful ; for I fancy these gentlemen ... pains rewarded by its tumbling down upon them . People have now acquired an inveterate habit of believing them ...
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... pain yielded to the softer term indisposition . Her garden afforded her great amusement , and a few charitable institutions which she had formed in the village , satisfac- torily employed her time and thoughts . She fancied she could ...
... pain yielded to the softer term indisposition . Her garden afforded her great amusement , and a few charitable institutions which she had formed in the village , satisfac- torily employed her time and thoughts . She fancied she could ...
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... painful conjectures re- specting the manner in which she should spend her time among stran : gers , and in a sumptuous style of living to which she was quite unaccustomed . She had gained a few particulars of her guardian's character ...
... painful conjectures re- specting the manner in which she should spend her time among stran : gers , and in a sumptuous style of living to which she was quite unaccustomed . She had gained a few particulars of her guardian's character ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 222 - I have of late— but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Seite 255 - Happy in this, she is not yet so old But she may learn; happier than this, She is not bred so dull but she can learn; Happiest of all is that her gentle spirit Commits itself to yours to be directed, As from her lord, her governor, her king.
Seite 192 - You hate me, you despise me ! you do well ; For what I've done I hate and scorn myself. Oh, night, fall on me ! I shall blush to death.
Seite 202 - Prince! I blush to think what I have said, But fate has wrested the confession from me; Go on, and prosper in the paths of honour, Thy virtue will excuse my passion for thee, And make the Gods propitious to our love.
Seite 239 - Alas ! from the day that we met, What hope of an end to my woes ? When I cannot endure to forget The glance that undid my repose. Yet time may diminish the pain : The flower, and the shrub, and the tree, Which I rear'd for her pleasure in vain, In time may have comfort for me.