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... once . " But before you blame the Captain , " said Miss Percy , " you should recollect , that half the people at table were perfect strangers to him until they came on board , and it is probable that amongst so many , there are some who ...
... once . " But before you blame the Captain , " said Miss Percy , " you should recollect , that half the people at table were perfect strangers to him until they came on board , and it is probable that amongst so many , there are some who ...
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... once so ardently devoted to these pur- suits , becoming daily less interested in them , or indeed in any thing unconnected with Elizabeth Percy her gentle sweetness realized his waking dreams , and he saw before him the creature he had ...
... once so ardently devoted to these pur- suits , becoming daily less interested in them , or indeed in any thing unconnected with Elizabeth Percy her gentle sweetness realized his waking dreams , and he saw before him the creature he had ...
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... once found , in setting foot in the house , that they were in a colony , and that a slave colony too , where the small quantity of agricultural pro- duce , the frequent drought , and failure of har- vest , with consequent dependence ...
... once found , in setting foot in the house , that they were in a colony , and that a slave colony too , where the small quantity of agricultural pro- duce , the frequent drought , and failure of har- vest , with consequent dependence ...
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... once into an open coun- try and a good road . In the gorge of the pass , though half buried in flowers , they remarked the furnaces for heating shot , and the piles of cannon balls , which the Dutch had used in their ineffectual ...
... once into an open coun- try and a good road . In the gorge of the pass , though half buried in flowers , they remarked the furnaces for heating shot , and the piles of cannon balls , which the Dutch had used in their ineffectual ...
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... once perceiving that Elizabeth was acquainted with the intelligence he had that moment re- ceived , he said , with his usual composure , " My dear girls , I did not mean to tell you until you had finished breakfast , a refreshment you ...
... once perceiving that Elizabeth was acquainted with the intelligence he had that moment re- ceived , he said , with his usual composure , " My dear girls , I did not mean to tell you until you had finished breakfast , a refreshment you ...
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acquaintance agreeable amongst amusement anchor appearance Archibald Cary Coolidge attention ayah beautiful Bengal Bently's Bowlow Brahmins cabin Calcutta Captain Bently Captain Kentledge Caroline Owen carriage chaprassy Charlotte charming Colonel Howard crowd Cumberland dance dark dear deck delight dinner Doctor dress Dundas elegant Elizabeth Percy European eyes False Bay fatigue feelings felt Flora Fortescue fortune frigate gave hand happy Harriet Harvard College head heart Hindoo honour hope horses hour India knew light living look ment mind Miss Elizabeth Miss Hume Miss Owen Miss Panton Miss Percy Montressor morning Morris mountains native never night observed party passed pleasure Ponsonby present punkah returned round Russell Russell's sail scene seemed ship silver sticks Simon's Town Sir Robert Marshall sister society soon sooner suffered Sunderbunds taste tears thing thought tion turn walk weather West wind
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 24 - All sadness but despair : now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils. As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past...
Seite 61 - Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime : As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. 'Hearts of oak!
Seite 131 - First, Moloch, horrid King, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears; Though, for the noise of drums and timbrels loud, Their children's cries unheard that passed through fire To his grim idol.
Seite 56 - ... vows seem sweet in every whisper'd word; and gentle winds and waters near make music to the lonely ear. Each flower the dews have lightly wet, and in the sky the stars are met, and on the wave is deeper blue, and on the leaf a browner hue, and in the heaven that clear obscure, so softly dark and darkly pure, which follows the decline of day, as twilight melts beneath the moon away.
Seite 56 - It is the hour when lovers' vows Seem sweet in every whisper'd word ; And gentle winds, and waters near, Make music to the lonely ear. Each flower the dews have lightly wet, And in the sky the stars are met, And on the wave is deeper blue, And on the leaf a browner hue, And in the heaven that clear obscure, So softly dark, and darkly pure, Which follows the decline of day, As twilight melts beneath the moon away.
Seite 154 - God will keep a temptation out of their way, or not suffer them to be tempted above what they are able to bear...
Seite 149 - La politesse est l'expression ou l'imitation des vertus sociales ; c'en est l'expression, si elle est vraie, et l'imitation, si elle est fausse ; et les vertus sociales sont celles qui nous rendent utiles et agréables à ceux avec qui nous avons à vivre.