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... permit my slaves to have any will independent of mine ; and unless they are removed by to - morrow morning , I renounce him for ever . " In conformity with this exhibition of lawful rule , she took the first opportunity of insinu- ating ...
... permit my slaves to have any will independent of mine ; and unless they are removed by to - morrow morning , I renounce him for ever . " In conformity with this exhibition of lawful rule , she took the first opportunity of insinu- ating ...
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... permit the activity of body , which sometimes goes far to conceal indolence of mind . However , every contrivance was tried in suc- cession that the nature of circumstances would admit . The ladies ' cabin was chosen for the coffee ...
... permit the activity of body , which sometimes goes far to conceal indolence of mind . However , every contrivance was tried in suc- cession that the nature of circumstances would admit . The ladies ' cabin was chosen for the coffee ...
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... permitting her to hold any inter- course with the shore . The season was too far advanced to admit of their anchoring in Table Bay , as it was the commencement of the Cape winter , that is to say , the beginning of 38 LIFE IN INDIA ...
... permitting her to hold any inter- course with the shore . The season was too far advanced to admit of their anchoring in Table Bay , as it was the commencement of the Cape winter , that is to say , the beginning of 38 LIFE IN INDIA ...
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... permit explanations which could only lead to an engagement perhaps hopeless , and resolved therefore neither to see or to hear more than was intended for him . He took the first opportunity of explaining to Charlotte his feelings ; and ...
... permit explanations which could only lead to an engagement perhaps hopeless , and resolved therefore neither to see or to hear more than was intended for him . He took the first opportunity of explaining to Charlotte his feelings ; and ...
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... permit his presence of mind to forsake him . The dreadful spectacle told him there was not a second to lose . He snatched his thunder- stricken companion up in his arms , flew along the steerage , and deposited her in comparative safety ...
... permit his presence of mind to forsake him . The dreadful spectacle told him there was not a second to lose . He snatched his thunder- stricken companion up in his arms , flew along the steerage , and deposited her in comparative safety ...
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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.