Brambletye House: Or, Cavaliers and Roundheads : a Novel, Band 3Colburn, 1826 - 413 Seiten |
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... effects of her oratory , to believe that she could tame the savageness of the mob , and induce them to spare the house which she inhabited , as religiously as the Spartans respected the abode of Pindar , when they sacked the city of ...
... effects of her oratory , to believe that she could tame the savageness of the mob , and induce them to spare the house which she inhabited , as religiously as the Spartans respected the abode of Pindar , when they sacked the city of ...
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... effect of my own eloquence . " event . We have smiled , in our school exercises , at the Athenian general , who wrote home for some more cattle , and a fresh supply of soothsayers , for the use of his army ; but we see that the custom ...
... effect of my own eloquence . " event . We have smiled , in our school exercises , at the Athenian general , who wrote home for some more cattle , and a fresh supply of soothsayers , for the use of his army ; but we see that the custom ...
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... effects . Horace gave good advice , " quid sit futurum cras , fuge quærere . " If we cannot avoid your pretended prophecies , we are better without knowing them : if we can , they are no predictions . As to the stars , they may help us ...
... effects . Horace gave good advice , " quid sit futurum cras , fuge quærere . " If we cannot avoid your pretended prophecies , we are better without knowing them : if we can , they are no predictions . As to the stars , they may help us ...
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... effects , which were only landed this morning at Stepney , as you may see by the date of the paper : " and he held it up in confirmation of his statement . " Your ruddy face is the best certificate of health , " said the woman ; " and I ...
... effects , which were only landed this morning at Stepney , as you may see by the date of the paper : " and he held it up in confirmation of his statement . " Your ruddy face is the best certificate of health , " said the woman ; " and I ...
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... effects conveyed to his present lodgings , as he intended to quit London , without delay , as soon as he could learn tidings of Tracy , or ascertain where the Court were fixed . The Court had , in the first instance , removed to Hampton ...
... effects conveyed to his present lodgings , as he intended to quit London , without delay , as soon as he could learn tidings of Tracy , or ascertain where the Court were fixed . The Court had , in the first instance , removed to Hampton ...
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Alderman Staunton's Aldersgate Street appearance apprehension arrival astrologer beauty began Beverning Brambletye House Burgomaster character Charles circumstances Colonel Rathborn Compton Constantia Court cried death declared door dressed Duke Duke of Monmouth Dutch effect enabled escape exclaimed eyes fate Faunus favour feeling female fire fortune Haelbeck hand happiness head heart Heaven honour hope immediately implored inquired instantly Jack Whittaker Jocelyn Julia King King's knew Lady Castlemaine ladyship London look Lord Lord Rochester lordship Majesty Mark Walton ment mind mistress moat narch ness never night object observed occasion party passed Pippingford Lodge plague present prisoner proceeded procure purpose Queen racter received remained rendered replied restored Rochester Roundhead scene Sir John Sir John Compton solemn sooner Spanish Netherlands Staunton Stepney street suffered tion utter Valentine Walton voice walked Weegschaal Whitehall whole wife Winky Boss woman
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Seite 42 - Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards, his design Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear The very stones prate of my whereabout, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it.
Seite 178 - ... the rain Impetuous, and continued till the earth No more was seen ; the floating vessel swum Uplifted...
Seite 115 - But when we in our viciousness grow hard, (O misery on't!) the wise gods seal our eyes ; In our own filth drop our clear judgments ; make us Adore our errors ; laugh at us, while we strut To our confusion.
Seite 92 - He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust. His truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day, nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
Seite 92 - He shall call upon me, and I will hear him : yea, I am with him in trouble ; I will deliver him, and bring him to honour.
Seite 92 - Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day; For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day. A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand ; but it shall not come nigh thee.
Seite 59 - Oh! death, death, death!" in a most inimitable tone, and which struck me with horror and a chillness in my very blood. There was nobody to be seen in the whole street, neither did any other window open, for people had no curiosity now in any case, nor could anybody help one another; so I went on to pass into Bell Alley.
Seite 160 - This day was order'da generall fast thro' the Nation, to humble us on the late dreadfull conflagration, added to the plague and warr, the most dismall judgments that could be inflicted, but which indeede we highly deserv'd for our prodigious ingratitude, burning lusts, dissolute Court, profane and abominable lives...
Seite 176 - I espied walking th' other day through Westminster Hall, that had as much ribbon about him as would have plundered six shops and set up twenty country pedlars. All his body was drest like a May-pole or a Tom o
Seite 160 - July they continu'd to flee, tho' not in such Multitudes as formerly. In August indeed, they fled in such a manner, that I began to think there would be really none but Magistrates and Servants left in the City. As they fled now out of the City, so I should observe, that the Court removed early, (•viz.') in the Month of June, and went to Oxford, where it...