Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3W. Blackwood, 1850 |
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... become involved in the passions they were destined to combat ; and the cardinal's purple covered the shoulders of an associate in the midnight orgies of the Regent Orleans. Such was the audacity of vice, the recklessness of fashion, and ...
... become involved in the passions they were destined to combat ; and the cardinal's purple covered the shoulders of an associate in the midnight orgies of the Regent Orleans. Such was the audacity of vice, the recklessness of fashion, and ...
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... region of imagination and sensibility into the walks of actual life . We feel interested in his characters , not because they are ideal beings with whom we have become acquainted for the first time when we began 4 CHATEAUBRIAND .
... region of imagination and sensibility into the walks of actual life . We feel interested in his characters , not because they are ideal beings with whom we have become acquainted for the first time when we began 4 CHATEAUBRIAND .
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Archibald Alison. have become acquainted for the first time when we began the book , but because they are the very persons we have lived with from our infancy . His descriptions of scenery are not luxuriant and glowing pictures of ...
Archibald Alison. have become acquainted for the first time when we began the book , but because they are the very persons we have lived with from our infancy . His descriptions of scenery are not luxuriant and glowing pictures of ...
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... become a better husband . No ; we do not attach our- selves to a possession of which we are not secure , we do not love a property which we are in danger of losing . " We must not give to Hymen the wings of Love , nor make of a sacred ...
... become a better husband . No ; we do not attach our- selves to a possession of which we are not secure , we do not love a property which we are in danger of losing . " We must not give to Hymen the wings of Love , nor make of a sacred ...
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... become dry in summer . No farm - houses are to be seen on the farms ; no labourers , no chariots , no oxen , or horses of agriculture . Nothing can be figured so melancholy as to see the track of a modern wheel , where you can still ...
... become dry in summer . No farm - houses are to be seen on the farms ; no labourers , no chariots , no oxen , or horses of agriculture . Nothing can be figured so melancholy as to see the track of a modern wheel , where you can still ...
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Sivu 350 - Nearer to the beach, the tide rippled onward in waves of sparkling silver, that imperceptibly, yet rapidly, gained upon the sand. With a mind employed in admiration of the romantic scene, or perhaps on some more agitating topic, Miss Wardour advanced in silence by her father's side, whose recently offended dignity did not stoop to open any conversation. Following the windings of the beach, they passed one projecting point or headland of rock after another, and now found themselves under a huge and...