The Cornhill MagazineWilliam Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1914 |
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... Kames , Princes Hotel , Brighton . ' 6 It was an answer to a letter from him , not so badly expressed— considering that he must have written many love - letters during the twenty years of his adolescence , and must have exhausted some ...
... Kames , Princes Hotel , Brighton . ' 6 It was an answer to a letter from him , not so badly expressed— considering that he must have written many love - letters during the twenty years of his adolescence , and must have exhausted some ...
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... Kames in lofty style , as if his wealth was on the whole a drawback to their marriage , and she accepted him in spite of it . Having written the letter , the only question was , should she post it ? She had been walking on the parade ...
... Kames in lofty style , as if his wealth was on the whole a drawback to their marriage , and she accepted him in spite of it . Having written the letter , the only question was , should she post it ? She had been walking on the parade ...
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... Kames as her husband . an to What had Maud done that she should have found no man love her but Major Kames ? Should she brave the future , share Ursula's home and poverty , and try to make the best of it ? Maud fingered the letter in ...
... Kames as her husband . an to What had Maud done that she should have found no man love her but Major Kames ? Should she brave the future , share Ursula's home and poverty , and try to make the best of it ? Maud fingered the letter in ...
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... Kames had left the Army . Yes , but it was necessary , his property needed looking after ; there was nothing improper in that . Then he did most things well , business matters especially ; he was a good sportsman , expert at cards ; he ...
... Kames had left the Army . Yes , but it was necessary , his property needed looking after ; there was nothing improper in that . Then he did most things well , business matters especially ; he was a good sportsman , expert at cards ; he ...
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... Kames , well , she would marry him , and brave it out . She would post the letter at that pillar box ; she would slip it in before Ursula's very eyes , though she would not explain , say to whom it was addressed , just then — not just ...
... Kames , well , she would marry him , and brave it out . She would post the letter at that pillar box ; she would slip it in before Ursula's very eyes , though she would not explain , say to whom it was addressed , just then — not just ...
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Seite 387 - Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive!
Seite 559 - Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone; For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own.
Seite 50 - Good my lord, You have begot me, bred me, loved me : I Return those duties back as are right fit, Obey you, love you, and most honour you. Why have my sisters husbands, if they say They love you all ? Haply...
Seite 193 - A fixed figure for the time of scorn To point his slow unmoving finger at ! Yet could I bear that too ; well, very well : But there, where I have garner'd up my heart, Where either I must live, or bear no life...
Seite 210 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave ! — For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave : Where Blake and mighty Nelson fell, Your manly hearts shall glow, As ye sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow ; While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Seite 390 - THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but he had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud though childlike form. The flames...
Seite 193 - It was ordained for the mutual society, help, and comfort, that the one ought to have of the other, both in prosperity and adversity.
Seite 210 - Whose flag has braved a thousand years, The battle and the breeze ! Your glorious standard launch again, To match another foe ! And sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow; While the battle And the stormy win< s loud and long, do blow.
Seite 42 - I do not like you, Dr. Fell, The reason why, I cannot tell ; But this I know, and know full well, I do not like you, Dr. FelL
Seite 342 - And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them.