The adventures of Ferdinand Count FathomDavid Ramsay. For Jo. and Ja. Fairbairn, ... and A. Guthrie, 1790 |
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accompliſhed acquainted addrefs adventurer affection affiftance affured againſt almoſt alſo anſwered becauſe Caftilian caufe cauſe circumftances confequence confiderable confidered converfation count defign defire defpair difpofition Don Diego endeavoured Engliſh expreffed eyes fafely faid falutation fame Fathom favour faying fcheme fecured feemed fent fentiments Ferdinand ferved fervice fhall fhould firft firſt fituation folicited fome foon fooner forrow fortune foul fpirit friendſhip ftill ftranger fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fuppofed furpriſed generofity gentleman happineſs hath heart Heaven hero herſelf himſelf honour houfe houſe huſband intereſted laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs Madam Clement Mademoiſelle meaſures Melvil miſtreſs moft Monimia moſt muſt myſelf never notwithſtanding obferved occafion paffion perceived perfon phyfician pleaſure poffeffion poffible prefent propofal purpoſe raiſed reafon refolved reft Renaldo ſeeing Serafina ſhe ſtill ſtranger ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tranfports Tyroleze underſtand uſe utmoſt vifit whofe whoſe young lady
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Page 228 - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks...
Page 96 - ... in a torrent of rain. In this emergency, the fortitude of our hero was almost quite overcome. So many concurring circumstances of danger and distress might have appalled the most undaunted breast ; what impression then must they have made upon the mind of Ferdinand, who was by no means a man to set. fear at defiance ! indeed, he had...
Page 102 - ... she had found ; then she betook herself to her habitation, with full purpose of advising her fellow-murderers to repair with all...
Page 100 - Nor did her anxiety abate when she was undeceived in this her supposition, and understood it was no phantom, but the real substance of the stranger, who, without staying to upbraid her with the enormity of her crimes, commanded her, on pain of immediate death, to produce his horse ; to which being conducted, he set her...
Page 101 - The first steps he had taken for his preservation were the effects of mere instinct, while his faculties were extinguished or suppressed by despair ; but now, as his reflection began to recur, he was haunted by the most intolerable apprehensions. Every whisper of the wind through the thickets was swelled into the hoarse menaces of murder, the shaking of the boughs was construed into the brandishing of poniards, and every shadow of a tree became the apparition of a ruffian eager for blood.