No Fiction: A Narrative, Founded on Recent and Interesting Facts, Volume 2Francis Westley, 1820 |
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... looked down on his headlong course with pity , with wonder , and even with con- tempt ; and his friendship for Lefevre , though it had lost much of its power , was rather beneficial than otherwise , as far as it went . He certainly ...
... looked down on his headlong course with pity , with wonder , and even with con- tempt ; and his friendship for Lefevre , though it had lost much of its power , was rather beneficial than otherwise , as far as it went . He certainly ...
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... looked not - they scarcely breathed . Lefevre , however , had passed the Rubicon , and he must go forward . His companion sighed . He suppressed his emotions and said- & " From what has escaped me , Miss Dwill perceive I have a regard ...
... looked not - they scarcely breathed . Lefevre , however , had passed the Rubicon , and he must go forward . His companion sighed . He suppressed his emotions and said- & " From what has escaped me , Miss Dwill perceive I have a regard ...
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... looked back on the past with melancholy sorrow ; but he began to cheer himself by thinking , he might recover what he had lost . Engrossed by one object , he learnt to renounce as insipid , his recent society and pleasures . He ...
... looked back on the past with melancholy sorrow ; but he began to cheer himself by thinking , he might recover what he had lost . Engrossed by one object , he learnt to renounce as insipid , his recent society and pleasures . He ...
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... looked towards the parlour window as he dismounted , for the countenance which generally greeted him - no countenance was there ; though he had sent information of his coming . He entered the house with trepidation , and passed into the ...
... looked towards the parlour window as he dismounted , for the countenance which generally greeted him - no countenance was there ; though he had sent information of his coming . He entered the house with trepidation , and passed into the ...
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... looked round with despair on his situation . He was mistaken . There was a point of conduct , which yet remain-- ed unimpugned ; but , which his very des- pair made vulnerable . Through all the changes , which have been noticed in the ...
... looked round with despair on his situation . He was mistaken . There was a point of conduct , which yet remain-- ed unimpugned ; but , which his very des- pair made vulnerable . Through all the changes , which have been noticed in the ...
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