Eugene Aram: A Tale, Bind 2J. & J. Harper, 1832 |
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Side 20
... passed through the ordeal easier than I had hoped for . Had the devil at his heart been more difficult to lay , so necessary is his absence , that I must have pur- chased it at any cost . Courage , Eugene Aram ! thy mind , for which ...
... passed through the ordeal easier than I had hoped for . Had the devil at his heart been more difficult to lay , so necessary is his absence , that I must have pur- chased it at any cost . Courage , Eugene Aram ! thy mind , for which ...
Side 21
... passed the moor ; the thunder rolled fainter and fainter from behind , and the lightning only broke forth at prolonged intervals , when suddenly , after a pause of unusual duration , it brought the whole scene into a light , if less ...
... passed the moor ; the thunder rolled fainter and fainter from behind , and the lightning only broke forth at prolonged intervals , when suddenly , after a pause of unusual duration , it brought the whole scene into a light , if less ...
Side 39
... canter across the heath brought them to a white gate , and hav- ing passed this , a comfortable brick mansion of mode- rate size stood before them . * Denham . CHAPTER III . A SCHOLAR , BUT OF A DIFFERENT EUGENE ARAM . 39.
... canter across the heath brought them to a white gate , and hav- ing passed this , a comfortable brick mansion of mode- rate size stood before them . * Denham . CHAPTER III . A SCHOLAR , BUT OF A DIFFERENT EUGENE ARAM . 39.
Side 40
... passing from the world , or at least shrinking into old shops and public collections . The time may come when the mouldering remains of a folio will attract as much philosophical astonishment as the bones of the mammoth . For behold ...
... passing from the world , or at least shrinking into old shops and public collections . The time may come when the mouldering remains of a folio will attract as much philosophical astonishment as the bones of the mammoth . For behold ...
Side 45
... passing through the hall , he eu- logized with an amazing felicity of diction . The object of these praises was a tall meager lady , in a yellow dress carried up to the chin , and who added a slight squint to the charms of red hair ...
... passing through the hall , he eu- logized with an amazing felicity of diction . The object of these praises was a tall meager lady , in a yellow dress carried up to the chin , and who added a slight squint to the charms of red hair ...
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Side 90 - WE have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
Side 98 - The town was greatly straitened for want of provisions ; a youth, whose father was in the garrison, was accustomed nightly to get into the deep dry moat, climb up the glacis, and put provisions through a hole, where the father stood ready to receive them. He was perceived at length; the soldiers fired on him. He was taken prisoner and sentenced to be hanged in sight of the besieged, in order to strike terror into those who might be similarly disposed to render assistance to the garrison. Fortunately,...
Side 104 - My father's spirit in arms ! all is not well; I doubt some foul play: 'would, the night were come! Till then sit still, my soul: Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes.
Side 164 - I labour not with guilt, my lord, but with perplexity. For having never seen a court but this; being wholly unacquainted with law, the customs of the bar, and all judiciary proceedings...
Side 162 - Aram had, and kne*w not that he had any ; that upon this, without any interposition or alarm, he left them and returned home; that the next morning he went to Aram's house, and asked what business he had with...
Side 164 - ... attention : because, my lord, that any person, after a temperate use; of life, a series of thinking and acting regularly, and without one single deviation from sobriety, should plunge into the very depth of profligacy, precipitately and at once, is altogether improbable and unprecedented, and absolutely inconsistent with the course of things.
Side 185 - Houseman was to have come to me at midnight, just before Clarke left his house, but it was nearly two hours after that time ere he arrived. I was then walking to and fro before my own door ; I saw that he was not alone but with Clarke. ' Ha ! ' said he, 'this is fortunate ; I see you are just going home. You were engaged, I recollect, at some distance from the town, and have, I suppose, just returned. Will you admit Mr. Clarke and myself for a short time ? — for to tell you the truth...
Side 65 - The very spirit of Faction, for the greatest part, seems to be no other than the abuse or irregularity of that social love and common affection which is natural to mankind — for the opposite of sociableness is selfishness; and of all characters, the thorough selfish one is the least forward in taking party. The men of this sort are, in this respect, true men of moderation. They are secure of their temper, and possess themselves too well to be in danger of entering warmly into any cause, or engaging...