Ernest Maltravers Or The EleusiniaJ.B. Lippincott Company, 1874 - 575 |
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... conversation of the father and child , had died away . The stillness at once encouraged and warned him . He stole to the front door , softly undid the bolt , and found the door locked , and the key missing . He had not ob- served that ...
... conversation of the father and child , had died away . The stillness at once encouraged and warned him . He stole to the front door , softly undid the bolt , and found the door locked , and the key missing . He had not ob- served that ...
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... , and youth , and condition , would equally have compelled him to select the hour of dusk for an interview . * With a dame he held a gallant conversation . He arrived at the spot . The winter night had ERNEST MALTRAVERS . 31.
... , and youth , and condition , would equally have compelled him to select the hour of dusk for an interview . * With a dame he held a gallant conversation . He arrived at the spot . The winter night had ERNEST MALTRAVERS . 31.
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... conversation could afford . It is a better school than parents and masters think for : there was a time when all information was given orally ; and probably the Athenians learned more from hearing Aristotle , than we do from reading him ...
... conversation could afford . It is a better school than parents and masters think for : there was a time when all information was given orally ; and probably the Athenians learned more from hearing Aristotle , than we do from reading him ...
Strona 77
... conversation fluent - and his disposition was as amiable as his mind was cultured . He became , there- fore , a man greatly sought after in society - both respected and beloved . If he had not genius , he had great good sense ; he did ...
... conversation fluent - and his disposition was as amiable as his mind was cultured . He became , there- fore , a man greatly sought after in society - both respected and beloved . If he had not genius , he had great good sense ; he did ...
Strona 93
... conversation , determined assurance , and profound confidence in his own resources . He was fond of schemes , stratagems , and plots - they amused and excited him - his power of sarcasm , and of argument , too , was great , and he ...
... conversation , determined assurance , and profound confidence in his own resources . He was fond of schemes , stratagems , and plots - they amused and excited him - his power of sarcasm , and of argument , too , was great , and he ...
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Strona 40 - Maltravers had abundant resources in himself. He placed Shakspeare and Schiller on his table, and lighted his German meerschaum — he read till he became inspired, and then he wrote — and when he had composed a few stanzas he was not contented till he had set them to music and tried their melody with his voice. For he had all the passion of a German for song and music— that wild Maltravers ! —and his voice was sweet, his taste consummate, his science profound. As the sun puts out a star, so...
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