Dorothy Forster: A Novel, Volum 3Chatto and Windus, 1884 |
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Side 9 - I suffered reproof : shame hath covered my face. 8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren : even an alien unto my mother's children. 9 For the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me : and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee are fallen upon me.
Side 300 - The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
Side 248 - The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
Side 233 - Monday before he died, his life was offered him if he would change his religion, he told it me with the greatest transport of joy, that having refused his life on such terms, he hoped it was not now making a virtue of necessity ; that had he a thousand lives he would sooner part with them than renounce his faith, and with tears of joy in his eyes, he humbly thanked God for giving him this opportunity of testifying his love for Him.
Side 236 - ... everything else, he had not quite got the better of himself in regard to your ladyship, though even here he appeared wonderful to me. For, the last morning your ladyship parted from him, I was surprised to find him so composed ; and, congratulating his lordship upon the victory he had gained over his affections, he answered, that you had been, both of you, upon your knees begging that favour of God, for nigh a quarter of an hour before you took leave of each other.
Side 243 - ... importunity of some friends who pressed him upon that head ; nay, the very morning he died, he would not take a glass of wine, which was thought not improper to give him spirits, because of his fasting for several days before. But the truth is, he wanted none of these helps, for he was visibly helped with an extraordinary grace, which appeared in his countenance and in all his behaviour, to the admiration of all that beheld him.
Side 236 - Ladyship, and I think there could not be a greater argument of it than this, that when he seemed to be raised above the sentiments of the world in everything else, he had not quite got the better of himself in regard to your Ladyship, though even here he appeared wonderful to me. For the last morning your ladyship parted from him, I was surprised to find him so easy, and, congratulating his lordship upon the victory he had got over his inclinations, he answered that you had been, both of you, upon...
Side 234 - The same motion was made in the house of commons, but was rejected by a...
Side 246 - ... walked down to the coach. One of the keepers and I went in with him, and, going along, the Beefeaters and Guards and most of the company were weeping ; whilst his Lordship, with a composed countenance, was devoutly praying. When we came to the City bars, the Sheriffs very civilly told his Lordship they had prepared a room for him near the scaffold, in case he desired to retire there for a little while. His Lordship very thankfully accepted their civility, and, after spending about half an hour...
Side 155 - Dorothy Förster.' This historical novel, which deals with the fortunes of the Earl of Derwentwater, was first published in 1881 ; but the edition I have before me is entitled a new edition, and was published by Chatto & Windus in 1885. There in p. 257 will be found the following : " When our coachman drew up before a kind of wicket, I observed first that the gate was guarded by a dozen or twenty men, in scarlet jerkins, and caps of some old fashion ; those are the bvffetieri.