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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: counter; he forebore to treat him with random hostility; he seemed to lie in wait for his victim, and to collect his venom for a mortal assault. CHAPTER V. It was not long after that a malignant distemper broke out in the neighbourhood, which proved fatal to many of the inhabitants, and was of Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: counter; he forebore to treat him with random hostility; he seemed to lie in wait for his victim, and to collect his venom for a mortal assault. CHAPTER V. It was not long after that a malignant distemper broke out in the neighbourhood, which proved fatal to many of the inhabitants, and was of unexampled rapidity in its effects. One of the first persons that was seized with it was Mr. Clare. It may be conceived, what grief and alarm this incident spread through the vicinity. Mr. Clare was considered by them as something more than mortal. The equanimity of his behaviour, his unassuming carriage, his exuberant benevolence and goodness of heart, joined with his talents, his inoffensive wit, and the comprehensiveness of his intelligence, made him the idol of all who knew him. In the scene of his rural retreat, at least, he had no enemy. Alt mourned the danger that now threatened him. He appeared to have had the prospect of long life, and of going down to his grave full of years and of honour. Perhaps these appearances were deceitful. Perhaps the intellectual efforts he had made, which were occasionally more sudden, violent, and unintermitted, than a strict regard to health would have dictated, had laid the seed of future disease. But a sanguine observer would infallibly have predicted, that his temperate habits, activity of mind, and unabated cheerfulness, would be able even to keep death at bay for a time, and baffle the attacks of distemper, provided theirapproach were not uncommonly rapid and violent. The general afiliction, therefore, was doubly pungent upon the present occasion. But no one was so much affected as Mr. Falkland. Perhaps no man so well understood the value of the life that was now at stake. He immediately hastened to the spot; but he found some difficulty Books, Fiction~~General, Adventures-Of-Caleb-Williams-Or-Things-As-They-Are~~William-Godwin, 999999999, The Adventures Of Caleb Williams; Or, Things As They Are, William Godwin, 1458855759, General Books LLC, , , , , General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781458855756

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1832. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... mistaken, her fancies were not aimless; his heart was the game she had in view, and she determined a desperate attack should make it her own, in return for the deep wounds she had received from every tone of his voice, whilst reading the Sorrows of Werter. CHAPTER XXIV. Thaddecs spent near a fortnight in the constant exercise of his occupations. In the mornings, until two, he prepared those drawings, by the sale of which he was empowered to pay the good Mrs. Robson for her care of his friend. And he hoped, when the ladies in Harley-street should think it time to defray any part of their now large debt to him, he might be enabled to liquidate the very long bill of his friend''s apothecary. Rut the Misses Dundas possessed too much money to think of its utility; they used it as counters; for they had no conception that to otherpeople it was the purchaser of almost every comfort. Their comforts came so certainly, they supposed they grew of necessity out of their situation; and that their great wealth owned no other commission, than to give splendid parties and buy line things. Their golden shower being exhaled by the same vanity by which it had been shed, they as little regarded its dispersion as they had marked its fall. Hence, these amiable ladies never oye recollected that their master ought to receive some weightier remuneration for his visits, than the honour of paying them; and as poets say the highest honours are achieved by suffering, so these two sisters, though in different ways, seemed resolved that Thaddeus should purchase his distinction with adequate pains. Notwithstanding that Miss Dundas continued very remiss in her lessons, she unrelentingly required the count''s attendance; and sometimes, not in the most gentle language, reproached him for a... William Godwin, Books, History, The Adventures Of Caleb Williams; Or, Things As They Are Books>History, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 1458855759

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ISBN: 1458855759

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