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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
96 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 5
Beware! there is an adder in your path: But I will teach you so to draw its fangs You may make sport with it.—OLD PLAY. ON reaching their home—if the wretched,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THIS was an assertion so wild and singular that neither of his companions could comprehend it. 'I see I must explain myself,' continued the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THIS was the humiliating condition which the princess alluded to when she announced that she had succeeded in her project. The Governor considered it necessary in order to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ah me! how oft will fancy's spells, in slumber, Recall my native country to my mind; How oft regret will bid me sadly number Each lost delight and dear friend left behind!…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THERE was something so respectful, yet at the same time so determined in the tone and manner of the speaker, that the old man could not feel offended, though be persisted in his intention of joining in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE first place at which they halted was the hut in which the Jews had carried on their illicit trade. It was evident from the confusion which reigned in the place, that it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →But be not long, for in the tedious minutes Exquisite interval, I am on the rack; For sure the greatest evil we can know, Bears no proportion to this dread suspense…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AS it would draw too much upon the patience of our readers to ask them to follow us step by step through the mountain passes and romantic tracks of country lying between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AND to what death wouldst thou have condemned Lelia?' demanded the prophet. To one of shame, or worse to a life of of pollution. Live: and as thou valuest life, learn mercy.'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The same he set for others, you shall find Will prove his grave—it is his destiny To fall by over-cunning; he is one Who never learnt the use of honesty;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BUT to return to England. In pursuance of the plan which Sir Edward Challoner had formed for the discovery of the will of Geoffrey Vavasseur, it was necessary that he and Beatrice…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CAN'T explain it, and there's the puzzle, answered his friend. 'The baronet and the parson have been at daggers drawn for nearly a twelvemonth. Did you see the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →I have spirit to do anything that appears not foul In the truth of my spirit.—SHAKESPEARE. THE following morning, as Beatrice had predicted, brought Frank Moreland to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE time is fearfully short,' he said, 'and however justifiable under the circumstances, I confess that my pride revolts at the idea of obtaining possession of it surreptitiously'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON leaving the dinning-room the ladies retired to the dressing-room of Mrs. Vavasseur in order to prepare for the evening's amusement. The first tableau to be arranged was the Vicarof…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BEFORE Sir Edward Challoner would consent to submit himself to the skill of Dr. Guthrie, who reached the Meat at the same time as the banker, he insisted upon seeing the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DO not misconceive me,' replied the party to whom this speech was addressed, 'at present I dare only repeat the words I used to Miss Challoner: There is hope. The ball had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →'Fortune's an under power, that is herself Commanded by desert. [?]Tis a more vainness Of our credulity to give her more Of her due attribute, which is but servant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WELL,' he exclaimed, for since Charles Vavasseur had reduced him—unless on very particular occassions, like the present—to act the part of a mute, he had contracted the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →These partitions, which were of wood, did not extend quite to the roof; on the contrary, there was sufficient space to enable any one, provided he were sufficiently curious, and…
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