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The Etonian

Walter Blunt, Winthrop Mackworth Praed · 1820 · Scanned text · Free in the US

178,050 words · about 12 h 28 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Authors
Walter Blunt, Winthrop Mackworth Praed
Language
English
Published
1820
Length
178,050 words · about 12 h 28 min
Sections
49 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States

 

Contents (49)
  1. Front matter about 2 h 1 min
  2. II about 2 h 14 min
  3. III. A ray of hope may gild the cloud about 1 h 31 min
  4. Canto I about 46 min
  5. IV about 1 h 55 min
  6. VI about 8 min
  7. VII. Lady Caroline Rashleigh to the Masters Rashleigh about 3 min
  8. VIII. Master Henry Rashleigh to Miss Rashleigh about 5 min
  9. IX about 3 min
  10. Canto II about 40 min
  11. XI about 4 min
  12. XII about 2 h 7 min
  13. XIII. And thus his boyhood slid in smiles away under 1 min
  14. XIV. His gracious Father had it seems discern 'd under 1 min
  15. XV under 1 min
  16. XVI. She had seen fifteen summers ; Youth had wrapt her under 1 min
  17. XVII. Badoura ! fair Badoura ! would thy charms under 1 min
  18. XVIII. I own it has not been my boyhood's lot under 1 min
  19. XIX. But, though I grieve extremely to declare it, I under 1 min
  20. XX under 1 min
  21. XXI. Oh ! gentle Lady, with the dark-brown hair under 1 min
  22. XXII. Lonely art thou amid the fluttering crowd under 1 min
  23. XXIII. Yet when perchance a happier maid hath woken under 1 min
  24. XXIV under 1 min
  25. XXV. The fair Badoura had conceiv'd a whim in about 16 min
  26. XXVI. The Spirit trembled as he made reply under 1 min
  27. XXVII. " There is a high and solitary tower under 1 min
  28. XXVIII under 1 min
  29. XXIX under 1 min
  30. XXX. " Now," quoth the nettled Fay, " mine own I'd wager about 1 min
  31. XXXII. She spoke — upon the word his raven pinions under 1 min
  32. XXXIII. Had I but time I'd tell you how enchanting under 1 min
  33. XXXIV. Or star dropp'd from the firmament ; but when under 1 min
  34. XXXV. Awhile the Fairies bent in silence o'er them under 1 min
  35. XXXVI. At length 'twas settled, with the full consent under 1 min
  36. XXXVII under 1 min
  37. XXXVIII. In this behaviour did my Sprite resemble under 1 min
  38. XXXIX under 1 min
  39. XL. Up rose the Spirit thus so deeply smitten under 1 min
  40. XLI. But when he very carefully had ey'd under 1 min
  41. XLII. So said, so done ; — the magic spell was broken under 1 min
  42. XLIII under 1 min
  43. XLIV under 1 min
  44. XLV under 1 min
  45. XLVI. She slept on most amazingly — he thought under 1 min
  46. XLVII. Yet did he print a most bewildering kiss under 1 min
  47. XLVIII. Twas all in vain ; he found he couldn't wake her about 23 min
  48. Index about 2 min
  49. Index To Vol. II about 1 min

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