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Page 12
... added , it is not yet three years since my father was summoned from this probationary scene ; and the period was brief indeed during which my dear , lamented mother survived that event . ' Here I perceived him so deeply affected , that ...
... added , it is not yet three years since my father was summoned from this probationary scene ; and the period was brief indeed during which my dear , lamented mother survived that event . ' Here I perceived him so deeply affected , that ...
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... added ; " which I pre- sume not to make in my own strength . " And , stooping down , he imprinted a kiss on the cold , unconscious lips of her , whom from earliest childhood , he had ever loved with more than filial tenderness . Shall ...
... added ; " which I pre- sume not to make in my own strength . " And , stooping down , he imprinted a kiss on the cold , unconscious lips of her , whom from earliest childhood , he had ever loved with more than filial tenderness . Shall ...
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... added entreatingly ; " this subject demands a more enlarged conference , and- " " Oh , not now , not now , dear Charles , " im- plored his sister impatiently . " No further theo- logical discussion for the present , if you please ...
... added entreatingly ; " this subject demands a more enlarged conference , and- " " Oh , not now , not now , dear Charles , " im- plored his sister impatiently . " No further theo- logical discussion for the present , if you please ...
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... added- " But we have lingered in this scene of desolation till the shades of evening have , in the distance , and to my creative imagination , begun to present strange and shadowy forms , stalking in fearful majesty amid these ruined ...
... added- " But we have lingered in this scene of desolation till the shades of evening have , in the distance , and to my creative imagination , begun to present strange and shadowy forms , stalking in fearful majesty amid these ruined ...
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... added her sister . “ And yet — but , -Louisa , " she falteringly pro- ceeded , " do you not think there is one , at least , who has nearly , if not altogether , attained to this high degree of perfection you so justly ascribe to Charles ...
... added her sister . “ And yet — but , -Louisa , " she falteringly pro- ceeded , " do you not think there is one , at least , who has nearly , if not altogether , attained to this high degree of perfection you so justly ascribe to Charles ...
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Adeline afther anticipated apartment appearance ardent aware behold bray brother Bucephalus character Charles Charles Courtenay cheek cheering childher Clara conceal confess countenance Courtenay craythur dear Emily deeply departure dhrag docthor door drawing-room dread Dublin eagerly earthly ejaculated Ellen Emily's emotion entered exclaimed exis eyes farewell fear feelings felt Gerald goin hand happiness hastily heart Helen hope hour imagine inquired interrupted Irish killin kilt Lady Hamilton leave length letter light look Lord Mow Lord Mowbray Louisa Maddocks melancholy ment mind Miss Emily mother Mount Hamilton Mowbray's nature never night once Paddy painful perceiving poor child present puttin racter Ravensdale rejoined reply retired says seat SHAKSPEARE Sir Richard Mordaunt Sir Robert sister smile spirit sure tears tell tence tender thought throth tion to-morrow tould trust turn uttered vanity voice whilst wilfully blind Williams wish wont words
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Page 188 - She heard me thus, and, though divinely brought, Yet innocence and virgin modesty, Her virtue, and the conscience of her worth, That would be woo'd, and not unsought be won, Not obvious, not obtrusive, but...
Page 14 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu...
Page 32 - I'll see before I doubt ; when I doubt, prove ; And, on the proof, there is no more but this, — Away at once with love or jealousy ! lago.
Page 21 - O, beware, my lord, of jealousy ; It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on...
Page 57 - Oh Death ! where is thy sting ? Oh Grave ! where is thy victory ? The sting of Death is sin, and the strength of sin is the Law.
Page 66 - Ye! who have traced the Pilgrim to the scene Which is his last, if in your memories dwell A thought which once was his, if on ye swell A single recollection, not in vain He wore his sandal-shoon and scallop-shell; Farewell!
Page 127 - I cannot tell how the truth may be, I tell the tale as 'twas told to me.
Page 202 - Yea, this man's brow, like to a title -leaf, Foretells the nature of a tragic volume : So looks the strand, whereon the imperious flood Hath left a witness'd usurpation.
Page 208 - no industry or series of industries can be introduced into the West Indies which will ever completely take the place of sugar, and certainly no such result will be attained within the space of a few years...
Page 100 - God" here means his method of justifying the ungodly : for he was made a sinoffering for us who knew no sin, that we might be made " the righteousness of God in him.