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... manner . Nor was Emily , even on this first introduction altogether insensible to its effect : " So unlike what I had imagined , " thought she , as , the first greetings over , he turned with ill suppressed emotion , and taking a seat ...
... manner . Nor was Emily , even on this first introduction altogether insensible to its effect : " So unlike what I had imagined , " thought she , as , the first greetings over , he turned with ill suppressed emotion , and taking a seat ...
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... manner , hitherto unusual . They soon entered into familiar conversation ; and Emily felt her pre- possession in his favour increase considerably as he told her , with that sincerity so peculiar to him , how long and ardently he had ...
... manner , hitherto unusual . They soon entered into familiar conversation ; and Emily felt her pre- possession in his favour increase considerably as he told her , with that sincerity so peculiar to him , how long and ardently he had ...
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... manner -her turn of mind , in short - her disposition , her pursuits , all combined to form in the mind of Charles a beau ideal of perfection such as he had never seen re- alized in any other woman . Such was Helen Vivian - an artless ...
... manner -her turn of mind , in short - her disposition , her pursuits , all combined to form in the mind of Charles a beau ideal of perfection such as he had never seen re- alized in any other woman . Such was Helen Vivian - an artless ...
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... manner to Sir Richard Mordaunt , that she felt for him a more than common interest ; and with a shudder came the contemplation of her union with a character of such utter worthlessness . " Yes , " he exclaimed , " to - morrow my beloved ...
... manner to Sir Richard Mordaunt , that she felt for him a more than common interest ; and with a shudder came the contemplation of her union with a character of such utter worthlessness . " Yes , " he exclaimed , " to - morrow my beloved ...
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... manner , too , shall continue un- changed ; nor will I allow hasty judgment to be biassed by what others might deem ' trifles light as air . ' Still shall I remain here , the child of cir- cumstances ; and should the fiat for my ...
... manner , too , shall continue un- changed ; nor will I allow hasty judgment to be biassed by what others might deem ' trifles light as air . ' Still shall I remain here , the child of cir- cumstances ; and should the fiat for my ...
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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.